Billes Products contests students dream up furniture of the future.
APPROXIMATE/ACTUAL TIME, Yi Hsuan Lin, Art Center College of Design, California
“We’re looking for things that are innovative and contemporary, but classic, “ Herron said. “Meaning that they are simple and clean, not trendy, and will be elegant 30 years from now.”
There are the nine finalists in the Billes Products international home-design competition. What they all have in common, says Billes Products principal Jeanne Souders, is “that wow factor.” First-, second- and third-place winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony at Design Within Reach.
Judges range from New Orleans home-product designer Karyl Pierce Paxton and product marketing specialist Nathan Hoffman to Ami Kealoha, managing editor of the cool-product site coolhunting.com, and Miyoko Ohtake, associate editor of Dwell magazine.
I know which I would be voting for and which one I would be reaching for my debit card to pin in my purchase and take home asap. Check out the finalists and read more about the competition.
From Nola.com November 15, 2008
Category: Designers, Product Design