Product: EGO Bamboo Collection
Company: EGO
Designer: Steffen Schmelling

Bamboo in a new design

Aarhus company EGO is nominated for Formland Design Award – Autumn 2009 for a collection of table items in bamboo. The company has launched an environmentally friendly production, the bamboo fiber is made into modern design products.

The uniqueness of EGO’s offering is to use bamboo in a new and different way. The result is a smart collection that has beautiful lines and forms – and is faithful to the natural color of the material. At the same time, thinking of the environment, the products are 100% degradable in nature after only 8-10 months, says the nomination committee.

EGO Bamboo Collection was designed by Steffen Schmelling whose targets have gone after the environmentally friendly production as replacements for melanin or plastic. The solution is found in bamboo-fiber, which has a natural binder in it. The collection contains several parts. The indicative retail price is from $ 149 to $ 349 sætvis.

The “Crash” bin is owned by a London Gallery but will be visiting MoMA as a part of the exhibition “Ron Arad: No Discipline”.

The milk frother works so well that you can use low fat milk and still get the thick creamy froth, which is a must for your cappuccino, caffé latte or café au lait.

Design: Niels Kjeldsen
Materials – stainless steel and plastics
Width – 6 cm
Heigth – 15 cm

Cool Coat, Menu’s creative wine cooler, lives up to its name. It is really cool! A fully innovative, ingenious alternative to the traditional wine cooler with ice that leaves melted water on the table every time you take the bottle out of the bucket.

Cool Coat is the invention of designer Jakob Wagner, who is also the man behind many of the items in Menu’s Vignon series, which consists of an array of accessories for handling, storing and serving wine. Cool Coat consists of two layers of textiles and a loose wrap sewn with channels filled with cooling gel. You just have to put the wrap in the freezer for some time and then put it back in the coat and give the bottle its cold apparel. After just 15 minutes, the temperature of the wine will be reduced by about 10°C and the chilled wine can be poured into glasses while the remains in the bottle will stay fresh in the coat-clad bottle – without dripping on the table.

Cool Coat comes in black with a grey wrap and a new white version with black or lime wrap and push button. “The coat fits most bottles, and you can adjust the collar as you like to give Cool Coat its own personalised touch,” says designer Jakob Wagner.

Design: Jakob Wagner
Materials: Textiles, plastic, metal push button, cooling gel

Design: Klaus Rath

Content – 1 litre
Materials – stainless steel, plastic, glass and fabric
Width – ø 11,5 cm
Heigth – 18,5 cm

If Spock from Star Trek had an ice scraper on his journey through the Milky Way – it would have been a Stelton Ice away.

Design: Klaus Rath

Materials – stainless steel, plastic and rubber
Width – 8,5 cm
Length – 11,5 cm
Height – 2,5 cm

It may not be obvious to use two materials that are so very different as porcelain and silicone in the same product. Nonetheless, this is precisely the combination selected by designer Pernille Vea for Menu’s new teapot. The result is a teapot that is simultaneously modern and timeless. The simple white teapot has a surprisingly fresh and highly Scandinavian expression that is emphasised by the lid’s spring green colour that leads one’s thoughts to beech and birch trees in spring.

The teapot has a 1.5 litre capacity and is made of delicate New Bone China porcelain and silicone, which fit very well together. “I selected the two materials because they both have a special glow that makes the simple classic design more accommodating. The silicone wrap on the base also serves a practical function. It provides insulation, so that you can place the hot teapot on the table without damaging the table’s surface,” explains designer Pernille Vea.

The teapot’s lid includes a large and practical built-in tea infuser that is easily and discretely lifts into a small groove in the top when the tea is finished brewing. The tea infuser can be fully disassembled, making it easy to clean after use.

Pernille Vea has also designed a cafetiere for coffee drinkers with a similar design and materials, as well as a thermo cup that matches the cafetiere and teapot.

Design: Pernille Vea
Materials: New Bone China porcelain, silicone, chrome-plate zinc alloy

Magzbook is for magazines, a small shelf and a side table as well. It fits into the living room, the hall, the bed room or the office – Magzbook the furniture with many possibilities.

Design: Troels Seidenfaden

Color – dark gray
Materials – steel and leather
Width – 50 cm
Height – 40 cm
Depth – 21 cm

Design: Jakob Wagner

Materials – Stainless steel and rubber
Lenght – Bottle opener 6,5 cm / Stopper 7,3 cm
Width – Bottle opener 5,5 cm / Stopper 3,8 cm

The design company Menu has produced a new stroke of genius. Together with the architects Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn from Norm, Menu has created an exclusive serving set comprising a melamine tray, a porcelain platter and an especially creative detail: A cooling pad that can be placed between the tray and platter after a short time in the freezer to keep sushi, cold dishes, cakes and dessert fresh throughout your meal. The idea is so obvious that you could wonder why you don’t have such a serving set at home already…

Just like Menu, Norm is deeply rooted in the Scandinavian design tradition, which unites craftsmanship, materials, aesthetics and functionality. Durability is very important to Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn – not just the durability that comes from good craftsmanship and quality materials, but also aesthetic durability. They strive to design timeless products that are so attractive that you want to look at them again and again and that meet actual needs – preferably in a new and better way than existing products. They have certainly succeeded in their aim with this serving set.

A variety of uses
The tray has a 35 cm diameter and is made of melamine. It has a characteristic design with a flat base and smooth curves on each side that provide a good grip when carrying it from the kitchen to the dining room. The white porcelain platter fits perfectly into the tray and there is space between the platter and tray for the accompanying cooling pad if the food is to be kept cold. Without the cooling pad, the set also works wonderfully for serving hot dishes and the tray and platter can be used separately.

Design: Norm
Materials: Melamine, porcelain, nylon, cooling gel