daniel becker
daniel becker
Daniel Becker presents two ideas for shelving systems, which originated in a close aesthetic relationship to his latest lighting designs. Becker attempts to design sustainable pieces, which means in the first instance durable products with long life-cycles. According to him, durability means not only flawless functioning but especially emotional durability, which is most difficult to create.
If every product had the ability to outlast for more than one generation, this would already have a huge impact on the contemporary consumer society, which is the most desirable goal, he says.
(Photo above: Sparks | Up to 40 pieces 330€ each | 41-100, 300€ each | From 101 pieces 270€ each)
Biography
* 1983 Frankfurt, Germany
2004-2009 Industrial design studies at braunschweig university of art
2009 Diploma in industrial design
Exhibitions
2008/01 - BeComeReal at nhow hotel, zona tortona, milan/italy
2010/01 - galerie auf zeit braunschweig/germany
2010/01 - tatorte - design braucht täter, passagen 2010, design festival cologne/germany
2010/02 - ambiente talents, frankfurt/germany
2010/03 - blickfang, stuttgart/germany
2010/04 - light+building trendforum, frankfurt/germany
2010/04 - art affair gallery, regensburg/germany
2010/09 - direktorenhaus, Berlin/Germany
Awards
2009 - Incheon international design awards - sparks (shortlisted)
2010 - Ambiente talents
2010 - Blickfang NEXT
2010 - Macef design award - edda (shortlisted)
Publications
2008/01 - konstvärlden & disajn, stockholm/sweden
2008/02 - mh - modern home, hong kong
2008/07 - arquitectura y diseño, barcelona/spain
2008/10 - desire: the shape of things to come, book by gestalten verlag, berlin/germany
2008/11 - weekend magazine, linz/austria
2008/12 - financial times weekend, london/uk
2009/02 - maison & decoration, athens/greece
2009/02 - RUM, stockholm/sweden
2009/02 - inhouse, arhus/denmark
2009/04 - the independent design guide, book by thames & hudson, london/uk
2009/07 - nisha, israel
2009/10 - new product design, book by feierabend unique books, cologne/germany
2010/01 - RUM, stockholm/sweden
2010/02 - H.O.M.E., berlin/germany
2010/03 - retrotrend., hamburg/germany
2010/03 - form - the making of design, basel/switzerland
2010/05 - pace, hong-kong
Artist portfolio
- Victor high | 171 x 35 x 90 cm | 890 EUR
- Victor wall | Wood, textile | 75 x 25 x 75 cm | 480 EUR
Victor is a series of wooden shelves which is designed for home and commercial use.
It represents a warm companion with a special character in every environment.
The shelves are offered in several sizes, all of them can be flat packed for easy transport.
A variety of different woods and upholstered panels in lots of colours are available.
- Emily. Series of pendant lights | Painted sheet steel, oak wood, plexiglas | 320€
- Edda Standing Lamp 2009 | Steel, concrete | 37 x 120 x 26 cm | 550€
Edda is a functional family of lights which stand out through contrasting materials.
Their big, conical shades made of painted steel house most commercially available CFL
bulbs invisibly. The concrete base provides stability and creates an optically and tactilely
unfamiliar character in the working or living space.
