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rolling lobster

a rolling object with four calipers, resembling more as a metaphysical hybrid between a car and a crab or a lobster. Beware yourselves...

designed by Dimitris Bartzokas

curved cuttings car

The car’s form is defined by the interaction of lengthwise and widthwise curved cuts. Along the meeting points of these cuts, interesting surfaces and plastic details are generated. The two side grooves are inviting to the user’s fingers, thus enabling them to set the car in motion. designed by Panagiotis Tsolakakis

see and touch our 42 rolling objects in Art Thessaloniki | November 23-26

r o lling st o ries "Out of the box" is an expression that describes nonconformal, creative thinking. It is also a fundamental skill of a good designer. In this case, 41 young designers start with a standardized piece of wood with 4 wheels, dimensioned at 8 x 8 x 16cm and asked to come up with a form of an object away from the stereotypes and norms of the automobile. Allowed to work by removing rather than adding material, designers create a form “out of a wooden box”, taking into account not only visual but also tactile qualities of the final shape.

infinity car

When we were children, the play time had a special moment in our hearts obtaining the ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that inspire nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment?