Get Lost collection by Tiago Volpato and Gabriel F channels frustrations of young designers
Milan 2014: Brazilian duo Tiago Volpato and Gabriel F have created a series of products for young designers who "feel lost" in the industry, including a coffee table that spins in circles.
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The design graduates from the Federal University of Parana in Brazil exhibited their first project together, titled Get Lost, as part of the Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month.
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The collection is inspired by the way the young duo feel about trying to break into the design industry.
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"We wanted to work with a concept that mattered to us in this specific moment and we agreed that it should be something that represented how we felt about design," Tiago Volpato told Dezeen.
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"We concluded there are four main reasons to feeling lost, and designed a product for each one of them; inadequacy, discomfort, aimlessness and nostalgia," Volpato explained.
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The rocking chair is meant to represent discomfort and the shifting nature of the industry. A lamp with a concrete shade hangs from the chair's frame, making it difficult to read or work when the chair moves.
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Feelings of aimlessness and misdirection are imagined in the eucalyptus coffee table. The inward facing concrete wheels only allow the table to spin in circles.
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"This table can't decide where to go," Volpato said. "Its wheels are stuck on a position that makes it spin around its own axis, never moving from its comfortable position."
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The fork glass is inspired by the designers' feelings of inadequacy and not fitting in with society. A pronged base attached to a long porcelain cylinder makes it impossible for the glass to stand up, rendering it useless.
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The final product in the collection is the nostalgia clock. A roll of paper printed with numbers is manually controlled by a eucalyptus wood handle to spin the new time into view. As the old time moves on, the roll of paper is destroyed by a shredder.
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"You are lost in memories of the past, or dreaming of a bright future, going to the office everyday thinking about traveling around the world," Volpato said. "This manual clock makes sure you realise exactly where you stand on the time flow; the present."
Photography is by Ricardo Perini.