With over 100 objects covering the areas of lighting, tabletop, furniture, textile, product, electronics, housewares, tools and interactive design, the exhibition The Next Wave: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century, that will be held from February 21st to May 19th , features a selection of one-offs, prototypes and pieces in production from around the world. KETTAL will be there with its intriguing MAIA relax armchair. Discover more…
What makes an object useful, engaging and beautiful? What is it about a distinct design that conveys calm, wonder and excitement in the user and helps us recall a moment in time? These are questions that find an answer at the thre-month long Washington, DC International Design Festival, the exhibition curated by Artisphere and Apartment Zero on display February 21 through May 19, 2013.
The cornerstone of this free three-month long multidisciplinary celebration of design is The Next Wave: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century, a 4,000 square foot exhibition exploring innovation in product design from the last 13 years. Concentrating on five areas of interest: eco-friendly design, functionality and minimalism, the conceptual and the avant-garde, The Next Wave focuses on innovation from Spain, Italy, Belgium, the U.K., Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the United States among others.
KETTAL puts on display the MAIA armchair, a design of Patricia Urquiola that, as the whole MAIA range, is “an industrial reinterpretation of handcrafted plaiting” .
The collection moves away from archetypal plaited furniture through the use of new contemporary geometry. The furniture gains in lightness and modernity by combining high-tech fibres and a broad aluminum structure.
Suitable for outdoor use, MAIA seating feature also a cushion made out of 3D thermo melted textile for an easy maintenance.
On display also products of other Spain’s brands, such as LLadró, Nanimarquina, Gandia Blasco, LZF lighting, BD Barcelona, RS Barcelona and Faces Collection.
The Next Wave is supported by media sponsor Surface Magazine, industry sponsor the Industrial Designers Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter and has been produced in collaboration with the Embassy of Ital, the Italian Cultural Institute, Spain Arts & Culture, the Embassy of Spain and the Spain USA Foundation's cultural program.