#dimitri bahler

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https://www.sightunseen.com/2016/06/villa-noailles-textured-ceramic-experiments-by-dimitri-bahler/

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PATTERNS & COLORS

Patterns & Colours is a process that I developed during a residency at EKWC, the European Centre for Ceramic in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, where I have been working day and night from February to May 2013.

These series are produced thanks to a kind of embossing technique, involving a patterned latex foil (the slab) that is pressed on clay between a positive and negative mould.

As a result, many different patterns and volumes are possible to create with the minimal amount of moulds.

The slab deforms with the patterns that are exactly reproduced on the volume. A 2D design transfers on a volume.

The shape always stays the same, but the pattern changes (I designed a dozen of different patterns).

As the latex foils are bigger than the volumes, they are applied each time slightly differently from the previous one. Every piece is then unique.

Bisq fired with a white engobe, the pieces are then ready to be coloured.

Applied with a brush, the glaze is rubbed away to stay only inside the patterns.

These objects become supports for experiments between different patterns and colours. The possibilities are endless.

EKWC / 2013

Supported by Ikea Stiftung and Berner Design Stiftung

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Publications designed by ECAL Alumni Each row from left to right, top to bottom:

André FREIERMUTH (design) + Jacopo ATZORI (typography) : Wyssig Haus Isenthal Abbau & Neuaufbau, Lukas Bauman Swiss Typefaces (Ian PARTY, Emmanuel REY, Ludmila BREDIKHINA, etc.) : SangBleu Typeface : the King, his Court, the Explorer & the Gift Nicolas POLLI  (design) : Ferox - The Forgotten Archives Hors Pistes 2013 (Marie DOUEL, Karim BASSEGODA, Raphaël FAURE, Fabrice SCHNEIDER, Emile BARRET, Dimitri BAHLER, Valentine DUBOIS, Christophe MACHET, etc.) : Ouagadougou Philippine CHAUMONT + Agathe ZAERPOUR : Marseille je t’aime

Pierre BENOIT : Trans, no 33 (2018) : Reality

Photos : ECAL / Achille Laplante Le Brun

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Dimitri Bähler designs range of irregular ceramic vessels

This range of colourful vessels by Swiss designer 
Dimitri Bähler is intended to "question the concept of usefulness in our homes".

A grand prize winner at Interieur 2016, Bähler's Volumes, Patterns, Textures and Colors project plays with the archetypical function of ceramic vessels.

Described by the designer as "essential abstraction", the collection features brightly coloured, shallow dishes and irregularly shaped plates, each patterned with a textured surface.

"These pieces are a range of different volumes with soft and round shapes so that they have the function to be a support for receiving a pattern," said Bähler.

"They create a dialogue between functionality and non-functionality, minimalism and decoration, questioning the concept of usefulness in our homes."

Bähler's project was awarded the grand prize at this year's Biennale Interieur Awards. It is on show at the exhibition in Kortrijk, Belgium until 23 October 2016.

From: https://www.dezeen.com/2016/10/22/%E2%80%A8dimitri-bahler-design-irregular-ceramics-volumes-patterns-textures-colors-biennale-interieur-2016/

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“Volumes, Patterns, Textures and Colors” by Dimitri Bähler Read more: http://blog.gessato.com/2016/11/28/volumes-patterns-textures-colors-dimitri-bahler/volumes-patterns-textures-and-colors-by-dimitri-bahler-1/#ixzz4WsmTTpQE

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Dimitri Bahler

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Dimitri Bahler

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Dimitri Bähler Gaignal storage container

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Drawings by Alicia Galer Patterns by Dimitri Bahler Collages by Rosemarie Auberson

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IRIDESCENCES

IRIDESCENCES

Set in polychrome ceramic with lustre technique created together with Maurizio Tittarelli Rubboli Iridescences is a collection of four ceramic vases and bowls. All the objects are finely crafted, yet each has its own specific aspect on the surface: each was conceived as a blank canvas challenging the very rare and time-consuming lustre technique. Of ancient Middle-Eastern origins, this special way of glazing ceramics was brought to splendour in Umbria region in the 15th century. Thanks to a special blend of metallic salts and clay, and to a special ring, incredible iridescent and chromatic effects are created. This technique requires great skill and dexterity, and only a few ateliers can nowadays master it. Material: Ceramic Dimensions: cm 3,8 h, 40 ø / cm 38,2 h, 13,5 ø cm 15,5 h, 32 ø DOPPIA FIRMA 2017 LIVING, CORRIERE DELLA SERRA, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte,  Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship

http://www.dimitribaehler.ch/project/117

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Dimitri Bahler

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This range of colourful vessels by Swiss designer 
Dimitri Bähler is intended to "question the concept of usefulness in our homes".

A grand prize winner at Interieur 2016, Bähler's Volumes, Patterns, Textures and Colors project plays with the archetypical function of ceramic vessels.

Described by the designer as "essential abstraction", the collection features brightly coloured, shallow dishes and irregularly shaped plates, each patterned with a textured surface.

"These pieces are a range of different volumes with soft and round shapes so that they have the function to be a support for receiving a pattern," said Bähler.

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"They create a dialogue between functionality and non-functionality, minimalism and decoration, questioning the concept of usefulness in our homes."

Bähler's project was awarded the grand prize at this year's Biennale Interieur Awards. It is on show at the exhibition in Kortrijk, Belgium until 23 October 2016.

Other projects on show at the design fair, which is curated by Belgian architects Kersten Geers and David Van Severen, include tables by Design In Ratio that celebrate the contrasting properties of different materials.

Bähler has previously made a set of wool rugs that appear to pop out from the floor like drawings of 3D shapes, and a storage set for pens and office stationery made from a thermo shrinkable tube.

https://www.dezeen.com/2016/10/22/%E2%80%A8dimitri-bahler-design-irregular-ceramics-volumes-patterns-textures-colors-biennale-interieur-2016/ 

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Dimitri Bahler

VPTC

In October 2015, I have been invited for a residency at “Workspace at CERCCO”, the Experimentation and Research Center for Contemporary Ceramics of the Geneva University of Art and Design.

That period allowed me to pursue the research I started with “Patterns & Colors” initiated at EKWC, the European Center for Ceramic in 2013 in Den Bosch, the Netherlands.

There, I firstly developed a new technique for decorating a volume. Thanks to the elasticity of a latex textured foil (coming from a milled plastic sheet), a pattern transfer occurs from a surface to a volume. Shortly I could apply a bi-dimensional pattern onto a volume with a high degree of precision.

At the CERCCO, I went into that technique as far as possible, playing with and challenging the volumes, the textures, optimizing the production process and experimenting with various glazes and colors. After many tests, slowly, my research started to divide in three different but complementary directions:

- digital, like my first pieces from EKWC

- manual, with wood carving tools

- natural, the glaze itself produces textures.

These pieces are a range of different volumes with soft and round shapes so that they have the function to be a support for receiving a pattern, a texture through the three different processes. At the same time, these shapes, apart from the vase, are castable thanks to a one piece mold. The result is the limit and the essence of what is achievable through these techniques.

The result is a collection of objects that plays with different variations of volumes, patterns, textures and colors, a kind of dictionary. Always close to an essential abstraction, these shapes can be used as pedestals, fruits bowls, vase, pencils / fruits holders,...

Together, they create a dialogue between functionality and non-functionality, minimalism and decoration, questioning the concept of usefulness in our homes.

Com. Pictures by © Raphaëlle Müller

Assistant: Priscille Tariel

VPT&C has won the GRAND PRIZE of the Interieur design award competition.

Some pieces are available at VITRA Schaudepot shop, WALLPAPER STORE  or on the webshop.

EKWC

http://www.dimitribaehler.ch/project/110

Supported by Berner Design Stiftung.

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Dimitri Bahler