One Year Development Story : Light a Moment by Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk

In October 2011 during Dutch Design Week, the Laikingland team were invited to take part in T Workshop by Kiki & Joost.

The aim of the workshop was to choose an idea from Kiki and Joost that could be developed into a Laikingland beautifully crafted kinetic object.

Here is the Laikingland team with their hosts and some assembled objects for inspiration.

Our favourite idea from Kiki to create a thousand flames from one simple church candle.

The idea developed and started to take some form language from Joost.

Here is the final concept design drawing.

A wonderful mix of Kiki's textile ceramics.

And Joost's constructivist framework.

Willem adds some Laikingland mechanism magic.



The framework takes shape.

The first CAD renderings.

Kiki's textile master model.

Ton, the master mouldmaker at Cor Unum.

Lotte crafting at Cor Unum and Willem measuring.

The first ceramic ready for the oven.

102 piece jigsaw made of two way mirrored glass.

The first mechanism in the ceramic,

The metal and glass dome being fitted by Willem and Martin.

Light a Moment featured in Laikingland's exhibition at Ventura Lambrate, during Milan Saloni (April 2012.)

Nick explaining the Light a Moment story and product.

Willem protecting our work from the enthusiastic visitors.

After Milan, Willem did some mechanism tweaking.

Beautifully handmade mechanism crafted by Martin at Laikingland's studio in UK.

Light a Moment on show at the opening of Cor Unum's new workshop in Den Bosch, NL.

Light a Moment at studio Kiki & Joost during Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, October 2012)

Kiki's idea of a 1000 flames?  In fact we didn't count....

Light s Moment by Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk.  (Eindhoven, October 2012)

Willem presenting the doors opening mechanism.

Kiki van Eijk snd Joost van Bleiswijk with Light a Moment (Eindhoven, October 2012.)

Light a Moment is now available from Laikingland. 

For information on price and availability please contact the Laikingland team at enquiries@laikingland.co.uk

Light a Moment

'Light a Moment’, is an exclusive candle lantern. A collaboration between Joost van Bleiswijk & Kiki van Eijk where their two creative worlds are captured into one poetic kinetic object for Laikingland.

Light a Moment will be exhibited at the studio of Joost and Kiki during Dutch Design Week.
Appreciate the time and process of lighting a candle for a special moment!
Date: 20-28 October
Opening hours: 11:00 – 19:00
Address: Zwaanstraat 1, Eindhoven, gebouw TAB, Strijp-T

(Olympic) Applause Machine by Martin Smith

Support your favourite Olympian with your favourite Applause Machine, guaranteed to make them go faster stronger longer!

The 'Olympic' colours are available in the Laikingland online shop and here are our unofficial 'rings'!

‘Light a Moment’ by Joost van Bleiswijk & Kiki van Eijk with Laikingland

'Light a Moment’, is an exclusive candle lantern.  A collaboration between Joost van Bleiswijk & Kiki van Eijk where their two creative worlds are captured into one poetic kinetic object for Laikingland.

"A soft and romantic ceramic form full of the characteristics of textiles holds a traditional church candle. This candle is reflected a 1000 times through fragmented mirrors built in a constructivist shape.

The protective shell opens its doors with a sophisticated and elegant movement allowing you to appreciate the time and process of lighting the candle for a special moment.”

 - Kiki van Eijk & Joost van Bleiswijk, 2012

 

Availability: September 2012

For information on price and availability please contact the Laikingland team at enquiries@laikingland.co.uk

Just About Now by Maarten Baas with Laikingland

Just About Now is a sand timer that indicates the passing of time with the sounding of a gong.

From Maarten Baas


“I’ve always have an interest in ways to indicate time. In spite of the fact that time is very abstract and very relative, in the western world it’s normal to indicate time very precisely. Apart from things like train schedules or the duration of sporting games , the exact time is often irrelevant.  A coffee break, a meditation, a nap, a business meeting, they could take a few minutes longer or shorter than an exact amount of time. This is why I wanted to create a timer that bangs a gong, more or less after the amount of time you indicated.

“There are several objects that illustrate time in a more poetic way, like Mieke Meijers ‘Relativity’ Time pieces or my own ‘Real Time’ series, but a timer hasn’t yet been made that is adjustable and gives a sound after a while. That’s why we developed ‘Just About Now’”

 - Maarten Baas

'Just About Now' can be seen at the The Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam, 12th -25th May. Selected as part of their Post Milan 2012 exhibition.
Address: Prinsengracht 645, 1016 HV Amsterdam
www.frozenfountain.nl
You are more than welcome.