Jens Praet created the Dressed collection in collaboration with his father, artist Jan Praet. "What I did is take leftover fabric and cut it in a triangular shape," Praet told Dezeen at the Industry Gallery booth at Design Miami. "All the fabric is then dipped in hot wax, and when it’s still hot you drape it over the under-structure."

The finished piece is then cast from this wax model in bronze and given an oxidised copper patina, before being placed on top of the brushed brass under-structure.

Previous projects by Praet we've featured on Dezeen include a table made from shredded paper and resin and a collection of Corian tables with grooves worn into their sides.

Dezeen was at Design Miami last week reporting on the highlights from the fair, including Snarkitecture's bundle of inflatable sausages over the entrance and Glithero's Gaudí-inspired inverted domes – see all our stories about Design Miami.

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Photographs are by Jiri Praet.

Here's some more information from the designer:

Dressed is a series of contemporary furniture items composed by bronze dresses and brass under-structures, designed in collaboration with Jens’ father and artist Jan Praet.

Leftover and discarded fabric has been immortalised in functional art objects. To this end triangular shaped fabric is being dipped in hot wax, draped and shaped by hand over a rigid under-structure and cast in bronze.

The bronze dresses, patinated in a reminiscent oxidised green color, are placed over a contrasting geometrical brushed brass under-structure in order to complete the functionality of each furniture item.

Each item is the result of different production steps, and in order to preserve the tactile feeling of the fabric, most is done by hand. The bronze patina and brushed brass surface may slightly vary in color over time, a beautiful aspect that is characteristic to the ageing process of these archaic materials. Each Dressed piece is unique.

Materials:
Oxidised green patinated bronze, brushed brass

Dressed Chair
Dimensions:
800 x 450 x 500 mm (h x w x d)

Dressed Table
Dimensions:
760 x 1950 x 950 mm (h x w x d)

Dressed Bench
Dimensions:
450 x 1710 x 400 mm (h x w x d)

Dressed Stool
Dimensions:
450 x 400 x 400 mm (h x w x d)

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Milan 2010: Belgian designer Jens Praet has collaborated with Vibeke Skar of Norway to present a collection of Corian tables with grooves worn into their sides in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan this week.

Called Arctic, the tables are meant to represent melting icecaps.

They are shown alongside a series of glass lamps called Industrial Collection.

See all our stories about Milan 2010 in our special category.

The following information is from Preat:

INDUSTRIAL IMPACT / ARCTIC COLLECTION + INDUSTRIAL COLLECTION:

studio Jens Praet and studio Vibeke Skar are teaming up designing two brand new collections labeled under one precise theme: Industrial Impact. The collection will be launched in Milan next week at Spazio Undai - Zona Ventura Lambrate.

As a reflection on the industrial revolution’s major after-effect, the global warming, provoking glacier icemelting, which is threatening the balance in the world, the studio-duo is trying to reach the people’s attention by creating everyday objects with a subtle environmental message. The end result is a table collection consisting of 3 different tables made of Ice White DuPont™ Corian®, inspired by the Arctic with its melting iceglaciers and eroded detailes.

Through the use of sensitive detailing, referring to industrial evergreen elements for the Industrial collection and eroded and water carved details for the Arctic collection, the studio-duo is creating a strong communication medium enhancing the importance of both global industrialization and the beauty and emphasis of the Arctic environment. Both Arctic and Industrial Collection are combining traditional craftmanship with contemporary materials; handmade is the keyword to refine, personalize and emotionalize the objects...

For the Arctic Collection the design-duo is collaborating with company Corinor AS, leading and highly experienced fabricator of DuPont™ Corian® in Norway, trying to challenge the material to a new perspective in the design field. Together with Corinor AS, they developed an ice-resembling material by bending ice-eroded patterned plates of DuPont™ Corian® (in Ice White colour) into small tables. They are introducing an interesting surface treatment by sandblasting the finished objects in order to experience a rough ice effect. The table tops are beautifully high gloss polished, creating a remarkable contrast with the imperfect table sides.

Along with this collection, the designers are presenting a glass collection consisting of a serie of lamps representing the industrial revolution, also wanting to be a contemporary reaction to the negative results of this era.

For the Industrial Collection, the designers have chosen to work with Norway’s oldest glass manufacturer, Hadeland Glassverk. At the glass-factory, the designers have been working in close contact with trained glassblowers able to create state-of-the-art designs mixing antique traditions with contemporary know-how techniques. Every lampshade has been hand blown - the imperfections are enhancing the beauty of the lamps with the result that every piece is unique.

Please come visit studio Jens Praet and studio Vibeke Skar at Spazio Undai - via Ventura 6 (Zona Ventura Lambrate) - Milano... On show also other work by the design duo and by Lanzavecchia + Wai.

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Milan 08: designer Jens Praet showed his collection of furniture made of shredded documents at the A Touch of Green exhibition by design collective Droog in Milan last month.

The One Day Paper Waste table and storage unit are made by mixing shredded, unwanted documents with resin and forming in a mould.

For more from the A Touch of Green exhibition with Droog see our previous story.

Here's some more information from Praet:

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ONE DAY PAPER WASTE - TABLE
This table is a second edition of the One Day Paper Waste - cabinet concept.

Initially asked to design a table/console in limited edition for EatDrinkDesign and shown during the Dutch Design Week 2007 in Eindhoven (The Netherlands), One Day Paper Waste - table is now produced by Droog Design and has been launched at Droog Design’s exhibition during the Salone del Mobile 2008.

One Day Paper Waste is a little table/console, obtained by taking shredded confidential documents, mixing them with resin and compressing them into a strong mould... End result: a new interesting object that has the strength of wood.

Material: Shredded paper (recycled), resin (transp.)
Production & distribution: Droog Design, Amsterdam
Photography: Frans van Lieshout

SHREDDED PAPER STORAGE
Shredded Paper Storage is a new black edition in line with the ‘One Day Paper Waste’ family. Commissioned by L’Uomo Vogue, in collaboration with Yamamay, one of Italian’s leading underwear brands, I was asked to design a special edition for the ‘Yamazonia - The Design and the Nature’ event, shown at Galleria Cardi in Milano.

Shredded Paper Storage is a storage item obtained by taking shredded confidential documents, mixed with a black resin and compressed into a strong mould.

Material: Shredded paper (recycled), resin (+ black pigment)
Production & distribution: Jens Praet
Photography: Jens Praet

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