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Kink by Osko+Deichmann
Berlin design duo Osko+Deichmann will present a collection of tubular steel and pine furniture at Helmrinderknecht Gallery for Contemporary Design in Berlin later this week.
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The collection, named Kink, consists of a table, chair, writing table, cantilever chair, sideboard, shelving unit, coffee table and floor lamp.
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A continuation of their Straw chair project (see our earlier stories here and here), the new collection is made of tubular steel that has been folded and kinked.
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Slabs of pine form chair seats and backs, table tops and shelves.
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The project will be on show as part of an exhibition named Funktionale Beschädigung - The Beauty of Deliberate Kinks, Dents and Bends.
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Here is some more furniture by Osko+Deichmann on Dezeen:
Abyss Lamp (April 2007)
Straw Chair at DMY Berlin 2009 (May 2009)
Pebble Armchair (September 2009)
Straw Chair for Blå Station (February 2010)
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The text below is from Osko+Deichmann:
On show is a family of tubular steel furniture called "Kink". The tubing used in the furniture is not bent - as is normally the case – but rather functionally folded, dented and kinked.
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The chairs, tables and other furniture derive their final form and function by means of this intentional process of "damaging" the tubular steel.
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The process' traces, which would normally be regarded as defects, are in fact integral to the design.
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The chairs, tables and other furniture derive their final form and function by means of this intentional process of "damaging" the tubular steel: the process' traces, which would normally be regarded as defects, are in fact integral to the design.
![](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/03/dzn_Kink-by-Osko+Deichmman-12.jpg)
For the exhibition, "Happy Birthday Bauhaus", we created the "Straw Chair", a functional homage to the classic Cantilever Chair made of kinked, tubular steel.
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A second four-legged and stackable version of the "Straw Chair" was introduced on the occasion of the Stockholm Furniture Fair by Blå Station in 2010. It was bestowed the +1 Award for the year's best new product.
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The "Kink" series consists of a table, chair, writing table, cantilever chair, sideboard, shelf, coffee table and floor lamp made of tubular steel, pine wood and clamps.
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All exhibited objects are part of a small limited edition and exclusively available at HELMRINDERKNECHT contemporary design gallery.
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