Florian Kräutli

Human Antenna

florian — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:54:44 +0000

A carpet made of loops from conductive thread.
By standing on it, your body acts as an antenna. The carpet picks up the radio waves, which your body receives and makes them hearable. When walking on the carpet you can tune it to a certain frequency, like the tuner of a radio.

For The Birds

florian — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:04:38 +0000

Lampshades from tapioca, vegetables and wafers.
When the human does not want it anymore, he can bring it to the animal environment. The lamps can be hung to a tree and get eaten by animals

Monoknit Chair

florian — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:30:45 +0000

A low-chair made from polypropylene cord. A part of the chair is heated causing the cord to shrink and harden. Because of the knit, the whole structure pulls itself together, making it more stiff. This forms the constructive shell of the chair, while the seating part stays untreated. Through the monomateriality of the chair, it is not only easy to produce, but also easy to recycle.

cord provided by Seilerei Sammt

Stacking Nesting Tables

florian — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:19:00 +0000

An expandable nesting table. The smaller tables which are contained in the bigger ones can work as additional surface, trays, drawers or stands to form a high table.

Magnetic Curtain

florian — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:42:31 +0000

A curtain which you can shape to any form. Through the incorporated structure and magnets, it stays in the shape you push and pull it to.

Note: The curtain is not in production yet. Contact me if you want to be notified once the product becomes available.

Animal chairs

florian — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:05:40 +0000

When you take off the skin of a cow, there’s the meat. When you take off the meat, you have the skeleton. My chairs are constructed like a creature:
skeleton, meat, skin. I reconstruct metal frames I found on the dump based on anatomic rules. Like an archeologist who finds a dinosaur skeleton.

The chairs: Kurt, Kauer, Kummer

Kurt

florian — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:03:19 +0000

kurt is a luscious chair with the look and feel of an armchair, but the proportions and the inner life of a kitchen chair. It’s clearly animalic shape make it look like a toy, but the materials and the treatment is grown up.

Kauer

florian — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:00:35 +0000

kauer offers seating for one or two persons. He finds its spot in the public as well in the private space. It fits in clubs as well as in offices or galeries.

Kummer

florian — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:54:50 +0000

kummer is a high chair ideal for at the bar which seperates the kitchen from the living space in a modern appartment. It’s form falls between the aesthetic of the kitchen and the livingroom furniture and acts as a transition between the two.

Cows

florian — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:39:34 +0000

Is it ok to make a cow out of the skin of a cow? Handbags made from leather and fur.