MONO & HANDLE ME are introduced at ICFF

Images courtesy of Angell, Wyller & Aarseth

Angell, Wyller & Aarseth introduce MONO & HANDLE ME at ICFF

Simen Aarseth, Christoffer Angell and Øyvind Wyller are three product designers who have collaborated on several projects after they completed their master’s degree in design at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in Norway summer 2010.

Through experience from renowned architects, exhibition design, set design and product design for industrial production, they have developed an analytical, innovative and holistic way of thinking about design in a variety of situations.

The trio is the brains behind the non-profit initiative ODL, that give Oslo based designers an opportunity to exhibit, and sell their products to the local audience.

MONO

Sipping coffee has never felt so right! Mono has much of its character in the handle, which is grown out of the thin porcelain to provide a wheel or a knob for the rotational sipping motion. When stacked on top of each other, the cups turn into a mushroom tree, a tower of trumpets or whatever your imagination tells you. By designing this cup we wanted to challenge the conventional handle, and give the users the opportunity to find their own way to hold it.

HANDLE ME

Cookware has been an essential tool of basic human survival since before the beginning of civilization, falling into the same category as the wheel and stone axe. We wish to celebrate the simplicity of the traditional casserole by designing a contemporary version of it. Cast iron cookware is very durable, and as designers there was something intrinsically romantic about the idea of making “immortal” products.

“Today we put our faith into technological devices which are designed to serve single, increasingly narrow purposes at the expense of diverse utility. In a society overloaded with ‘fastfood products’ we believe that basic cast iron cookware is more relevant than ever.

We would like to reconnect the user in the process of cooking instead of reducing him/her to a passive spectator who mindlessly pushes buttons. Our design highlights the raw simplicity both visually and physically. The dowel handle provides an ergonomic powergrip while contributing to the concept of cookware as “tools”. The visual expression further expands the utility into the field of presentation of food.”

The cookware should encourage one to cook at home, which is an important social activity, as well as a healthy, sustainable and economic one.