‘Controlling numbers with your hands’ was a two week interaction design project lead by Sebastian Bergne with students from the NABA design school in Milan. Students were asked to create a simple measuring object, such as a calendar, scale or other measuring device, that requires physical interaction to achieve its numeric function. April 2014.
We’re hardly short of new products in the modern world. Our 21st century, techno-driven, global economy has become a giant engine, geared up to make and to market objects to us in their millions. But how often do the many products we rely on really excite us? Why do we so often favour big brand …
We are pleased to announce that six of our designs have been included in the Keep it Glassy Exhibition and included in the permanent collection of the Shangai Museum of Glass, These include pieces from the Corked series, Dizzy glasses and the Looking Glass decanter. Opening March, 2013.
By day, a quiet exhibition of a long laid table, a table of beautiful objects poised for the start of a meal. By night, the exhibition comes alive as a bustling table of people sharing a meal. Designing for the preparation, serving and consumption of food has become one of the hallmarks of designer Sebastian …
Review of the Lego Greenhouse installation by Sebastian Bergne, commissioned by The London Design Festival, Covent Garden and LEGO for the London Design Festival in September 2011. A+U Magazine Feb, 2012.
Analysis of the Ice Cream Machine design by Sebastian Bergne for Heston Blumenthal’s new restaurant Dinner. For more detail of the project see here. Text: Johanna Agerman Ross Illustration: Bruce Emmett ICON, June, 2011
Colour Ware was inspired by the desire to challenge the traditional creative process and to use colour as a starting point and key element in the finished object as opposed to a final surface treatment. The result is a series of plates in various thicknesses of materials with inherent colour. As place settings they give creative …
Following the success of the Blow By Blow exhibition in London, Sebastian Bergne has collaborated with Milan gallery Pigr’ to present a new version of the exhibition. The 20 years of projects in glass will be joined by Pipe glass the new object created for the event and available in an edition of 100 pieces. see more… Exhibition design …
Profile article about the work of Sebastian Bergne written by Laurence Salmon and published in the September issue of ElleDeco France. Photo’s by Marie-Pierre Morel
This summer marks the 20th Anniversary of industrial designer Sebastian Bergne’s studio. To celebrate this occasion, the exhibition Blow By Blow will show an extraordinary collection of unseen personal glass projects. Since starting his professional practice in 1990, Sebastian has collaborated with small glass making workshops to produce these private pieces alongside his regular studio activities. This series …