With Slow Spain, AHEC presents new work by 17 students selected from nine Spanish design schools at Madrid Design Festival 2023 (until 12 March 2023)
Left, ‘Bondu’ by Daniela González Martínez. Right, ‘Pami’ by Berta Albiac Adell, Queralt Font Sabadell, Albert Roca NonellAt Madrid Design Festival 2023, 17 student designers from nine Spanish design schools have unveiled a range of thoughtful furniture projects crafted in underused hardwoods in order to champion ‘slow design for fast change’.
In ‘SLOW Spain’, students worked exclusively with four American hardwoods that are underused in Europe: red oak, cherry, maple and tulipwood. These woods account for over 40 per cent of the standing timber in the US, and their use offers a solution to the environmental ills caused by a commercial over-reliance on a narrow selection of other woods. According to AHEC, it takes just over two seconds for the hardwood harvested for the ‘SLOW Spain’ projects to be replaced by new growth in US forests.
‘Scaffold’, by Arnau Anoro, is an immersive installation in red oak that comprises seating encircled by tall shelving. The cocoon-like wooden oasis encourages a moment of rest – either communally or in isolation. ‘I want people to have an emotional connection with the work,’ the designer explains. ‘Habi’ is designed by Natale Armendáriz, Jon Calleja, Nora Etxeberria and Ane Ozkoidi. Made from maple and woven fabric, it is conceived as a crib that transforms into a clothes hanging rack
‘Daisy’, designed by Jonathan Paige, is an elegant red oak desk with two lids, each opening in a different direction to become easels
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