Harry Thaler:
Harry Thaler is part of a daring community of designers whose works explore the world through reinvented objects and juxtaposition with a surprising and charming elegance. His adventurous designs are built on a foundation of traditional techniques and high quality craftsmanship creating a sensation of timelessness in his work. A goldsmith, with a background that covers everything from jewellery design to carpentry, Thaler is now completing his Masters in design at the Royal College of Art. He was commissioned to design a series of public benches, has built a bike powered by compressed air, and has designed interiors, furniture and products for private commision. He now divides his time between London (UK) and Merano (Italy) and has now opened his own studio.
Royal College of Art - FINAL SHOW
Harry presents
Pressed Chair
Twist and Lock
Hang It On The Wall
Private View: Thursday 24 June 2010, 6pm
Exhibition Runs: Friday 25 June - Friday 02 July 2010
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SQUISH (Doorstop)
Based on a tube of paint, Squish can be used as a doorstop or a weight.
Twist & Lock
Twist and Lock is a system which allows these user to lock this special crates together in order to create different combinations according to the desired use. You can us the system in different ways, as a bookshelf, wine-shelf ...
Pressed chair
Pressed chair is a light, stackable metal chair stamped out of a 2.5 mm aluminium sheet. The value of the design excels in the intent of creating a piece out of one single material without any joints or connectors. Furthermore the manufacturing produces no waste material and is 100% recyclable.
Bench for Living Kampill 09
This bench made for Living Kampill, a residence in Bolzano (Italy).
Photographer: Marion Lafogler
Compressed Air Bike with Nicola Zocca
It’s more than simple: compressed air helps you to cycle. If the air tank is empty, just refill at the next gas station - but at the air pump, please.
www.nicolazocca.com
Bench
The Bench (2009) is an eye-catcher in every street of the village Silandro (Italy). It’s unique shape invites to take a rest.
"StandART-lamp" for Living Kampill
This oak light fits perfectly in the south Tyrolean environment. This standART lamp is designed for a Residence. It’s made of five parts, and it’s adjustable in height - a simple and pure object.
Stairs
Different sized, wooden boxes, one put over the other, become stairs. No nails, no screws, but probably with a pleasant surprise inside...
for Kajsa and Maki (London).
Enjoy It
Enjoy Your Meal is a set of tongs, only 5mm wide - they are light and graceful and you can use them with one hand.
Hang it on the wall
In Italian we say “hang shoes on the wall” meaning to forget about your dreams and give up your passions. But to hang something on the wall can also be a way of celebrating something and announcing its importance. I wanted to explore this tension within the Edison project; My Edison lamp encapsulates the need to move with developing eco-friendly technologies and at the same time pays tribute to the beauty and simplicity of the Edison bulb's design.
Tis Award
Organic, growth and innovative, original methods is the challenge for the TIS Award. Spheres are melted into each other, creating new networks.www.tis.bz.it
Material: Rapid prototyping
Esxhibition 1 Barrel
28 May 2008 - 21 June 2008
Galerie Erwin Seppi (Italy)
www.erwinseppi.org
Photographer: Georg
Khuen Belasi
The converted oil barrels remind us of colossal, crushed drink cans. The oil barrel seat invites you to sit back and relax but simultaneously seems grotesque and surreal given its political agenda. Made out of contemporary memorials, the barrels refer to the oil war and piles of rubbish.
Material: High gloss polished oil barrel
Photographer: Georg Khuen Belasi
Film: 1 Barrel by Harry Thaler
The doors to Art
A project for the office of Manifesta 7 in Bolzano. All the office furniture is made out of old doors. In collaboration with Walter Thaler.
Photographer: Marion Lafogler
www.manifesta7.it
Lapchair
A surprising combination between the common Thonet backrest and an abstract shaped seat: a hint of a woman´s lap that invites you to sit down and get comforatable.
Material: Plaster, foam
Stopp it
The drain plugs of kayaks easily get lost in the whitewater. Followed by: nerve-wracking searches for a suitable locking parts. Stopp it is a product that putsan end to this search. The solution of this problem is as easy as brilliant. The standard drain plugs are replaced by the usual thread of a common plastic bottle. Now every top fits!
Coca Cola top – fits
Mineral water top – fits
Apple juice top – fits
In production since 2007
www.stopp.it
Glas gib Gas
The material glass is taken out of context: the functional aspect comes hand in hand with its aesthetic. The glass gas cooker has the advantage that it saves space due to its mobility.
Material: Pirexglass
Jump
The aim was to create an innovative lamp which would include the following features: space-saving, adjustable height and with a simplistic appearance. The most striking challenge was to create a kind of floor lamp that would stand without a base. The product of this reflection is the lamp <jump>, an object that dynamically connects the floor with the ceiling, always under tension, captured by the room. <jump> consists of a height adjustable lamp supported by a flexible fibreglass construction with the shape of an arch clamped between ceiling and floor. It can be moved and fixed with little physical effort and thus, is adaptable to the needs of any given room.
Material: Fibreglass, aluminium
In collaboration with Zumtobel (A) www.zumtobel.com
Award : Light of the future 2006
Photo: Curzio Castellan
Mobile Office
A mobile home office for a private client
Moss
A silver ring whose size and colour adapts to everything: big fingers, thin
fingers, good mood, bad mood, red jumper, black trousers … The varicoloured
mossrubber cubes have not only an aesthetic value but also a functional: they
regulate the size by pushing them to a greater or lesser extend into the ring.
Material: Ag 925
In production since 2006
www.hokohoko.com
