For the sixth year running, Chris Lefteri Design curated the 100% Materials installation at 100% Design in London. Between 24 -27 September, visitors could browse the large collection of material samples on display, participate in workshops and pick up a copy of the latest issue of Ingredients.
The workshop programme included a session with London-based shoe- and product designer Marloes ten Bhömer. Marloes brought samples from the various stages of the making of her amazing rotationalmouldedshoe, giving visitors an insight into the fascinating creative process that led her to apply rotational moulding – a process that is usually associated with large-scale, bloated shapes like litter bins, toys and traffic cones – to shoe design.
Jane ni Dhulchaointigh’s demonstration of sugru™, a new silicone-based material, was another highlight. Perhaps best described as a kind of ‘permanent blue tack’, sugru™ can be shaped by hand and left to cure at room temperature, forming a durable and tactile material that can be used to create new products or for customising existing ones, which was the theme for Jane’s workshop. Ultimately, Jane’s vision for sugru™ is that the material will be used to ‘hack’ and improve broken or unwanted products in situations where users would typically buy new ones. If the turnout and sheer enthusiasm of the workshop attendees is anything to go by, this may well come true.
