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In Carte Blanche, DuPont and Intramuros have asked 25 international designers to make works from an A4 sheet of white Corian on the occasion of Intramuros' 25th anniversary. The designers were selected because they have all (at one time or another) been on the cover of the magazine.

The show also introduces Designer White, a new color created "at the request of architects and designers." Funny that designers are so particular about the absence of color that they need a special shade of it.

Our favorites were the pieces that moved away from the format of the sheet. Stefan Dietz embedded the material in a rearview mirror, Thierry Gaugain made a small lightbox, and Todd Bracher filled a volume with the Corian shavings. We'll hear more from Todd in an upcoming post and video.

In FAST and FURIOUS, Mathieu Lehanneur created paddles for a new game called Corian Ball. Each paddle behaves differently, depending on the pattern milled into its surface. FAST is perforated to increase striking speed and FURIOUS is grooved for more power.

The show is open at the New York's Corian showroom through July 2, 2010.

More shots after the jump.

Liasions by Inge Sempe

Normograph by Jean-Crancois Dingjian

The Blank Pages by Philippe Nigro

Press images by Tom Powel.