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A Student's Reverse Engineered Home Goods That Started With The Disappointing Part

A minimalist portfolio project that takes production seriously

By Kat Bauman - March 7, 2017

in Homeware

As part of her work at Lund University's School of Industrial Design, Anna Gudmundsdottir got chummier than usual with the factories nearby. While developing her Beyond Local line of minimal home goods, she worked backwards through the standard ideation process. Beginning with consultations with multiple producers she took their manufacturing limitations and scare stories to heart first, before even hitting the drawing board.

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In partnership with seven local factories, including a tube bending facility, brush makers, and rubber producers, she dialed in a set of tight material and form limitations that set the aesthetic basis for her work. Throughout the final products, you'll see familiar tubing sizes and traditional brushes, tweaked gently towards haptic enjoyment and paired with unexpected materials.

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There's a toilet brush featuring an easily produced bell shaped holder, with anti-slip rubber base. And a dust pan and brush set with oversized but inviting handles. There are silly but fun rubber wall hooks and toilet paper holders. All in all, it's a cleanup job of taking production constraints to heart.

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1stlvl Humanoid

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Great work. I'm reading a bit of 80's postmodern feel in the colors and iconic shapes, but is still would be very at-home in modern interiors.

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Matt Clark

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Could have linked to the designer or her school or anything like the previous article did https://www.dezeen.com/2017/03/04/anna-gudmundsdottir-design-process-back-front-beyond-local-homeware-design/

http://annagudmundsdottir.com/

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