Reclaimed, found, salvaged, sourced, re-used ….. these are some of my favorite words…. and here is one of my favourite tables at the moment – Cajonuda.
“For the making of this table no harm has been done to any pieces of furniture… ”
Designed by Petz from Pokodesign and made by me.
My latest exhibition in Barcelona with RoomService Gallery made it onto national Spanish TV….check out the link of me tramping around skips full of junk.
This skip chic collection for RoomService Gallery is a direct result from time spent in local recycling points around Barcelona.
The A(dd)Y(our)O(wn) lighting range gives everyone the chance to be part designer, part manufacturer. Made from rebar and natural rubber, the lights are designed without lampshades to encourage the re-use and re-cycle of everyday objects from garden, house or street. For Roomservice Design Gallery Ryan fitted the lights with a series of iconic Spanish objects salvaged in the streets of Barcelona such as fruit crates, olive oil tins and pickle jars.
Below are a few images of the products
Fruit packing crate
builders mixing bowl
This weekend only [17-18th Dec] an edgy [i want that] collection of objects at Gallery Fousion – Barcelona from a mix of international designers
see flyer for details
Side table made from pallets and drawer handles
TAPEgear cork accessory range
Barcelona design week draws to a close, but this beautiful city still continues to inspire and provoke fresh ideas….
My skip chic collection for RoomService Gallery is a direct result from time spent in the Catalonian capital.
Below are a few images of the new products and also the video we made to coincide with the launch Punto Verde – Video and the Video Trailer
For the full range of images go to http://www.ryanfrank.net/limited-editions/
AYO Collection
Rosemary, sage, re-claimed pine and castor wheels are some of the ingredients Ryan Frank used for his latest commission of outdoor furniture for the Terrace Bar & Food, a sustainably-led restaurant at the National Theatre, London.
A video clip for Daily Grommet, launching the TAPE cork range in the US
We got a fantastic response, which encouraged us to extend our range and we are now producing cork covers for many of the new smart pads coming out.
more info here:
http://www.tapegear.com/
Ryan Frank
Yup… South African National TV channel SABC3 called up and said they would like to come and shoot some footage for their prime time magazine show Top Billing. [my mums favorite show]
Before long a crew of presenters and cameramen showed up at my London studio for a day of shooting.
The first half the day we filmed in the Geffrye Museum and the 2nd half took place in my studio and workshop.
Ryan Frank on Top Billing from ryan frank on Vimeo.
Earlier this month eco superstore NUDGE opened its doors in Helsinki and I was lucky enough to get invited to design and produce the shops display furniture. I took inspiration from the original Hackney Shelf..[an experimental project i did a few years ago...where i installed white boards at graffiti hot-spots around London]
The end result was a family of large, fat and small Hackney style shelves all displaying the sexy merchandise Nudge has on offer, which is a mix of eco clothing, furniture and accessories.
Besides the display furniture…. you can also find my full retail collection on display in the heart of Helsinki, including Isabella & Enzo stools, Zilka clothes hangers, TAPE cork accessory range and The Hackney Shelf.
A big thanks to Anu and Monica from Matteria for making this happen
A festival in the Spanish desert provided a beautiful blank canvas for an inspired art project.
This project titled ‘The March of the Chairs’ documents the travel of abandoned London street furniture crossing the hot Spanish desert in search of a place called ‘Planet Glunk’…..
Not so far away where the dusty wind blows
and the bluster bush kinda grows
one may find, if you are lucky, a meandering flock
staggering around a dainty rock.
these hapless chairs stagger and search for a place called Planet Glunk
a place said to be, made up mostly of random junk
the word on the street is, junk on Planet G
Is an ideal place to be…
A place of zero waste, which is exactly to the marching chairs taste.
Winding along the dusty road
In a relentless insect-like mode
These pioneering stools continually seek and search
For a wholesome place to perch.
So follow this march, if you dare, to the land of Planet Glunk
An awesome place for regular junk….
I recently discovered a stash of old scaffolding planks….These boards are made from a good quality pine and are full of character.
I also had a few furniture commissions on the go…
One was a memorial bench for a regeneration consultancy called Renaisi based in Shoreditch East London, and the other from a private client to design and build a giant farmhouse table.
I decided to make use of this valuable material source ….below is the result - strong, sturdy, salvaged free-range furniture.
table made from salvaged scaffold boards, with steel cut legs
