04 Jul 2009
Article - 03.08.2007
Janos Korban and Stefanie Flaubert, in partnership as Korban/Flaubert, approach design like a pair of mad scientists, where a row of bubbling test tubes might be as appropriate a design tool as pencils and paper.
This is not such a jest as it might seem. Referring to their workshop as a 'laboratory of form', their work is inspired by the multitudinous patterns in nature such as growth patterns, cellular structures, chemical configurations, crystals, genetics and so on.
Flaubert explains that we find such things inherently recognisable as they are essential elements of our most fundamental internal programming. 'All around you every day patterns invade your subconscious. You sense them because they’re imprinted on your schemata already,' she says. 'We like to extract the logic of those patterns and develop them into forms.' With this process they generate seating such as Bubble: playful, brightly coloured plastic stools comprised of two adjoined semi-ovoid shapes, when stacked creating a string of blobs reminiscent of nerve fibres or air bladders on seaweed.
Their screens intersect shapes and structures to reveal repeated geometric configurations akin to cellular arrays. Installations such as Weblight compile repeated motifs, growing like an embryo to fill a womb/room with complex arrangements of form.
Korban and Flaubert met while at university in Adelaide and soon after graduating left Australia to live overseas, working as a metal expert and architect respectively. In 1993 they formed Korban/Flaubert and two years later moved back to Australia, re-locating their business in Sydney. To bolster their home-grown acclaim, they recently exhibited in two highly successful solo shows in New York.
Korban Flaubert
Korban Flaubert's digital story was produced in collaboration with:
Brian Parkes, Object - Australian Centre for Craft and Design
Nick Collis-George, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
TAGS
+ Sydney Design 07
+ Digital storytelling
+ SoundHouse VectorLab
Flaubert explains that we find such things inherently recognisable as they are essential elements of our most fundamental internal programming. 'All around you every day patterns invade your subconscious. You sense them because they’re imprinted on your schemata already,' she says. 'We like to extract the logic of those patterns and develop them into forms.' With this process they generate seating such as Bubble: playful, brightly coloured plastic stools comprised of two adjoined semi-ovoid shapes, when stacked creating a string of blobs reminiscent of nerve fibres or air bladders on seaweed.
Their screens intersect shapes and structures to reveal repeated geometric configurations akin to cellular arrays. Installations such as Weblight compile repeated motifs, growing like an embryo to fill a womb/room with complex arrangements of form.
Korban and Flaubert met while at university in Adelaide and soon after graduating left Australia to live overseas, working as a metal expert and architect respectively. In 1993 they formed Korban/Flaubert and two years later moved back to Australia, re-locating their business in Sydney. To bolster their home-grown acclaim, they recently exhibited in two highly successful solo shows in New York.
Korban FlaubertKorban Flaubert's digital story was produced in collaboration with:
Brian Parkes, Object - Australian Centre for Craft and Design
Nick Collis-George, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
TAGS
+ Sydney Design 07
+ Digital storytelling
+ SoundHouse VectorLab