PORTFOLIODemeter Fogarasi

2015

2015

Demeter Fogarasi

1989 / Born / Budapest

2008 / Graduation / Arany János Ált. Isk. és Gimnázium

2010 / Internship / TOP Fa Kft.

2011 / Project / Polyduct Zrt. / Playground toys developement

2012 / Diploma-project / Direkt-Line Kft. / Outdoor furniture family

2012 / Diploma / Industrial Design Engineer, BSc, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

2013 / Exhibited work / Hungarian Design Award / Fast Casual Chair

2013 / Erasmus / Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design

2014 / Exhibition / Stockholm Furniture Fair / Pinsofa 1

2014 / Exhibition / OTTHON Design, Hungarian Design stand / Pinsofa 1

2014 / Internship / PLANBUREAU Kft.

2014 / Project designer / LOGIFACES

2015 / Diploma / Furniture Design MA, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME)

2015 / Exhibited work / Hungarian Design Award / Pinsofa 1

Design has always been a part of me some way, yet I have never felt it this close. I really enjoy all kinds of tasks involving problem solving and creativity. I like to be part of things which evolve into something great, this kind of evolution inspires me. Challenging tasks even those involving hard work, result in experiences lasting a life-time. I always felt the need and desire to create, but lately it’s growing greater, and starting to concentrate in the right place. Yet I know, this is only the beginning.

FAsT CAsUAl ChAIrMy concept was to design a chair inspired by fast casual restaurants. The idea was to recognize what feelings, eating habits and sociological situations these restaurants offer to people and interpret this into a functional furniture.The design of the backrest was inspired by my back problems, the special curvature shape generates a gentle massaging pressure on the muscles along the spine. The chair with the harmony of acrylic and steamed oak represents a natural, clean, contemporary touch.

year: 2012 / consultant: István Juhász2013 Hungarian Design Award, exhibited works

PINsOFA 1

Walking through the classroom with beautiful sunshine coming through the windows, I discovered a new beauty in the needles sticking out of the needle pillows. This was my very first impression - I told myself this was so inspiring that I should be working with it.My main idea was to have a playful concept, what refers to the inner child in every one of us. Enlarged object by themselves generate the feeling of being little as children. With the enlarged needles I am relating to textile techniques in an abstract way.

year: 2013 / consultant: Thomas Alken2014 Stockholm Furniture Fair, exhibited

2015 Hungarian Design Award, exhibited works

The sitting part is a plywood structure, with two layers of foam underneath the fabric. The lathed ash legs are held by metal fixings which you can screw from underneath thus the construction can be taken apart. The spheres on the end are made of foam as well, and they were upholstered by hand from 6 pieces of fabric supported by Kvadrat.

2014 Publications

POETIC FUrNITUrE - FrOzEN TExTIlE

My thesis, the foundation of my work is based on the concept of poetry in the context of design. Comparing it with narrative design. In conclusion, poetry is the act beyond function determines an object’s emotional content towards the user. I started the design process with material studies, working with a biodegradable plastic (PlA), and natural textiles. The aim was to create a composite material that not only possesses good technical properties but also emphasizes naturalness, looks and feels intriguing and inspiring. The idea was to create a concept furniture, which is concerned with the poetic nature of the material. While forming the furniture the originally soft material becomes rigid. I wanted to save this moment of creation, when a piece of textile is “blown” onto the frame, forming a chair.

year: 2015 / consultants: Daniel lakos, Balázs Püspök2015 MOME graduation project

sTOCKhOlM FUrNITUrE FAIr

Our team had the opportunity to design the exhibition booth for The royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for the 2014 stockholm Furniture Fair. The project involved fundraising, logistics and building of the exhibition, also the online and offline representation of the exhibition.

year: 2014 / consultant: Andreas lundin collaboration with: Annika Kunter, Maiken lindhardt, sophie ritz, Pontus Bahrtine

vAlET sTAND

The concept is based on the playfulness and impersonation of objects, while working with soft, thin lines almost like a graphical work. The aim was to design a valet stand which can be used intuitively in different ways.The steel pipe circles fit into each other thus the furniture can be flat packed.

year: 2014 / consultant: Thomas Alken

sYMBIOTIC ChAIr

I had this broken chair in my room for quite a while and I always felt I had to do something with it. For a long time I had a desire to create something illogical, representing feelings driven by the intuitions of subconsciousness. The result is a chair covered with painted acrylic paste symbolizing an unreal organism living beyond symbiosis on stuff left alone.

year: 2012

sCUlPTUrE

The study is about the interpretation of three words that I chose for the project.slENDEr, MYsTErIOUs, FEAr

tervezés éve: 2012 / konzulens: Koós Pál

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2015

photos: Mihály Demeczky

Demeter Fogarasi