In times of eco-green and sociological trends, themes within the fields of science and functionality become more and more important for design. The author Vera Wiedermann works on this topic with the aim of more functional and science proofed design in the future. She shares her interests with her readers in this blog. Among these posts, you can follow recent works, inspirations and exhibitions of Vera Wiedermann Designstudio.Tumblr (3.0; @verawiedermann)http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/883ed73ca8d0c797c18820aaddf79d69/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/15d47c40d9cdea6b7a3d81cde24438d7/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5f2fb40d94eab260d645ad6a5900f310/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e9b2c70bea5abd5001833dfc243c48df/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a640aa4ae5dce355623a1ee44eb90d28/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b17b8ecd5753ba2fa64791bdea1ffa2/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f2bf291cf47ba58978b9c00b5f8aef4/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d26a67a4fbb0aa4cd519b38568ad20bf/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30b0327cdc7418adf00343372d844da0/tumblr_mm0xjbPAo81qe0903o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Work</strong></p> <p><strong>EVA</strong><br/>bowls for storing, preservation and preparation of food</p> <p>Design: <a href="http://verawiedermann.com" target="_blank">Vera Wiedermann</a> 2012/13<br/>Pictures: <a href="http://www.pirschtl.com/site.html" target="_blank">Hannes Pirschtl</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/49425663894http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/49425663894Thu, 02 May 2013 10:00:28 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae70407edd53807bf3f19bb60a0f5bd5/tumblr_mm0x0utQ9r1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong></p> <p>Storing food has been one of my topics the last year. These complementary trays are by <a href="http://fabiomolinas.com/" target="_blank">Fabio Molinas</a>. <br/>The heat emitting above the fridge is used to keep the fruits and vegetable warm and humid. I´m not shure if the temperature is good to keep everything fresh, but I usually believe into a designer´s research…</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/49182622053http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/49182622053Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:43:42 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/01349c6be3e61832838a5baa9dad58b8/tumblr_mgbf4ixDFX1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>bulbs</strong> ♥</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/40245270637http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/40245270637Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:00:30 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7acca113881bc8a34a548cc86792a7e7/tumblr_mgbez3mC2A1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f959fa48a1a7b066ab562b59997810a1/tumblr_mgbez3mC2A1qe0903o2_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Tableware inspiration</strong><br/>Cutlery by <a href="http://www.gense.se/index.php?id=417" target="_blank">Gense</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/40084431168http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/40084431168Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:00:11 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e38b77c4080f4da56428ffade8b29597/tumblr_mgbes775p11qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4eb100f4eff1ed1e554c95dc5ae46954/tumblr_mgbes775p11qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Handcraft inspiration</strong><br/><strong>Wicker + Ceramic furniture series</strong> <br/><br/>by <a href="http://www.albertofabbian.com/" target="_blank">Alberto Fabbian<br/></a>reblogged from <a href="http://www.designboom.com/design/ability/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=subscribers" target="_blank">designboom.com</a><a href="http://www.albertofabbian.com/" target="_blank"><br/></a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/40017493826http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/40017493826Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:22:16 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f6f9012af8bb365f610910e50073c60/tumblr_mg7yvevQYD1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff7c7edd1e6c0b297458d81355e49368/tumblr_mg7yvevQYD1qe0903o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cfe6deaa3013ad7a5b7a842c9aa252c8/tumblr_mg7yvevQYD1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a76958d924eb4c3a8f56cec6cf53b2d4/tumblr_mg7yvevQYD1qe0903o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Sorry, it has been a while … <br/>But the following projects brought me back to blogging.<br/><br/>“What is the nature of a colour and what is the connection to its physical state. Based on the ongoing research of deriving pigments from vegetables, the aim was to showcase the liquid condition of the colour before it is fixated to the medium of paper or textile. Compared to its solid condition, transparencies and volumes play suddenly an important role.<br/>Presented in a cabinet the 130 preserved containers expose pure and mixed shades of different vegetables and different mixing ratios. This project was developed for the exhibition Dutch Domestics at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt.”<br/><br/>More info on <a href="http://www.rawcolor.nl" target="_blank">Raw Colour</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/39918895325http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/39918895325Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:00:13 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdgljegiEi1qbehnoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong><br/>Why not ?!</p> <p>by <a href="http://www.mullervanseveren.be/" target="_blank">Muller van Severen</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/36202831677http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/36202831677Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:20:52 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mctksfSs3V1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mctksfSs3V1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Preserved knowledge</strong><br/><strong>- What we don´t know anymore about our food:</strong><br/><br/>Food is something we are confronted with every day. But the generation of today lives in a haze of ignorance when it comes to our nutrient. <br/>Cleo Maxime de Brabander asked elderly people how they used to preserve food before the refrigerator was invented.</p> <p>Did you know that lemons stay fresh if you cover their cut side with vinegar?<br/>Or that sugar regulates the humidity of cheese, similar to rice in salt?<br/><br/>With this contemporary series of kitchen products, existing out of a cheese cover with space for sugar, an apple rack and a lemon dish, <strong>Cleo Maxime de Brabander</strong> wants to create awareness, educate and increase the value of our food.</p> <p>During next weeks I´ll tell you more about how to store food outside the fridge!<br/><br/>Copyright: Design Academy Eindhoven<br/>Art Direction: Petra Janssen<br/>Photographer: René van der Hulst</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34820421632http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34820421632Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:00:16 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcpkp3WKTr1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcpkp3WKTr1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcpkp3WKTr1qe0903o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong></p> <p><strong>Tableware as sensorial stimuli</strong><br/><br/>Cutlery design focuses on getting food in bite-sized morsels from the plate to the mouth, but it could do so much more. The project aims to reveal just how much more, stretching the limits of what tableware can do.<br/>Focusing on ways of making eating a much richer experience, a series of dozens of different designs has been created, inspired by the phenomenon of synesthesia. This is a neurological condition where stimulus to one sense can affect one or more of the other senses.</p> <p>A project by <a href="http://jjhyun.com/" target="_blank">Jin Hyun Jeon</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34634958409http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34634958409Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:42:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc83eykqW1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc83eykqW1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc83eykqW1qe0903o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc83eykqW1qe0903o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong><br/><strong>Perfume Tools</strong><br/><br/>When <a href="http://www.jodykocken.com/" target="_blank">Jody Kocken </a>discovered she was allergic to perfume, she looked for solutions that would enable her to still wear a fragrance. She developed Perfume tools: a series of jewellery pieces that can be attached to the opening of a perfume bottle. The tools absorb the scent and work as fragrance diffusers that can be worn. In places where the skin is most vulnerable, the precious metal is warmed up so that the scent can travel. Any skin contact with the perfumed liquid is thus avoided.</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34350719669http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34350719669Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:30 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc7jnFB4r1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc7jnFB4r1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc7jnFB4r1qe0903o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcc7jnFB4r1qe0903o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Inspiration<br/>Brainpens<br/></strong></p> <p><strong>Roy Verbakel</strong> based his graduation project at <a href="http://www.designacademy.nl/portals/0/www/events/daegs12/" target="_blank">Design Academy Eindhoven</a> on several studies in the field of brain science and embodied cognition: Brains not only steer and control the body (as very long was thought), but body and brains interact and influence each other. The pens use the idea that people don’t write long stories with their pens anymore. We draw or play with it.<br/><br/><strong>Flexible</strong> (the green pen): The shape of the pen increases the movements you make so you instantly go towards a >mindless< drawing (that you make during a telephone call). It makes you remember better.<br/><br/><strong>Balance</strong> (the black pen): Playing with balance in our hands makes us, coming from the theory of embodied cognition, more senseful for feeling more balanced. <br/><br/><strong>Mechanism</strong> (the clicking >golden< pen): Everyone knows someone who constantly clicks with his pen. For this person, this is a good way to reduce stress. For the others around it generates more stress. This pen gives the feeling of clicking, but not the sound.</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34187870189http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/34187870189Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:43:09 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3c49VykB1qe0903o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Inspirational, again</strong><br/><br/>This <strong>clothes rail</strong> makes fashion selection easy and saves time on queueing for the fitting room. <br/>Would love my H&M to have these.</p> <p>Design by <a href="http://torafu.com/" target="_blank">Torafu Architects</a> for Panda Fashion<br/>Picture by Takumi Ota<br/>See more on <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/24292/torafu-architects-my-panda-retail-store.html" target="_blank">designboom</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/33834367596http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/33834367596Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:28:57 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbiv0fmzqw1qe0903o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Inspirational!</strong><br/>Match glass tealight holder by <a href="http://www.formuswithlove.se/" target="_blank">Form Us Wth Love</a> for <a href="http://www.muuto.com/" target="_blank">Muuto</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/33149676988http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/33149676988Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:45:57 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8y5yrVQot1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8y5yrVQot1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8y5yrVQot1qe0903o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong></p> <p>Japanese artist <a href="http://www.kumiyamashita.com" target="_blank">Kumi Yamashita</a> did a series of crushed and folded Origami-papers. Each shadow displays a unique facial silouette in every detail. </p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/29813501571http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/29813501571Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:58:09 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8htgv7BAI1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8htgv7BAI1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8htgv7BAI1qe0903o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8htgv7BAI1qe0903o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong></p> <p>My favourite young designer of the week: <a href="http://www.sarahboettger.com/25-0-Juuri.html" target="_blank">Sarah Böttger</a>!</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/29325998090http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/29325998090Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:38:58 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ht5eXMxN1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ht5eXMxN1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.rig-tig.dk/" target="_blank"><strong>RIGTIG by Stelton</strong></a>, one of my favorite brands just developed some very smart new kitchen tools. The two above are some of my favourites. But they have some more great designs. Check it out!</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/29053897005http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/29053897005Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:48:50 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m759oeHAxN1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m759oeHAxN1qe0903o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m759oeHAxN1qe0903o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong><br/><br/><strong>Guide to the foreign Japanese kitchen</strong><br/>Have you ever been annoyed about not getting the right ingredients for authentic asian cooking in Europe. I have … <br/>This cookbook displays a range of alternatives to far shipped goods.<br/>By <a href="http://www.moe-takemura.com/" target="_blank">Moé Takemura</a><br/>See more pictures on <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/30/view/22154/moe-takemura-guide-to-the-foreign-japanese-kitchen.html" target="_blank">designboom</a>.</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/27618255150http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/27618255150Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:59:50 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m74dx8kdOm1qgnpj5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong><br/><br/><strong>… with a sense of humor:</strong><br/>Soggy Bottom Boys, Sauvignon Blanc ©2012</p> <p><span class="tumblr_blog">Reblogged from: </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pristinebiscuit.tumblr.com/post/27150950258/heed-this-warning-soggy-bottom-boys-sauvignon" target="_blank">pristinebiscuit</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/27565768708http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/27565768708Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:05:59 +0200<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/44097005" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong><br/><br/><strong>Chocolate Mill</strong> by <a href="http://www.wiekisomers.com/" target="_blank">Wieki Somers</a></p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/27320961423http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/27320961423Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:57:02 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5at1d6OBF1qe0903o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Inspiration</strong><br/><br/><strong>Á deux</strong></p> <p>I always like when designers convert practices and find new ways to integrate it <br/>simple and clever into new products. Especially when it comes to tableware.<br/>The vinegar and oil pipette by Kiel based young designer <a href="http://www.katjagross.com/" target="_blank">Katja Groß</a> is one of <br/>the prototypes which should be on the market and would be waste of idea if <br/>it stays theory. Therefore please share this and spread it well.<br/>The product is planned to come with a funnel integrated in the neck of the<br/>bottle to prevent dropping.</p>http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/24874284214http://verawiedermann.tumblr.com/post/24874284214Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:54:56 +0200