Concrete Collection
Concrete
design: aleksandar ugresic
Collection
C o n c r e t e C o m m o d e i s t h e fi r s t e l e m e n t o f t h e f u t u r e f u r n i t u r e c o l l e c t i o n , c o m b i n e d o f c o n c r e t e a n d wo o d .
S u c c e s s f u l ly r e a l i ze d i d e a o f “ m ov i n g c o n c r e t e ” a s a p a r t o f p i e c e o f t h e f u r n i t u r e i s w h a t m a ke s t h i s p r o j e c t
interesting. Previously designed pieces, consisted of the concrete par ts as the str uctural elements are
usually designed to have the concrete par ts as a static element of the str ucture . The idea of moving concrete
elements which, by its nature , always reveal the impression of the weight and immovability is quite innovative .
It is possible to combine war m and gentle sor ts of the wood, like cher r y or pear, making the ideal c o n t r a s t t o
t h e c o n c r e t e , a n d ve r y p r o u d - s p i r i t e d s o r t s a s w a l nu t o r o a k w h i c h , c o m b i n e d w i t h t h e c o n c r e t e , i n c r e ases
i t s b o l d c h a r a c t e r. A s i t c a n b e s e e n o n t h i s c o m m o d e w i t h t h e d r awe r s , c o n c r e t e c a n h ave v a r i o u s fi n i s h i n g .
Likewise , the concrete can be printed.
Concrete
design: aleksandar ugresic
Commode
C o n c r e t e C o m m o d e i s t h e fi r s t e l e m e n t o f t h e f u t u r e f u r n i t u r e c o l l e c t i o n , c o m b i n e d o f c o n c r e t e a n d wo o d .
S u c c e s s f u l ly r e a l i ze d i d e a o f “ m ov i n g c o n c r e t e ” a s a p a r t o f p i e c e o f t h e f u r n i t u r e i s w h a t m a ke s t h i s project
interesting. Previously designed pieces, consisted of the concrete par ts as the str uctur al elements are usually
designed to have the concrete par ts as a static element of the str ucture . The idea of moving concrete
elements which, by its nature , always reveal the impression of the weight and immovability is quite innovative .
It is possible to combine war m and gentle sor ts of the wood, like cher r y or pear, making the ideal contr ast to
t h e c o n c r e t e , a n d ve r y p r o u d - s p i r i t e d s o r t s a s w a l nu t o r o a k w h i c h , c o m b i n e d w i t h t h e concrete , increases
i t s b o l d c h a r a c t e r. A s i t c a n b e s e e n o n t h i s c o m m o d e w i t h t h e d r awe r s , c o n c r e t e c a n h ave v a r i o u s fi n i s h i n g .
Likewise , the concrete can be pr inted.
Width 40cm Length 35cm Height 46cm
Solid wood on bottom model: Cher r y
19.6Kg
Concrete
design: aleksandar ugresic
Collection
Mater ials
D e s i g n e r
Aleksandar Ugresic
Serbian, born in Belgrade. Phar macist by education, he is an owner and director of medicine producing pharm a c e u t i c a l c o m p a ny n a m e d U f a r. A s a s u c c e s s f u l bu s i n e s s m a n w i t h m o r e t h a n 1 5 ye a r s o f e x p e r i e n c e i n h i s
ow n bu s i n e s s a n d w i t h a g r e a t p a s s i o n fo r d e s i g n a n d p h o t o g r a p hy, i n t h e ye a r o f 2 0 1 2 h e h a s e s t a bl i s h e d a
wor kshop for producing handmade solid wood fur niture , named HOOKL und STOOL.
W i t h a b a s i c e s t h e t i c a l i d e a b a s e d o n t h e p o s t w a r R oya l S c a n d i n av i a n s c h o o l p o s t u l a t e s a s a g u i d e , h e t r i e d
himself in designing solid wood fur niture . By far, he has sever al successfully done projects, with the Negative
concept table , the Concrete commode and the Stealth collection as the most outstanding.
He is mar r ied to an architect, father of the two children.
Concrete Collection
Publication
HOOKLundSTOOL Januar y 2014
Design
Zoran Jedrejcic
Photograph
Nebojsa Babic
HOOKLundSTOOL
sales & showroom contact:
Lipovicki put 308, 11460 Belgrade
Phone: +381 63 275 876
E-mail: [email protected]
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