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FULGURO: Cédric Decroux, Yves Fidalgo

Awarded

FULGURO: Cédric Decroux / Yves Fidalgo

'Waternetworks-Drops', 2007

Product and Industrial Design

Jury report

New Items of Daily Use for the Careful Use of Water
Ful­guro, the suc­cess­ful de­sign duo from the French part of Switzer­land, made their name as prod­uct de­sign­ers, graphic artists and ex­hi­bi­tion de­sign­ers.
Cédric De­croux and Yves Fi­dalgo have been awarded the Swiss Fed­eral De­sign Grant for the four ob­jects in the 'WA­TER­NET­WORKS-DROPS' se­ries. As the title sug­gests, the cen­tral ques­tion is how water is being used. 're­LEAF' is a geo­met­ri­cally shaped metal sheet that can be put into a wa­ter­ing can or a flower pot in order to col­lect rain water and let it flow to where it's needed via a nar­row groove. The 're­FLECT' stand lamp can be placed di­rectly in a pot and fos­ters the growth of the plant. 're­FRESH', the clay jug, com­bines two pour­ing sys­tems: the side with the small holes can be used as a wa­ter­ing can for flow­ers, the side with the pointed spout to fill up the white-enam­elled clay gob­lets. The wooden 're­COVER' tree stand can be placed in the base of the pot at the bot­tom end with the help of metal bars in order to then hang the drip­ping um­brella from the 'branches'. These orig­i­nal plant ac­ces­sories can be used both on bal­conies and in your lounge.
This se­ries of con­cep­tual ob­jects is mod­est in its ap­pear­ance with a sim­ple and care­fully con­ceived de­sign, and clean and metic­u­lous in its ex­e­cu­tion. The two de­sign­ers hu­mor­ously and po­et­i­cally in­vent new ob­jects for every­day use that re­mind you to use every sin­gle drop con­sciously and care­fully.
Au­re­lia Müller

Biography

Cédric Decroux
Born in
1976
Education
designer HES en design industriel
Group name
FULGURO

Yves Fidalgo
Born in
1976
Education
designer HES en design industriel
Group name
FULGURO

Web

www.fulguro.ch

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