Product Designer's picnic in ANTONHOUSE

I visited a picnic in ANTONHOUSE  - unique opportunity to see the newly completed ARCHPOLE’s project. It is an event where everyone could spend the whole day and explore the World of Russian Industrial Design. The World of Russian Industrial Design was represented by several Russian companies: ARCHPOLE, FINEOBJECTS, COOPERATIVE PIONEER , PLAYPLY, MECHANICAL WOOD SHESTЁRENKI, PLY.

They create The Club of Product Designers. The Club of Product Designers (CPD), as they claim, is a union of Russian designers who have one goal: to implement new ideology in Russian design world. They use industrial equipment, manufacturing, complex engineering drawings, design diagrams, formula which lead to ideal and unique objects. They want to produce goods which could be available for everyone due to this idea they should not be expensive.  Another main principle of their businesses is production in Russia because CPD suggest that it is important to develop our country, creating new working places.  CPD want to form and develop new unique Russian style that would be in all art spheres as it was in Constructivism period. CPD create not just beautiful things but also build new competitive industry with its schools, production, sales.

 

Most of people were designers and architects. Visitors could take kids, family members, friends to this picnic. All guests had to wear black and white, wool socks  and bring some food to the event.  There was rich lecture program from members of the CPD like an overview of new companies’ trends, presentation of novelties related to each company and the story about creation of ANTONHOUSE - an experimental project of ARCHPOLE.

The house has black façade which is not typical for Russian countyhouses and huge windows around it. It seems transparent. In the evening time when it is light inside the house I reminded me a phantom. Inside it made out of wood, it is not colored, all household items plus front door and staircase are black.

This object looks different from the other buildings in this area but harmonically with a nature because there a lot of birches which are also black and white.

ANTONEHOUSE has simple square shape and lines, this principal apply to all objects in the house. Some water cocks, for example, made like pipes. All these reminded me the Bauhause idea. 

Staircase is the main object in the house. It made out of concrete and looks massive but it attracted  the most attention. People used it not only to go upstairs but most of the time they just stand on stairs talking or listening lectures thus changing its function.

On the second floor most rooms have hidden doors which are retract in walls, it creates open space. Furthermore  in one room bathroom partition made from transparent glass.

I talked with owners of the housed and they told me that this project and communication with these designers and architects changed them completely, their preferences, understanding of the space and even way of life.

I enjoyed this event very much. I met interesting people and got knowledge about new trends and methods of creation design obgects.

Volkova Nataliya

AID, level 4.