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Industrial Designer: HELENE STEINER

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Helene Steiner was born in 1987 in St. Poelten, Austria. In her young life, she’s had such a wide range of experience from studying under Frog Design’s Hartmut Essliner at the University for Applied Arts (Vienna) to attending the Bauhaus-University (Weimar) to her original coursework at Design University (Saint Poelten). Helene’s also a natural problem solver, an aesthete that find answers. From her “bag affairs” laptop bag for bikes, to her sink top “Colo” dishwasher, to the Polyp (above) she blends a futuristic sensibility with an ingenious merging of form and function.

Some of her primary interests in her work include: intuition, the vanishing barrier between work and leisure, ecology, social affairs, the economy, exploring and advancing new technologies, the necessary moral boundaries of automation, and a fidelity to what she calls ‘realism’ that is infused throughout her work.

MORE FROM HELENE

COLO SINK: Colo Sink

designed by: Helene Steiner Description of item: Colo is a dishwashing concept that reduces dishwashing to its essence. It merges the dishwasher with the sink. It consists of trays that are used as storage rack for carrying and as a main component of the dishwasher. To do the dishes, just put the tray in the sink and lower the cover. When the dishes are done, simply place the tray with the clean dishes on the wall. No need to sort the dishes. For Inquiries, contact us.
COLO DRAIN: Colo Drain

designed by: Helene Steiner

Material: -
Description of item: Colo is a dishwashing concept that reduces dishwashing to its essence. It merges the dishwasher with the sink. It consists of trays that are used as storage rack for carrying and as a main component of the dishwasher. To do the dishes, just put the tray in the sink and lower the cover. When the dishes are done, simply place the tray with the clean dishes on the wall. No need to sort the dishes.

For Inquiries, contact us
COLO RACK: Colo Rack

designed by: Helene Steiner

Material: -
Description of item: Colo is a dishwashing concept that reduces dishwashing to its essence. It merges the dishwasher with the sink. It consists of trays that are used as storage rack for carrying and as a main component of the dishwasher. To do the dishes, just put the tray in the sink and lower the cover. When the dishes are done, simply place the tray with the clean dishes on the wall. No need to sort the dishes.

For Inquiries, contact us
BAG AFFAIRS: Bag Affairs

designed by: Helene Steiner Material: Leather, Aluminium, PE Description of item: Bagaffair is the bag we always complain we can't find anywhere. It protects your laptop from dirt and getting bumped about while hiding your most prized possession in shady places (like the train station) and it hitches a ride on the back of your bike like a charm. It's a chameleon and a jack-of-all-trades. It even carries your important large format papers in a neat roll and has a slide-out mouse pad. Not yet in production. For Inquiries, contact us
BAG AFFAIRS – more image: Bag Affairs

designed by: Helene Steiner

Material: Leather, Aluminium, PE
Description of item: Bagaffair is the bag we always complain we can't find anywhere. It protects your laptop from dirt and getting bumped about while hiding your most prized possession in shady places (like the train station) and it hitches a ride on the back of your bike like a charm. It's a chameleon and a jack-of-all-trades. It even carries your important large format papers in a neat roll and has a slide-out mouse pad. Not yet in production.

For Inquiries, contact us
BAG AFFAIRS – more images: Bag Affairs

designed by: Helene Steiner

Material: Leather, Aluminium, PE
Description of item: Bagaffair is the bag we always complain we can't find anywhere. It protects your laptop from dirt and getting bumped about while hiding your most prized possession in shady places (like the train station) and it hitches a ride on the back of your bike like a charm. It's a chameleon and a jack-of-all-trades. It even carries your important large format papers in a neat roll and has a slide-out mouse pad. Not yet in production.

For Inquiries, contact us

THE INTERVIEW

wwm: What inspired you to create these great wall pods?
HS: The inspiration for the wall pods was the dirty clothing lying all over my flat and the everyday living objects we have around us that look so ugly you have to hide them when you have a visitor.

wwm: Approximately how many, let’s say, tee shirts would fit in one polyp?
HS: I’m not sure. I will have to test that out and tell you when we get to London but it fits a 5kg load of wash.

wwm:Do you use them at home?
HS: Yes, but a very early version of the polyp. I use the grandfather of the finished baskets.

wwm: What room would they go best in?
HS: I see the polyp in the corridor of a flat for a family or a communal residence. If many people live in the flat you need a central position for the baskets, but if you live in a single flat or you live as a couple I see it in the bedroom or in the bathroom.

wwm:Name three of your favorite storage solution products that you’ve found?
HS: 1. I love the storage solutions of workshops. They’re made for really doing and working, and fit the need perfectly. 2. My trouser pockets. 3. The skin of a banana.

wwm:What would the Helene Steiner home of the future look like?
HS: The future will reveal itself I suppose, but i think it will be simple, informal and cozy.

HELENE’S STORE-Y

Helene Steiner discusses her work leading up to the What Women Make ~Women in Design 1st ed.~ exhibit at the London Design Festival showing at Designerblock September 23-26, The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower

Tuesday • August 31, 2010 • by Chauncey Zalkin

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