Tomás Alonso Design Studio

Stamp cutlery is available at very nice store Makers & Brothers

Together with Alex from Today Bread we have just done a nice little Bread Stamp Making & Pita Workshop during the London Design Festival.

A little gathering of stools during the opening of Simplified Beauty at SCP.

Comparing our stools with Bahbak’s new addition to the Ishinomaki Laboratory collection.

A little quick drawing for the launch of a new issue of hole & corner magazine during LDF

I have been invited to put together a little mix tape for the Super Stimuli exhibition organised by Modern Design Review magazine for the London Design Festival.

SCP East has hosted the exhibition Simplified Beauty, which also serves as a launch for the distribution of Ishinomaki Lamoratory collection in the UK.

Nice book/catalogue for the exhibition QUIZ, curated by Robert Stadler at Galerie Poirel, Nancy.

Crochet was featured there.

Lines & Waves exhibition is now open at Victor Hunt Gallery in Brussels.

Beautiful results for the catalogue with the photos from Milo under creative direction from Érika Muller - who has also done the design - and with the generous support from Victor Hunt, thank you all!

Milo at work photographing the stone yard for the Lines & Waves catalogue.

The best test for the Kyanvasu stool from Ishinomaki Laboratory’s own, Takahiro Chiba.

Invite for the Lines & Waves show at Victor Hunt.

Photo by Nick Ballon, thanks Nick!

Some prototypes for new concrete bases for the Offset series lights.

Window display at Sirvent in Vigo.

We have done an exhibition recently to present the Val do Barco tables as well our Offset collection for Maxdesign - which Sirvent now distributes - and some of our now edition pieces.

This the catalogue for our recent exhibition Pierre et l’Amandier, beautifully designed by Érika Muller and photographed by Nick Ballon

Luis Sirvent inspecting one of the prototypes for the Val do Barco table series for Sirvent.

It has been a pleasure working with Luis and Juan on this project, thanks!

Amazing river boat for amazing river descent!

Pretty tall arrangement for the Offset shelf system at the Maxdesign stand in Milan

Catalogue for the Offset table system from Maxdesign designed by Tankboys

The Offset table system has been awarded a silver Delta. Organised by the ADI FAD in Barcelona, this prestigious award is one of the oldest in the industry.

The best part of it is the actual award, in itself another great project by Jordi Canudas, and I got a piece of it on my shelf!

Opening of exhibition “Sobre Mesas & Otras Cosas” at Sirvent store in Vigo.

Nice poster and leaflet for the exhibition designed by Eli, thank you!

Pierre and the Almond Tree, an exhibition by Tomás Alonso, Erika Muller and Nick Ballon will be opening at Victor Hunt Gallery in Brussels next week.

April 24 — June 5, 2014

Opening 24th of April
18 — 21h

Maxdesign will be once again presenting the Offset table and shelf systems in new arrangements and colours at the Salone in Milan.

8th-13th April, 2014

Hall:16
Stand No.: A41

Érika and I have been invited to to design cycling inspired scarves for Vélo Velo, a nice little exhibition opening next week in Milan. Click here for more info.

Stamp cutlery is being shown in the “Tapas. Spanish Design for Food” traveling exhibition organised by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)

Ishinomaki Laboratory is presenting their new collection in Ambiente 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany. We look forward to seeing it!

7th-11th February, 2014

Hall:11.0
Stand No.: D40-15

Just got this beauty from our friends from Heretic, perfect colour balance, love it!

Invited by Sebastian Herkner and TØNDEL our copper mobile for the METALS collection was in display at the exhibition Alle Metalle organised in Cologne for the presentation of the book with the same title by Antonia Henschel for Trademark Publishing.

Busy first day back at ecal for a new year with the MA Design Products students.

We just finished an updated version of the T table 01 originally designed for Designeast 02 in 2011. More to come soon

The Petanque set is on display at the windows of the iconic London store Harrods. More details here.

The silver Tea Set on display at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London as part of the exhibition Design Showcase: Wiener Silber Manufactur.

I have been invited to take part on the Moleskine Sketch Relay exhibition which will be on display from the 14-22 September in Gallery 220, Sackler Centre at the V&A

Click here for more details.

We are just finishing the last touches for the next OKAY studio & friends show taking place during LDF.

Open 15th - 22nd September
1st floor Ben Sherman
108 Commercial Street
London E1 6LP

Click here for map.

This summer I will be taking part in the Domaine de Boibuchet workshops.

Up in the woods - Wood, simple tools, the return to basics, an economy of means and a sense for the self-made are the main ingredients of this workshop.
Click here for more details.

A little side table for Eli

Nice photo from Alberto Parise of the Max Design stand in Milan showing the growing Offset family.

Lobmeyr did a great job making the Pétanque set for the Wallpaper Handmade exhibition in Milan.

This beautiful print by Xosé Poldras is part of a series of 7 collagraphs donated to Plataforma pola protección da serra do Galiñeiro to raise funds to prevent the destruction of this beautiful mountain range in Galicia.

We will be in Basel next month with Victor Hunt Gallery presenting some new silver, glass and copper drinking sets.

Cemal has left us for a while to go on a little ride from Alaska to Patagonia… a bit jealous!
You can follow his progress here cycling south

Hunting for dead almond trees in Provence.

We have been working with Maxdesign on a new shelving system that will be part of the Offset collection.
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FIERA: HALL 16, STAND A41

Invited by Wallpaper magazine to take part in their Handmade exhibition, we have worked with Viennese masters Lobmeyr on a bar set for drinking vodka called Pétanque.
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LECLETTICO
Via San Gregorio 39
Milan

KITCHEN LIBRARY
In collaboration with Arabeschi di Latte and Fortino Editions, featuring specially made new produce variations by Karimoku New Standard.
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ARABESCHI DI LATTE STUDIO
Via Ventura 3, 1st floor
M2 Lambrate FS, Milano

Karimoku New Standard showcases at Spazio Rossana Orlandi an overview of the collection in its 4th year displaying scenes around centerpieces by Tomás Alonso, Scholten & Baijings, and TAF that are now officially launched.
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SPAZIO ROSSANA ORLANDI
Via Matteo Bandello 14/16
20123 Milano

AD España and Massimo Dutti have teamed up to showcase spanish design and have invited Patricia, Jaime and myself to show some of our work at their beautiful store in Corso Vittorio Emanuelle.
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MASSIMO DUTTI
Corso Vittorio Emanuelle II, 37/B
20100 MILAN

Since 2006, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK initiated a remarkable number of projects under the title “Passionswege”. This exhibition showcases a selection of curated collaborations between designers and manufacturers in Vienna. Centuries of craft skills are mixed with new design thinking showing that design can be inspiring to everyone — producer and consumer alike.
The Tea Set done in collaboration with Wiener Silber Manufactur will be presented once more.
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VENTURA LAMBRATE
Via Privata Oslavia 17
20134 Milano

Curated by Li Edelkoort & Raffaelle Carreri: An installation between avant-garde design and antique primitive carpets, tracing the new lines of nomadism in the third millennium and analyzing their influence on contemporary interiors, featuring the Karimoku New Standard pieces A-Frame Table by Tomás Alonso and Soft Triangle by TAF.
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ALTAI GALLERY
Via Pinamonte da Vimercate 6
20121 Milano

We are very happy to invite you to our exhibition during the Furniture Fair in Milano where we will unveil the result of a collaboration with Swiss designer Adrien Rovero as well as a new design by the A C E Design Team. Our existing range of objects and pieces of furniture (including designs by Tomás Alonso, Béatrice Durandard, Tomas Kral and Michael Marriott) will, of course, also be displayed.
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GALLERIA SUZY SHAMMAH
Via della Moscova 25
20121 Milano

Metals has been awarded with Best Desk Accessories 2013 by Wallpaper* magazine in the category of Best Domestic Design, thank you very much!

Karimoku New Standard will be presenting the official final version of the A-frame tables at Rossana Orlandi.

New store for Camper will be opening in Santander next week

Writer and curator Ana Dominguez Siemens has selected the Tea Set as one of the pieces for the exhibition Fuera de Serie she has curated at Centrocentro in Madrid, Spain. A great show that will be on display until the 1st of September 2013

Just received this award from AD magazine Spain for designer of the year 2013, thanks!

Thank you Marianne for your hard work and for always bringing a smile to the studio, we will miss you

The Tea set has been selected for the beautiful WerkStadt Vienna exhibition held at the MAK, Vienna; - 12th Dec - 17th March 2013

Printing floorboards at Domotex, Hannover.

Going to Tokyo for the Japanese launch of the Karimoku New Standard collection

Tools has arrived to Kortrijk for the INTERIEUR biennale

Vera Chapter Two has been invited to be part of the 23rd International Biennale, Interieur 2012 in Kortrijk, Belgium

New poster for Praxis Collection

KARIMOKU NEW STANDARD now available at the twentytwentyone shop in London

Chocolatier Cocomaya will open the doors of its Brompton’s location to Vera during the London Design Festival for an exclusive collaboration. Photograph by Benjamin Grillon

Just back from DesignEast 03 workshop in Osaka with OKAY friends

Metals on wooden table

Making some stools for Vera

Cutting Metals for Vera

Camper Russia, almost there

Drunk Bollards in Saint-Petersburg

A new smaller version of the V&A Table will be part of an exhibition organised by the Design Museum with past Designers in residence at the Masterpiece Fair London, 2012

Just arrived in Saint Petersburg to start on a new shop for Camper

The tools project in progress photographed by Nick Ballon for upcoming article in Dadi Magazine

New pieces for ACE at Depot Basel

The tools project and pieces for ACE will be on display at Depot Basel during Art Basel Fair 11.06.2012 - 11.07.2012

Recently selected to take part in Raw Craft, a traveling exhibition organised by the Crafts Council UK.

We thought it would never happen….. but its here!

A Frame table at the KARIMOKU NEW STANDARD show in the Erastudio Apartmento at Milan

Maxdesign stand at Milan, presenting Offset table system

One of the possible combinations of the Offset system with aluminium legs, ash top, task light and bookend at Milan, 2012

Tools in exhibition at Ventura Lambrate, Milan 2012

Offset for Maxdesign, a collection of tables and accessories for the home, home office and contract environments. Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano, Maxdesign, Hall 16, Stand C32.