At the Imm Cologne Exhibition in K"oln in January there will be a contest called D^3 Contest, where unestablished designers will compete in the field �Unconventional Furniture�. The following examples offer a foretaste of what the contest has in store.
Concrete FALT lamp: rolled, not cast by Tim Mackerodt is developed in collaboration with Kassel-based company G.tecz, fibre-reinforced concrete is rolled out and manually folded onto flexible moulds. This made it possible to produce a lampshade that is just 2.7 millimetres thick and weighs less than 1,400 grams.
Recycling Plastic Range: furniture made of solid plastic by Julien Renault. The furniture looks as if it�s made of rustic solid wood but is actually produced from recycled plastic.
Kelkheim: sophisticated techniques for a banal shelf by Patrick K"onig and Philipp Kliem, looks like an industrial shelf but on closer inspection, you notice the fine workmanship and quality materials that create a system of modern domestic furniture.
Gousset: a chest of drawers like a wooden waistcoat pocket by Rapha"elle Bonamy. The drawers is a ready-made piece consisting of six drawers that are mounted one on top of the other and can only be opened and closed using a chain block mechanism. A daily routine turnes into a conscious act by transforming the pine drawers into a precious safe and the into gleaming jewellery.
Gravity Stool: shaped by nature, by Jolan van der Weil. He sets the parameters for the magnetic field in which plastic particles with metal cores arrange themselves into an object that you can actually sit on � it�s not the designer but gravity that determines the final shape of the stool.

Source: interiornews.com.