Having collaborated on multiple projects for years Lars Holme Larsen, Bjarke Ingels and Jens Martin Skibsted decided to turn their intuitive inclination to work together into a full time collaboration. The result was KiBiSi, a Copenhagen based industrial design firm that is spawning a new breed of idea driven design.
In an age in which products should be the carriers of brand ideas rather than merely the form and formula of an individual designer, KiBiSi is successfully navigating a course in the fertile overlap between design, architecture and ideation. Take a look below to read more about KiBiSi and to see a selection of lifeiscarbon® favorites:
Brick
The Brick seating series was designed for Versus. The series consists of chair, poof and two and three seater sofas. KiBiSi set out to make a sofa with strong architectural references since KiBiSi partner Bjarke Ingels couldn’t really find the right architect’s sofa for his apartment. The point of departure was a classic brick bond forming the cushion pattern. The cushions are tied together and fixed with a button. The button, also designed by KiBiSi, is molded out of fiber concrete.
Hang Around & Toss Around
A range of kitchen utensils that manage to combine form, function and craftsmanship. The wooden tools are precisely designed and crafted for a sleek modern look and improved functionality. The innovative extrusion cut in the back of Hang Around lets people work freely in the kitchen, while their utensils sit on the edge of pots or pans. Toss Around, salad servers, tell the same story of craftsmanship, materials and centuries-old processes but in KiBiSi’s interpretation, the wooden tools are precisely designed and crafted for an essential contemporary look with functional ergonomics.
Puma Mopion
The latest design in a series of successful bike designs by KiBiSi for Puma. By mixing city bike features with those of cargo bikes, the Puma Mopion makes for a sturdy ride. It comes with a super-sized front carrier for heavy duty transport of groceries and bigger loads. Developed with city dwellers in mind, The use of a light aluminum frame makes it a very lightweight cargo bike weighing only 22 kilos.
MA-1 Headphone
The main focus in designing the TMA-1 was to develop a design that on one hand is an icon of headphones and on the other hand works and looks like a tool for the user. The design approach was to clean out as much as possible in the design and focus on exaggerating the details that are necessary to make the design work technically and visually. Produced by Aiaiai.
Tripart Chair
Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan invited KiBiSi to create the ultimate simple “knock down” chair without the need for major tooling. Tripart Chair is made from folded aluminium plates and made from as few parts as necessary. Everything is simple about the design – and it is simple to understand its idea, just by taking a quick look. KiBiSi believe that strong designs should be a product of their idea.
Hole Plate Table
Hole Plate Table was designed for the 8 HOUSE architectural project by BIG. Manufactured in steel plate, the table is designed with reference to another project by BIG, the award winning Mountain Dwellings Project in Copenehagen.
Moire Chair
Also developed for the 8 HOUSE project, Moire Chair is a stackable chair consisting of two individually molded perforated steel plates that create moiré patterns.
Ki + Bi + Si = KiBiSi
Each of the partners contributes knowledge and experience from their own disciplines and gives KiBiSi the ability to operate within a broad range of disciplines, including architecture, design, furniture, electronics, transportation, contemporary culture and lifestyle.
Kilo Design by Lars Holme Larsen is known as an industrial design studio rooted in a straight forward approach to design merging elements of contemporary culture from high and low: the art scene as well as the street, the fashion house as well as the workshop. Lars Holme Larsen’s natural eye for blatant and simple solutions to complex design problems, has earned him acclaim as one of Danish designs fastest rising stars.
BIG architects founded by Bjarke Ingels has become one of the leading firms within a new generation of architects, repeatedly attracting public attention and triggering political debate with thought provoking designs. Often moving beyond the traditional boundaries of building, BIG’s ideas absorb all the economical, ecological, social and political interests surrounding a project and turn them into innovative forms that are as surprising as they are obvious.
Skibsted Ideation, founded by Biomega creator Jens Martin Skibsted, is a prolific generator of radically new concepts for brand owners: Applying the thinking of branding, fashion and cuisine to the world of industrial design. A Young Global Leader and member of the Davos design think tank, frequent collaborator with the world’s biggest brands and best designers, Jens Martin Skibsted is a hyper active citizen of the global design elite.
KiBiSi claims that is merges the faculties of its founders into a symbiotic hybrid of design, architecture and ideation: The production know-how and design sensibility of Kilo Design, the big ideas and large scale perspective of BIG architects and the idea driven innovation and brand awareness of Skibsted Ideation.
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