The 'Tafelwip'12. Nov2011
The 'Tafelwip' is an interactive object which will change your dinning stereotypes and challenge your relationships.
It takes two to take the dinner when you have the 'Tafelwip' in your house. Once you sit on the table face to face you cannot leave. If one leaves, the other is in the impossibility to finish the dinner. Thus, the relationship can grow, discussions and playful time become part of your life with each and every meeting at the table.
"A project, developed after my dissertation entitled ’Ongedwongen moeten’ (Being forced voluntarily) on the subject of table manners. How to steer the user of my product? How to prevent people from walking away from the table whilst having dinner? Well, to solve this problem, I created this table with see-saw seating. If one leaves the table, the other diner ends up on the floor! Definitely not a charming thing to do!" - Marleen Jansen
The product was exhibited within the Dutch Design Week 2011.
Photo by Wim de Leeuw
via Abitare
Marleen Jansen is a talented designer of conceptual use items, for which she combines traditional skills and traditional links with sleek lines and attention to detail. Also thanks to training at the Art Academy St. Joost in Breda, she has a modern slant, which delivers fresh designs.Marleen is able to put away a conceptual design of a useful object as a result, without a pure product designer. Her designs tell a story and put a high degree of community involvement to light. The search for the reason behind the product design provides a deeper stratification design results. To this is not the functionality but the aesthetic in the foreground.
The purpose of the design is a work of art to create room-filling, that daily use is not afraid and will challenge the user.
Marleen Jansen stands for creativity, conceptual use and clear design.
