daast is a multidisciplinary design studio of Andrew Southwood-Jones and Alexander Kashin

Bio

A design studio of innovative solutions, projects and experimentation, daast is the combined design thinking of Andrew Southwood-Jones and Alexander Kashin. Winners of the SOYA Qantas program, the designers met while studying architecture at UTS. Recognising a shared fascination for putting unusual materials to innovative use, they soon started working on design outcomes together.

“Defining the emergent design acumen of daast is a smoothly elegant object aesthetic of tonal nuance, textural finesse and very clever thinking. “ Gillian Serisier, Co-Editor (Inside) 

Awards

2015 - Vogue Living Alessi Design Prize
Finalist
2015 - IDEA Awards, Object Furniture & Lighting
Highly commended [Big foot table]
2015 - IDEA Awards, Emerging Designer
Shortlist
2015 - Temple & Webster emerging designer award 2015
Winner
2014 - IDEA Awards, Object Furniture & Lighting
Shortlist [gradient lamp]
2014 - IDEA Awards, Emerging Designer
Shortlist
2014 - VIVID Design awards, best new lighting
Finalist [spyder light]
2014 - Infiniti Design De Contest
Finalist [coffee chair]
2014 - Indesign Launchpad
Finalist [harpoon joint]
2014 - Space + Moooi Design residency,
Finalist [shrink chair]
2013 - Qantas SOYA Awards,
Craft & Object Winner (Judge and mentor: Marc Newson)
2013 - Indesign Launchpad
Finalist [Numeral]
2013 - Indesign Launchpad
Shortlist [Aligned table ligh]
2013 - Workshopped 13
Peoples choice award Winner [Aligned table light]

Press/exhibited work

2017 - 26 Original Fakes (Melbourne Design Week 2017) - 'royalties paid'
2016 - AT HOME Exhibition (Old Government House NSW) - Group exhibition
2016 - Local Milan (Milian Design Week 2016) - Group exhibition
2015 - Designjunction (London Design Festival) - collection of selected design projects
2015 - Sydney Indesign - Harpoon collection launch
2014 - Belle Magazine - 'Generation Next'
2014 - DesignEx - daast launch
2014 - (inside) magazine - feature article
2014 - How We Create - feature article
2014 - Valcucine Kitchen Becomes Open, Milan Design Week
2013 - Underbelly Arts, Cockatoo island
2013 - Workshopped 13 Exhibition
2013 - Launchpad Exhibition, Indesign
2013 - Digital downtime, He Made She Made Gallery
2013 - Eat the Collection, Powerhouse Museum
2012 - Inflatable series, work published in AA London Book, Architecture Australia