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Designing the Experience
Panna is the Italian word for cream, and is also is the name Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka chose for his armchair, the Panna chair. The motivation for the selected name is not to be found in culinary grounds, but more likely supported by the feelings and sensations tied to the word cream. -
Designing with Air
Frederik Van Heereveld has spent the past few years exploring the many possibilities that a rather ordinary material has to offer to the world of furniture: PPE, or expanded polypropylene as more commonly known. -
Happiness is a hot gun
Some love it, some hate it, but we have all expressed an opinion. -
Mirandolina
If there is a word that best represents Paolo Rizzato's work that would be balance. As he likes to put it, designing is composing, putting together concepts, ideas, aspirations and knowledge from different fields and times. -
Very Normal Beauty
Normality and simplicity are the expressions of Jasper Morrison's understanding of design, he deliberately bases his projects in established and simple forms, concentrating on solving problems. -
Dr. Yes
Any designer that has ever faced the challenge of designing a new chair is certainly aware of how difficult the task may be, especially if you want to fulfil the functional requirements and set the parameters for a new typology. -
Plastic meets Metal
An unconventional mix of materials in the hands of a young french designer. -
Expandable Wood
Xpand is a dinning table with the surprise factor. -
Classic Perfection
Nearly 80 years old but its beauty is still fresh, the Citè armchair designed by Jean Prouve back in 1930 and produced by Vitra... -
Random Crystals
Designing with unusual materials such as Swarovski's crystals can be a tricky task, specially if you want to propose more than ornamental or conceptual project.
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Interview: Eugeni Quitllet
When we first saw his name close to that of Philippe Starck we googled, with no luck. There was no human trace of Eugeni Quitllet and we thought, for a brief moment, that he could be an invention, some sort of imaginary alter ego created by his famously provocative partner. But shortly after all this revealed to be a product of our unquiet imagination: he is for real, thank goodness.
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