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Redo-Shop — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:53:23 +0800

Sebastian Wrong

Redo-Shop — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:48:24 +0800

For Sebastian Wrong, ten years within the manufacturing sector has accumulated in an impressive array of technical skills. Wrong studied sculpture before establishing his own successful manufacturing company in 1995. The ��Spun�� lamp, made a huge impact when first exhibited internationally in 2002, it has since won the prestigious Red Dot design award and is currently being produced by Flos. Together with Mark Holmes Wrong formed the multifaceted creative organisation ��The Lane�� in 2003 that produced a collection of design products, graphic identities and exhibition designs. Wrong is also a founding member and director of Established & Sons. His manufacturing prowess has lent substantial credibility to the organisation and he continues to exercise his abilities as a product designer. Wrong is active in the operational management and prototype developments of Established & Sons.

Edward van Vliet

Redo-Shop — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:21:10 +0800

Van Vliet started off as a fabric designer before moving into interior design and, ultimately, luxury hotel design, always displaying a special focus on textile research and the use of fabrics. His work - be it graphic, lighting or interior design - always combines traditional design with industrial processes in a mixture of high-tech and natural materials. Edward Van Vliet's interiors and products are luxurious, exclusive, they have lots of character and create a very pleasant atmosphere which is immediately perceived in the reception areas, foyers and bars of the hotels he designs. Portfolio: Björn Ax��n, Sweden, de Bijenkorf, ICE Carpets, Haans, Hotel Derlon, Ksyos, K-Swiss, Ligne Roset, Casamilano, L'Or��al, Macau Tower, MOOOI, NL Hotel, Palau, Stayokay Hostels, Supperclub, Turnover, Quasar, Zenggi.com, Coral Lodge Mozambique, L'Élephant Qui Rit Marrakesh, Macau Tower, Macau.

Morten Voss

Redo-Shop — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:57:46 +0800

As opposed to most of his colleagues, Morten Voss has avoided the recognized design CV. Voss blazes his own trail - not just to be different, but because it has never given him the right feeling just to follow the crowd. Morten's career does include several years of business and engineering studies but Morten has also spent years on a surfboard in the North Sea, at the boxing club or on inspirational journeys abroad. When he returned to Denmark he started to work for a Danish Design studio a few years before setting up his own company VossCo Living in 1994. This lead to his break-through - the raw coffee table FlightDeck. Voss works mainly with the design of objects and furniture, but he is also involved in developing and designing major housing projects in Copenhagen. Today, Morten Voss stands out as one of the finest exponents of the new generation of Danish design talents who dare to go their own way. And because of his autodidactic background he does not feel bound by tradition. Voss�� ambition is to create design that both challenges and moves our traditional borders and at the same time appeals to our sense of humour and imagination �C this is clearly apparent in the new series Attitude, which consists of a lounge chair and table. Compromise is not an option to Morten Voss but bending the rules is a natural part of his design approach.

Peter Maly

Redo-Shop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:32 +0800

Peter Maly established his studio in 1970. With his staff he works on productdesign and interior design projects. International furniture collections are createdside by side with related projects. New design are presented, trade fair architecturecreated, exhibitions and photographic designs devised, company showroomsdesigned - and sometimes the interiors of entire furniture stores. This wide rangeof tasks is fully in line with Maly's philosophy of a holistic approach rangingfrom product design to public presentation. A charateristic feature of Maly's worksis a love of geometricial forms and a striving for clarity, functionality and durability.

Maarten Baas

Redo-Shop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:08:11 +0800

Dutch designer Maarten Baas was born on the 19th of February 1978 in Arnsberg (Germany) and from 1979 grew up in Burgh-Haamstede and Hemmen in the south and centre part of the Netherlands. Graduated from highschool he started to study at Design Academy Eindhoven in 1996. Still in school his first design, candleholder ��Knuckle��, was taken in production bij Pol��s Potten. He also sold the first unique-piece of the now well known ��Hey, chair, Be A Bookshelf��-furniture to Stef Bakker (co-founder of Orange Babies). In 2000 he studied for several months at the Politecnico Milan. In June 2002 he graduated at the Design Academy with two designs: a series of burned furniture and an ingenious sundial, which displays time in shadowtexts. His works were nominated for the internal "Ren�� Smeets-award" and also for the "Melkweg-award". They lead to an invitation by IKEA to do a week workshop in France and got Baas selected for the rewarded improvisationexposition of the Design Academy in Tokyo. His design Smoke was adopted in the collection of Dutch label MOOOI, of Marcel Wanders. Thanks to successful presentations in Milan, London and Paris Smoke became known world-wide. Smoke furniture was bought by museums and collectors such as Lidewij Edelkoort and Philippe Starck. The Smoke chandelier was part of the exhibition "Brilliant" of the Victoria & Albert museum in London. In may 2004 a speechmaking solo-exhibition was opened in New Yorks gallery Moss. "Where There��s Smoke" showed 25 pieces of furniture, all burned and finished of with transparant epoxy. Amongst others there were charcoaled classical designs of Gaudi, Eames, Rietveld, Sottsass en the Campana Brothers. For the new collection of the Groninger Museum, Maarten worked on some furniture from the old collection of the museum. These were shown during the exhibition "Nocturnal Emissions" and purchased by the museum. Also the Dutch "Stedelijk Museum" in Amsterdam exhibited 2 of his Smoke-pieces in 2005 in an exhibition about pieces to be purchased by the Stedelijk Museum. His pieces are all unique and handmade, though produced in series, mostly signed and numbered by Maarten Baas. Maarten is searching for the bounderies of design, without leaning on the regular "do's and don'ts". This way of working became even more clear at the Salone del Mobile in Milan 2005, where he showed his new pieces. "Treasure", "Hey, chair, be a bookshelf!" and "Flatpack Furniture" became a great succes. In 2005 he also started his collaboration with Bas den Herder, who became responsible for the production of all pieces. The foundation of studio Baas & den Herder made it possible to produce Maartens unique pieces on a larger scale, but yet all hand made in Holland. Assignments came from hotels, restaurants, galleries and museums all over the world. At the Salone del Mobile in 2006 Maarten launched "Clay Furniture", which was considered to be the absolute successor of Smoke and one of the most surprising projects of the fair. Moss presented this collection during the ICFF in New York, and Cibone made a solo exhibition "Clay & Smoke". In 2005 Maarten collaborated with the design team of Ian Schrager, for the new Gramercy Park Hotel. Maarten Baas supplied Smoke furniture for each room and some Clay pieces and a Smoke billiard for the lobby. All pieces were hand made in studio Baas&den Herder. In august 2006 the Gramercy Park Hotel opened. Maarten Baas lives and works in Eindhoven. There he produces his handmade furniture and develops new designs. More information can be found on: www.maartenbaas.com. For media: www.maartenbaas.com/media

Jean-Marie Massaud

Redo-Shop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:04:27 +0800

Born in 1966 in Toulouse (France), Jean-Marie Massaud graduated in 1990 from Les Ateliers, Ecole Nationale Sup��rieure de Cr��ation Industrielle. His collaboration with Marc Berthier and his work on town planning projects inspires him to fuse design and architecture. Consequently, he collaborates on many different aspects of design from furniture through to industrial products. His approach is centred on the search for a pure aesthetic, where the individuals�� needs are always paramount. The key to his continued success lies in his ability to create magical designs that are full of vitality, and never ordinary.To date, he has worked for prestigious companies such as, Yamaha Offshore and Renault, Italian furniture producers Cappellini, and Cassina, and luxury brands Armani and Baccarat.In 2000 he founded Studio Massaud with DANIEL POUZET and orientated his activity towards architectural projects. To date, the studio has redefined the architectural brand images of Lancôme and Renault and has directed large-scale projects such as: the Tanabe House (Fukuoka, Japan), a 50,000 seat stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico��

Doshi Levien, United Kingdom

Redo-Shop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:51:02 +0800

Doshi Levien is a young London based design partnership led by Jonathan Levien and Nipa Doshi. Nipa grew up in India and studied at India��s premiere design institute in Ahmedabad. Nipa and Jonathan met in London at the Royal College of Art and graduated in ��97. After working for prestigious design offices in London, Milano and India, they set up Doshi Levien in 2000. Nipa and Jonathan bring together two distinct and complementary approaches to their work. While Jonathan presents a European approach to design, Nipa��s work is strongly influenced by her Indian upbringing. Together, their work expresses the cultural and emotional significance of every day objects and our environment. Doshi Levien achieve a delicate balance by combining the hand made, the unique, the symbolic with the machine made, the industrial and mass manufactured.

Christophe Pillet

Redo-Shop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:36:31 +0800

Nice in 1985, than cooperated with Philippe Starck to become, in 1993, an independent designer whos main interests are projects concerned with interior design and interior architecture. He takes part of this new and interesting pulse being contemporary French design; he was nominated for ��Designer of the Year�� in 1994. Scrupulous designer in the rigorous choice of materials and finishings, he searched from the beginning a sober elegance in his collaboration with brands such as Edra, Trussardi, Daum, Lancôme, Shiseido and Whirpool.

Hella Jongerius

Redo-Shop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:11:17 +0800

Hella Jongerius chose historical d��cors and animal figures from the Porcelain Manufactory Nymphenburg as motifs for her collection. In new and unusual combinations, she developed contemporary designs from previously familiar items, placed in a new context. Hella Jongerius was awarded the Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany 2006 for her ��Nymphenburg Sketches��. ��A visit to Nymphenburg feels like magic time and again. It feels so rich to enter a zone where time has chosen to stand still behind the walls of the manufactory [...]. There is tranquility and order in the manufactory and as if with a jump in time, one enters the villa where the management runs the company in a contemporary way. Now that I have visited Nymphenburg more frequently, I have become familiar with the workshops, the archives, and the model attic. I prefer to wander around on my own. I study and look at the collection and try to ��get it��. The collection and the craftmanship of the people working in the manufactory is of such a high quality that it is very inspiring. Each time that I visit Nymphenburg, it feels like I��m taking part of a well kept secret, a rendez-vous.��

Formstelle

Redo-Shop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:55:07 +0800

formstelle wurde 2000 von Claudia Wiedemann und Jörg K��rschner gegr��ndet. Das B��ro entwickelt Konzepte und bearbeitet Gestaltungsaufgaben aus den Bereichen Innenarchitektur, Möbeldesign, Produktdesign und Corporate Identity. Dabei entstehen Einzelanfertigungen, Kleinserien, raumbildende Elemente und Bauten. Von umfassender Recherche und Analyse ��ber Planungs- und Objektbetreuung bis hin zur Abnahme bietet das B��ro alle Phasen an. Räume, Objekte, Möbel und Produkte oszillieren zwischen Funktion, Kommunikation und Vergn��gen. Dipl. Ing. Jörg K��rschner, geboren 1969 in Karlsruhe. Nach der Ausbildung zum Schreiner und Möbelrestaurator Studium der Innenarchitektur an der Akademie der bildenden K��nste in M��nchen. Neben Praktika bei verschiedenen Architekturb��ros erste freie Designarbeiten, erfolgreiche Teilnahme an Wettbewerben und Ausstellungen. Im Jahr 2000 Gr��ndung des Designb��ros formstelle mit Claudia Wiedemann. 2001 Diplom in Innenarchitektur. Seit 2002 Lehrauftrag f��r Modellbau an der Akademie der bildenden K��nste, M��nchen. Dipl. Ing. Claudia Wiedemann, geboren 1974 in M��nchen. Neben dem Studium der Innenarchitektur an der Akademie der bildenden K��nste in M��nchen, ab 1995 praktische Tätigkeit f��r verschiedene Architektur und Designb��ros. 1997 Umzug nach Mailand, in den folgenden zwei Jahren freie Mitarbeiterin im Architekturb��ro "Studio Lissoni ", Mailand. 2000 Gr��ndung des Designb��ros formstelle mit Jörg K��rschner. Trendanalysen und Research der Einsatzmöglichkeiten von neuen und klassischen Materialien im Design. Diplom in Innenarchitektur an der Akademie der bildenden K��nste, M��nchen, im Jahr 2002.

Franco Albini

Redo-Shop — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:57:37 +0800

Born in Robbiate (Como) in 1905, and receiving his degree from the Polytechnic of Milan in 1929. In the following year he opened a professional studio in which Franca Helg and Antonio Piva enter into partnership. He taught in the Universities of Venice, Turin and Milan from 1949. He was a member of the CIAM (Congresso Internazionale di Architettura Moderna) and the INU (Instituto Nazionale di Urbanistica), an academic of S. Luca, an honorary partner of the AIA (American Institute of Architects) and a member of the Scientific Institute of CNR, he participated in numerous congresses, conferences and international commissions on the theme of modern museum-planning. After the war mostly concerned with setting up museums and the public transport sector, achieving, among others, with Franca Helg, the station of Line 1 of the Milan metropolitan (Compasso d'Oro 1964). He designed numerous objects, developing a way of working which challenged technology and structures, meriting many prizes and recognitions. He died in Milan in 1977.

Eoos

Redo-Shop — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:08:09 +0800

EOOS is a design company that tends to work on the principles of a rock band. The result of our work is more than the sum of individual ideas: it is the result of their multiplication. Again and again, the results astonish customers, and even the members of the band themselves. EOOS currently works in the following three areas of design: Flagship stores In the area of flagship stores, EOOS develops comprehensive shop concepts and creates designs for points of sale and information. The spectrum of activities ranges from the global conception of stores for branded product companies to temporary corporate presentations. EOOS investigates brands in the broadest sense of the word, translating abstract values into concrete products. Furniture EOOS regularly works for selected international furniture manufacturers, and regards design as a comprehensive communication process between manufacturer and designer. The objective is to combine the manufacturer's vision with the vision of EOOS in such a way that unique products come into being. Research EOOS' in-house research and development laboratory is the company's creative powerhouse. EOOS is continually involved in researching information that can be utilised for its Poetic Analysis. Frequently, the research laboratory also comes up with "Things we do not recognise as what they are" (EOOS)

Jakob Gebert

Redo-Shop — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:53:26 +0800

Jakob Gebert studierte von 1990 bis 1994 Innenarchitektur sowie Produkt- und Baugestaltung an der HFG Basel. Seit 1995 ist er freischaffender Industriedesigner und Ausstellungs-Architekt. Seine Zusammenarbeit mit Firmen wie Belux, Nils Holger Moormann, Vitra, dem Museum f��r Gestaltung Basel, der Wilhelm Wagenfeld Stiftung in Bremen und anderen, bescherte ihm internationale Peise und Ausstellungsbeteiligungen. Er ist Jurymitglied bei internationalen Designwettbewerben und seit 1998 Gastdozent und Diplomjuror an der HFG Basel.

Didier Gomez

Redo-Shop — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:53:17 +0800

Didier Gomez ha iniziato la sua carriera come cantante lirico prima di emergere come architetto di interni e product designer nel 1985 in seguito alla sua collaborazione con l'architetto JJ Ory. La sua bravura �� riconosciuta a livello mondiale e gli �� valsa numerosi premi. Ha progettato boutique, grandi magazzini, appartamenti, abitazioni e sedi di societ�� in tutto il mondo. La qualit�� del suo lavoro parla da sola. Fra i suoi clienti ricordiamo Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Berg��, Carrousel du Louvre, LVMH, Bernard Arnault, C��line, Louis Vuitton, Galeries Lafayette, Vivendi Universal, Kenzo, Christian Dior, Pomelato, De Beers, L��Or��al. Didier Gomez ha iniziato a lavorare presso Ligne Roset una quindicina di anni fa, dando vita a una solida collaborazione con Michel Roset basata su una sinergia creativa fra i due. Il numero delle creazioni per Ligne Roset �� vastissimo e fra quelle di maggior successo vi sono senz��altro le collezioni di sedute. Feng, Opium e Fugue sono diventati simboli del suo atteggiamento elegante e contemporaneo verso il classico urban style. Rue de Seine sembra avere lo stesso destino. Didier Gomez e Ligne Roset hanno vinto il premio Nombre d'or assegnato dal Salon du Meuble di Parigi, a riconoscimento della loro collaborazione esemplare.

Christian Werner

Redo-Shop — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:32:58 +0800

Christian Werner was born in Berlin in 1959. He studied industrial design in both Berlin and Hamburg, but was finally drawn to the latter, where he has lived since 1984. He founded his own product design and interior architecture agency in 1992, where he designs furniture for prominent international manufacturers. Furniture is by no means his only arena for expression, he has also undertaken various projects for exhibition stands, restaurants, PR agencies, shops, and franchises. He is able to boast such clients as: Carpet Concept, Clud Med, JAB-Anstoetz, Kabel New Media, Ligne Roset, Thonet, Tonon.

Gil Coste

Redo-Shop — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:02:26 +0800

Sein Studium absolvierte Gil Coste an der Muthesius-Hochschule in Kiel und an der Designschule Les Ateliers in Paris. Seit 1995 entwicklet er Produkte und Raumkonzepte in seinem Studio in Hamburg. Sein B��ro arbeitet mit Herstellern wie Cor, Interl��bke, Thonet, More, ligne roset zusammen.

Rodolfo Dordoni

Redo-Shop — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:38:14 +0800

Architect and designer Rodolfo Dordoni was born in 1954 in Milan, where he graduated in Architecture in 1979. After being responsible for the art direction of Artemide (glass collection), Cappellini (from 1979 to 1989), Fontana Arte (furniture collection), Foscarini (lamps), Minotti (since 1998) and Roda (since 2006), he designs today for various companies, including: Artemide, Cassina, Dornbracht, Driade, Emu, Ernestomeda, Fiam Italia, Flos, Flou, Fontana Arte, Foscarini, Jab, MatteoGrassi, Minotti, Molteni, Moroso, Olivari, Pamar, Roda, RB Rossana, Sambonet, Serralunga, The Rug Company, Venini. DORDONI ARCHITETTI, founded in association with architects Alessandro Acerbi and Luca Zaniboni, who worked in his studio for many years, focuses its activity on both architectural planning and interior design, all around the world, designing houses and residential buildings, industrial and commercial areas such as offices, stores and showrooms, restaurants, hotels, as well as many exhibit stands for diverse companies in different fields.

Roderick Vos

Redo-Shop — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:42:32 +0800

My great-grandfather built windmills. In his free time, he wove traditional farmhouse chairs. My grand- father was a professional cabinetmaker. His workshop was filled with machines driven by heavy leather belts. Later he opened a small shop and sold his furniture. My father, Henk Vos, became an interior architect and quite literally expanded his father's furniture shop and sold brand name furniture. So I grew up surrounded by classic designers - Charles Eames, Joe Colombo, Martin Visser… - who were such a part of my life, they felt like playmates. I studied industrial design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven (1984-1990), where I met my wife, Claire - a carpet and pattern designer. After my internships at Ingo Maurer's studio in Munich and Kenji Ekuans Industrial Associates in Tokyo, we spent 6 years living and working on the Indonesian island of Java. Claire and I opened a design bureau, and produced wooden and rattan furniture in a small factory. During this time, my fascination with and love of Asian culture and handicrafts grew and deepened. In 1996,we went back home to help build and outfit the Maupertuus interior design store in Groningen. This was my father's magnum opus and - at that time - a truly pioneering concept. Since 2004, I have devoted myself entirely to product design, which I produce together with inter- national manufacturers. We have made our home in Fort Heusden, a beautifully restored walled city in the south of the Netherlands. What's at the heart of my shopkeeper's heritage? Accessibility. I know how important direct contact is. With manufacturers, retailers and consumers. You should just be able to call or mail your designer. After all, even if I reside within the walls of a fortress, I refuse to live in an ivory tower!

Matthew Hilton

Redo-Shop — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:58:37 +0800

Matthew Hilton was born in Hastings in 1957. He graduated with a degree in Furniture Design from Kingston Polytechnic. On graduating Matthew started to design and manufacture a range of objects using low-tech casting techniques that were picked up by Paul Smith and Joseph Pour La Maison and sold in their London showrooms. From 1980 - 84 Matthew worked as an industrial designer for the product design company Capa, London, during this time he also designed sets for the renowned fashion designer Koji Tatsuno's company Cultureshock. In 1985 Matthew set up the Matthew Hilton Design studio and started working for the British retail and manufacturer SCP situated in London's east end for who he has designed a number of classics such as the Balzac chair, Flipper and Antelope table. The studio expanded its practice, working for the following manufacturers; Driade, Disform, Sawaya and Moroni, XO, Montis Perobell, the Bradley Collection, Montina, Livit, Ycami, Andreu World Case and Authentics.

Sandra Lindner

Redo-Shop — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:55:59 +0800

Sandra Lindner was born on the 26 th of September 1974 in Pfullendorf, South of Germany. Since her father is an architect and her mother an interior designer Sandra has a natural talent for design and shapes which she improved by studying Textile and Industrial Design in Hamburg . She graduated in summer 2002. Sandra Lindner's works reflect her passion for clear shapes and material in its purest form. She works with wood, leather and metal as well as porcelain, ceramics and various textiles. All her products are developed for serial production. In addition to her works Sandra Lindner also creates individual design concepts as well as interior commissions for exhibitions, private and public rooms.

Paola Navone

Redo-Shop — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:24:50 +0800

Paola Navone is the exception on the Italian design scene. For the past thirty years she has been a welcome feature of the otherwise male-dominated Italian design elite. In the 80s, Navone was active in the avant-garde design movements Alchimia and Memphis. In 1988, she created the Mondo brand together with Giulio Cappellini. After living for many years in Hong Kong, Navone now sees herself as an enlightened and enlightening ¡®ethnic nomad¡¯. Due to her early experience, Paola Navone has a particular talent for rediscovering design from the past and bringing it to life in new, contemporary forms. This process always relies heavily on traditional handicrafts and has proved very successful. Nowadays, she works as an interior designer and consultant to furniture and material manufacturers, and always tries to combine modern design with traditional handicraft. She strives to create hybrids of design and handicraft, placing greater value on design that comes about ¡®by mistake¡¯ than that which is created for mass production. This often results in only one example of her products being produced. But Paola Navone is not just a fervent advocate of handicrafts, she also believes that you can learn a lot from industry and its technical processes. She is interested in the unique, the unusual, that which is not banal, and she always endeavours to develop and process it in her own personal way. She likes to work with colours and light that provide warmth and awaken memories of previous experiences. Paola Navone does not want to define herself within a particular niche or style. Instead she always tries to contribute to the development of design in her own way. Her intuition is widely known, and she was one of the first to create large furniture for the lounge. She was also a pioneer of shabby-chic, and she was well before her time when the Otto furniture series, her first series for Gervasoni, was introduced in 1997. Although the Otto series did not sell at all well for the first six months, it now generates a third of the company¡¯s total turnover. As a boundary-crossing designer, her portfolio includes a broad spectrum of products, from china, clothing and beds to fabrics, lamps and jewellery, plus interior design work for showrooms and exhibitions. Her client list is full of famous names: Armani, Knoll International, Natuzzi, Alessi, Driade, Abet Laminati and Molteni are but a few examples. Two of her latest projects - a new collaborative project with Viva Ceramica entitled Drops (a series of bathroom products) and the Gingerbread furniture series for Lando - were introduced this spring at the Milan Fair 2006.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Redo-Shop — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:18:16 +0800

Kirchner studied architecture in Dresden where he met and worked with Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. After finishing his studies, however, he opposed his father's wishes and decided to become a painter. The intense artistic and intellectual relationship between the four artists soon led to the formation of the artist group 'Die Br��cke', which, according to Schmidt-Rottluff, wanted to "attract all revolutionary and restless forces". The artists began to work on the ‚Viertelstundenakte', drawings on nude models in the studio or in open nature. At first the group oriented itself to artists from Late Impressionism. The discovery of the Fauves, South Seas' art and van Gogh led the painters to Expressionism. Due to the encounter with Italian Futurist works, the group's painting style changed and became ‚tougher'. Kirchner studied the sculptures at the Völkerkundemuseum in Dresden, which influenced his own wood sculptures. In 1911 Kirchner moved to Berlin. Here Kirchner discovered new motifs - city and street scenes. He painted them in a simplified manner, with sharply contoured forms, expressive features and clashing colours. The city paintings became incunables of Expressionism and made Kirchner one of the most important German artists of the 20th century. The beginning of world war I and the following years were a turning point in his life. The war experiences and military service caused an existential angst and led to illness and long stays in sanatoriums. The more remarkable was his artistic production of that time. Works like the woodcut ‚Frauen am Potsdamer Platz' , the ‚Bilder zu Chamisso's Peter Schlemihl', the self-portraits and woodcut pictures from the sanatoriums, which are counted among the highlights of his œuvre, came into existence. In 1917 Kirchner settled in Frauenkirch near Davos. The city scenes were now replaced by mountain landscapes and scenes of rural life. Around 1920 his painting style calmed down, his paintings had a carpet-like two dimensionality. Beside Kirchner also produced an extensive graphic work - wood cuts, lithographs and ink drawings. In 1923 Kirchner moved to the ‚Haus auf dem Wildboden' at the entrance of the Sertig Valley where he lived and worked until he committed suicide in 1938.

Arik Levy

Redo-Shop — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:01:03 +0800

Arik Levy was born in Tel-Aviv. 1991 graduates with distinction in Industrial Design from Art Center Europe in Switzerland. Soon after Arik took part in prospective design project and participated in design exhibitions in Japan. Upon returning to Europe, Arik introduced his ideas and innovative concepts as well as installations. Arik Levy is the Creative Director and Partner of LDesign in Paris. He participated in many exhibitions and manifestations in museums, alternative spaces, galleries and fairs where his concepts, design pieces and art work are presented. Arik works both as a scientist and a poet. His well-established repertoire of innovation, simplicity and experimentation permits him to create novelties and translate concepts into experience both in the art and the design world. Arik is known for his many awards, outstanding design museum acquisitions and his professional designs for clients like Vitra, Visplay, Ligne Roset, Desalto, ic_berlin, Balleri Italia, Gaia &Gino, Cinna, Dietiker, Magis, Seralunga, David design, Ansorg, Belux, La Fayette, Lor��al, Lampert.

Francesc Rif��

Redo-Shop — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:20:26 +0800

Francesc Rif�� Interior and industrial designer, was born in Sant Sadurni d´Anoia in 1969. A graduate in interior and industrial design, his professional career began, as an undergraduate, through independent commissions for various Design and Architecture studios while at the same time taking on his own projects. In 1994, after several years of training in his field, he established his own studio in Barcelona. From here he directs his team whom are a fusion of various different disciplines. His projects range from interior to industrial design, both containing commercial and private contracts. His design principle is based on the search for spatial order, geometric balance and solemn rational form. Throughout his career Rif�� has been conferred a number prizes in the field of design, including being nominate for the National Design Award 2002. He has also been nominateon several occasions for the FAD prize (Decorative Arts Council Award) for interior Design. He is currently a member of jury on a number of Design Awards committees, including the FED awards for 2002. Currently he combines teaching, running Design studios at the Elisava Design School in Barcelona, with an active role in congresses and workshops. He has deliberated conferences on his work and its related subjects throughout Spain. In March 2000 he transferred himself and his team to their new studio in Barcelona where he hopes to continue evolving.

Werner Aisslinger

Redo-Shop — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:39:02 +0800

Werner Aisslinger was born in 1964 Studied Design at University HdK Berlin 1989-1992 freelancer at Jasper Morrison and Ron Arad, London and at Studio de Lucchi, Milan since 1993 running "studio aisslinger" in Berlin, developping products, design concepts and brand-architecture from 1994 till 1997 visiting teacher at HdK Berlin and Lahti Design Institute, Finnland from 1998 to 2005 Professor at product design department at Hochschule f��r Gestaltung, Karlsruhe

Mario Ruiz

Redo-Shop — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:26:12 +0800

Mario Ruiz was born in Alicante in 1965. He studies industrial design at the "Elisava" University in Barcelona and afterwards founded the "Costa Design" studio in Barcelona, in which he still develops projects in various field with over 30 employees, including office furniture, electronic devices, toys and much more. Mario Ruiz is one of the world's most renowned industrial designers. His products have received many awards, for example from the Forum f��r Industriedesign in Hannover. He received the Adi-Fad Delta in silver and the prize for technological innovation from the Catalonian Ministry for Industry. His works have been published in the most diverse national and international journals. For Castelli/Haworth, Mario Ruiz developed the well-known K22 office furniture series in 2005.

Marc Krusin

Redo-Shop — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:34:46 +0800

Marc Krusin graduated in the UK and after placements with Fred Scott and George Sowden, he began his career in Milan collaborating as a designer with various studios. These include Piero Lissoni��s office, where he is presently design manager and runs projects for clients of international reputation such as Alessi, Kartell, Flos, Thonet, Wella, Fritz Hansen and Knoll. In 1998 he co-founded the Milan based group Codice 31, which in successive years gained increasing importance in the design world, collaborating with some of the sector��s most prestigious companies.1999 saw Marc��s first design in production. The same year he exhibited with Opos in Milan and then again in 2001. 2002 saw his solo appearance at ��Salone Satellite�� while in 2004, Marc was asked to participate as one of the guest designers at Stylepark��s stand at Orgatec, Cologne.Since 2004 he has collaborated with Omnidecor and in 2006 a series of Marc��s decorations for float glass were commercialised marking the beginning of a close working relationship which led to an entire new exhibition stand concept designed by Marc for the company. Marc continues to design furniture, products, exhibitions and spaces for clients such as Fontana Arte, Pallucco Italia, Saporiti Italia, Bosa Ceramiche, Viccarbe, Gandiablasco, grupo T, Liv��it, Koziol, Omnidecor, Merten, Glas Italia and Otefal.

Antonio Citterio

Redo-Shop — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:58:25 +0800

Antonio Citterio was born in Meda in 1950. He graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic and opened his studio in 1972 where he started his architectural and interior design business. Between 1987 - 1996 he worked in association with Terry Dwan and, together, they created buildings in Europe and Japan. Among his most significant works: the restyling of a block in the historical centre of Seregno, Esprit headquarters in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Milan, industrial plants for Vitra, in Germany, and for Antonio Fusco, in Milan. In 1999 ��Antonio Citterio and Partners�� was founded by Citterio and Patricia Viel, a multidisciplinary studio for architectural design, industrial design and graphics. Patricia Viel was born in Milano in 1962. She graduated in architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1987 and she started her collaboration with Antonio Citterio in 1986 as project leader. Head of the architecture department, she is now actively involved in the firm management. From 2005 she is member of the National Institute of Architecture IN/ARCH. The studio develops projects for residential complexes, apartment buildings, hotels, trade centres, industrial sites, restructuring of public buildings, planning of workspace, offices and showrooms ; it is also operational in the field of corporate communication - implementing corporate image projects, fittings, graphics - and in the field of industrial design. Antonio Citterio works for Italian and foreign companies such as Albatros �C Sanitec Group, Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Fusital, Guzzini, Iittala, Inda, Kartell, Maxalto, Pozzi Ginori - Sanitec Group, Skantherm, Tre Pi��, Vitra. In 2000 the new headquarters opened in Milan, Via Cerva 4, and in May of that same year new offices were opened in Hamburg, 75b Wrangelstrasse. In 2002 the construction of the building where the headquarters of the Edel Company are located, along the Elba river, was completed as well as an office building in Neuerwall, two constructions for offices and textile manufacturing in Legnano and Lecco and the headquarters of the CR&S Centre completed with showroom and offices for B&B Italia in Novedrate. Between 2003 and 2004, a corporate image project was implemented for De Beers (London and Tokyo) and, in May 2004, the Bulgari Hotel was inaugurated in Milan, the first of a chain of luxury hotels known as ��Bulgari Hotels and Resorts��. In 2005 the restructuring of the historical Town Hall of Clusone, facing Piazza dell��Orologio, the project for the headquarters and nursery of the drug company GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, the project for a law firm in Sondrio, Italy were completed; added to this two projects for private house, one in Basel, Switzerland, the other in Sardinia, Italy. In September 2006 the Bulgari Resort in Bali has been inaugurated as well as the Aspesi showroom in the Milanese fashion district Via Montenapoleone. In January 2007 Antonio Citterio and Partners wins the international architectural competition for the renovation of the Ferrante Aporti building (former Italian post office) in Milan. The project for a new ��Technogym Village�� in Cesena (production site, offices and trade centre), the former Riva Calzoni re-conversion, in Milan, has produced a business district, a new square in Busto Arsizio and in Rozzano, the renovation of the urban ex-Martinelli area in Morbegno, all in Itlay, individual houses are underway. From 2006, Antonio Citterio is professor at the Accademia di Architettura dell��Universit�� della Svizzera Italiana.

Nendo

Redo-Shop — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:53:44 +0800

Under the direction of architect Oki Sato, the group that gathers under the name Nendo has represented since 2002 a cultured and refined alternative to self-celebrative design. "Nendo" in Japanese means "clay" and their job, in the field of the interior architecture, of furniture and graphics is pliable and flexible as clay. Facing with personality and determination the challenges of contemporary designing, Nendo got in few years important international credits. 2000 B.A. in Architecture, Waseda Univ., Tokyo 2002 M.A.in Architecture, Waseda Univ., Tokyo Cuusoo "Shitsunai" Design Competition / Grand Prix Award KOIZUMI International Lighting Design Competition for Students / Gold Award SD Review / Award Winner Tokyo Designers Block / FRAME Award for Installation Lipton "cha" Tea Cup Design Contest / Grand Prix Award 2003 Milan International Furniture Fair (Salone Satellite) / Design Report Award Special Mention JIDA Under30 Design Competition / Guest Award Tokyo Designers Block / TDB Award Tokyo Designers Week / Design Premio 2004 Paris International Furniture Fair (Design Lab) International Furniture Fair in Cologne (Spinoff) Stockholm Furniture Fair (Green House) Milan International Furniture Fair (Swedese + Salone Satellite) JCD Design Award / Rookie Award Good Design Award / Award Winner ELLE DECO International Design Award / Japan Nomination Japan Men's Fashion Unity / Best Debutant of the Year 2005 Stockholm Furniture Fair (Swedese) "Shanghai Cool" Exhibition at the Duolun Museum, Shanghai Milan International Furniture Fair (DePadova, Oluce, Swedese) ICFF New York JCD Design Award / Award for Excellence + Special Mention JID Award Biennal / Grand Prix + Interior Product Award x 2

Tokujin Yoshioka

Redo-Shop — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:36:01 +0800

Tokujin Yoshioka was born in Japan in 1967 and, after having studied at length with Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, in 2000 set up his studio, Tokujin Yoshioka Design, in Tokyo. His partnership with Issey Miyake has been in existence for over 20 years. Tokujin Yoshioka has taken part in a number of projects by the fashion designer, designing among other things Issey Miyake and A-POC stores and producing the installation entitled Issey Miyake Making Things for the Cartier foundation in Paris, achieving international fame. Tokujin Yoshioka came to the Milan furniture show for the first time in 2002, presenting the chairs Honey Pop and Tokyo Pop for Driade. Again for Driade, in the same year, he designed an extraordinary installation, transforming the entire space, in the heart of Milan, into a futuristic Japanese garden. His other projects include the TOFU lamp produced for Yamagiwa, the STARDUST chandelier designed for Swarovski Crystal Palace, shop windows for Hermes and the Toyota stand at the Tokyo motor show. One of the most recent and interesting experimental design works by Tokujin Yoshioka is the Pane Chair presented at last year's Milan furniture show. The name comes from the production process of the chair, similar to baking bread. The material is inserted in a mould and, as when bread is baked, placed in an oven. The fibres stiffen and memorise the shape of the mould through the effect of the heat. At the end of "cooking" the finished chair is taken out. The Pane Chair played a major role at the exhibition Tokujin Yoshioka x Lexus L-Finesse - Evolving Fiber Technology, staged at the Museo della Permanente in Milan. On that occasion Tokujin Yoshioka created an installation with more than 7000 km of optical fibres, transforming the space into a giant lens. In the autumn of 2006 he presented his solo exhibition entitled Tokujin Yoshioka - Super Fiber Revolution, at the Axis gallery in Tokyo, seen as the completion of his research and experimental study of materials. Concurrently the British publishers Phaidon published the monograph book entitled Tokujin Yoshioka Design, distributed worldwide, which describes his experimental design, always in pursuit of new possibilities for future developments. Tokujin Yoshioka has received a number of awards and his works are displayed in the permanent collections of the most prestigious museums in the world: the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Vitra Design Museum in Berlin and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Poul Henningsen

Redo-Shop — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:54:37 +0800

arkitekt og forfatter. Søn af Agnes Henningsen. Læste til arkitekt på Teknisk Skole, Kbh (1911-1914) og på Polyteknisk Læreanstalt (1914-1917). PH opførte enkelte villaer, beboelsesejendomme og industribygninger, men arbejdede mest med industriel formgivning, især udformning af lamper. Egen tegnestue s m Kay Fisker (1920-24). Lyseksperimenter med Louis Poulsen & Co førte til udviklingen af et helt belysningsprogram, deriblandt konstruktionen af de blændfrie PH-lamper, der fik guldmedalje på verdensudstillingen i 1925. PH-lampens princip blev senere varieret og modificeret i bl a PH5-lampen (1956) og Koglen (1957). Inspiration fra Bauhaus-skolens brug af stål i møbelkonstruktion førte til fremstilling af PH-flyglet i stål, glas og læder (1931). PH var endvidere arkitekt for Tivoli under krigen, hvor han gennem sit arbejde med mørklægningslampen, hvis lys ikke kunne ses fra luften, udviklede den lyskultur, der stadig er et særkende for stedet ..... Designer Poul Henningsen begins working together with Louis Poulsen with a view to taking part in an international exhibition for decorative art to be held in Paris called "Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs & Industriels Modernes". A competition is held to find qualified participants: Henningsen is one of the winners 1925: Poul Henningsen's lamps win a gold medal at the exhibition. 1941:Henningsen designs a blackout lamp for the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen which allows the Gardens to stay open until midnight: the light from the lamps cannot be seen from aeroplanes flying over the city.

Francesco Binfar��

Redo-Shop — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:59:00 +0800

Francesco Binfar�� born in 1939. After having achieved his artistic education under his father's guide,he started working for Cassina in 1960. At first as a researcher for new technologies then as Cesare Cassina's assistant for the new projects and for the realisation of prototypes. From 1969 to 1976 he was the director of the Centro Cassina and nursed the creation of the classics of design such as "Up 5" by Gaetano Pesce (1969) and "AEO" by Paolo Deganello (1973). In 1980 he created the Centro design e comunicazione for project development. He is to be considered the midwife for the most important Cassina projects, such as "Wink" by Toshiyuki Kita (1980), "Tramonto a New York" (1980) and "Feltri" (1987) by Gaetano Pesce, "Torso" by Paolo Deganello. After he left Cassina in 1991 he designed the matching sofa "L'Homme et la Femme" (1993), Tangeri (1994) and Angels (1996) for Edra; the armchair "Girotonda" in 1994 and the sofa "Grand'angolo" in 1995 for Adele C. Painting, which he still performs, is the main source of inspiration for his design. (source: Edra)

Erwan Bouroullec, Ronan Bouroullec

Redo-Shop — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:15:57 +0800

Ronan and erwan bouroullec, born in brittany in 1971 & 1976 respectively, live and work in paris. the two brothers are considered the rising stars of european design. they came to the world's attention through a number of exhibitions and received the grand prix du jury international at the paris. furniture fair in 1998 e de la ville de paris, the best new designer award in new york in 1999, and a compasso d'oro nomination for the spring chair in 2001 in milan. their designs are surprising in their obviousness and their functions. the objects remain what they are and at the same time offer a new aesthetic experience. ronan, the elder first started his activity as designer,later erwan assisted him. everything the bouroullecs designed after 1998 went out under both names, but some of their projects were signed individually. major clients : cappellini, ligne roset, habitat, domeau & peres, authentics, eandw, magis, vitra and gallery kreo. they designed the interior for issey miyake��s APOC shop in paris. they have had their own exhibitions at the miyake design studio! gallery in tokyo and galerie kreo in paris in 2001, at the london design museumin 2002 and at the moment they have just finished curating a big exhibition, again, at the design museum in london, where we met.

Arne Quinze

Redo-Shop — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:46:23 +0800

Trail-blazing, innovative, bursting with energy, provocative, self-made �� it��s all but impossible to reduce the personality of founding director Arne Quinze (1971) to a few words. ��Leader of a rock band�� probably comes closest �� but, hey, we are talking about design here. Maybe that��s the problem: to describe him as a ��designer�� just doesn��t do the trick. Lacking a sterling education and shaped by the street life of his youth, Quinze epitomizes the self-made man. Homeless at the age of fifteen, he roamed the streets for half a year, stealing food to survive. He says graffiti kept him going.��It was my creative outlet.�� In the two years that followed, he hung out with a motorcycle gang. All his energy went into street art sprayed on hundreds of trains, tunnels and walls. He experienced what it meant to have something worth fighting for. That ��something�� was his creativity,the only thing he had to hold on to. It gave him a healthy veneer of arrogance and the perseverance needed to conquer every obstacle in his path. He hasn��t lost that fighting spirit, but it��s been translated into the ability to get things done �C the kinds of things other people consider impossible. ��A project doesn��t really catch my interest until I hear the words ��can��t be done��.�� Kicking off Quinze��s first defiant collection in 1999 was Primary Pouf, which shook the very foundations of the lethargic world of design. A resounding success that still sells at the amazing rate of over 15,000 pieces annually. In addition to designs for his own label, he creates furniture for Moroso, a firm with close ties to Quinze & Milan. In 2006, the father of four �� the perfect man for the job �� launched minus+, his first children��s collection. But Quinze & Milan is more than a design agency. It��s a platform, a label that also features the work of other designers �� I find the synergy enormously fascinating�� and that supports architects and designers in the realization of their ideas. And Quinze designs more than just products. Think installations, graphics, architecture, sportswear, perfume bottles, house hold accessories, lorries. Far beyond his modular seating for public spaces and private homes, another world feels the touch of Quinze��s pencil. Take those words literally and consider Villa Tinto, a ��house of pleasure�� in Antwerp; a high-end truck for radiator company Jaga; and two projects commissioned by architecture firm OMA : interior seating for the Seattle Library and, more recently, a light system for Dark, the interior design of the prestigious Charles and Dee Wyly Theatre in Dallas. Japanese brand Onitsuka Tiger partnered with Quinze for the design of a total concept: putting his touch to their collection. It��s a job that��s right up his alley: crafting the dynamics of a entire outfit in terms of branding, marketing, the whole package. He likes pushing the boundaries �� his own and those of the people around him. In Quinze��s cosmos, boundaries exist only to be shifted. By giving himself a continual barrage of challenges, he finds himself on a series of untrodden paths. Although it might be more accurate to say he blazes new trails that start deep within a creative mind he describes as ��organized chaos��. Emerging from chaos like a ticking time bomb, fed by constant bursts of creativity, spurred on by hungry clients, always wondering what��s next. Aeroplanes? ��Could be.�� Urban design? ��Definitely interesting.�� Expect the unexpected�� probably covers it all. Be aware.

Andr��e Putman

Redo-Shop — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:45:15 +0800

Twenty-five years ago, Andr��e Putman revolutionized the world of style. Her innovative design for Morgans, the world��s first boutique hotel, ushered in a new approach to luxury: it became sleek, minimal, contemporary. For its 25th anniversary, Morgans will be re-imagined and updated by the "High Priestess of Style,�� as the press has dubbed her, for a September 10 re-launch in which she will pay homage to her original design, with its iconic black and white palette, while boldly re-interpreting it for today��s guests. On this occasion, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will mark Putman��s illustrious career with an unprecedented retrospective of her designs, including the new Voie Lact��e grand piano, which will make its first appearance in America.

Xavier Lust

Redo-Shop — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:30:15 +0800

There is a physical connection between people and the objects around them. This delicate and not easily measured relationship may sometimes reach a level that lies beyond the (important) considerations of comfort, price and robustness. A piece of furniture may give a pleasure or spark an emotion that is linked to the idea of beauty. Innovation is a key aspect of the genuine character of any creation. There should be innovation in appearance as well as in technical and functional design. My creative approach is to try to steer clear of the designer's usual stumbling blocks by evolving production systems that result in objects with innovative volumes. Longevity is a quality that relates to the wear and tear not only of the object but also of the user. By this I mean tiring of an object which once had an identity, but which is no longer in tune with the trend of the day. The ideal design would be one that is unaffected by the passing of time and comes closest to being self-evident, "just right" and beyond time. Born on 27.08.1969 in Brugge (Belgium), he graduated from the "Institut St Luc"- Brussels in interior design in 1992. Furniture design: Since 1990 he has been designing interiors , furniture and accessories oriented to innovation, industrial production, functionality, affectivity and commercial viability on his own (Elixir) or in collaboration with leading furniture companies such as MDF Italia, �� De Padova and Extremis.

Robin Rizzini

Redo-Shop — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:51:35 +0800

Robin Rizzini graduated from the Milan Polytechnic School of Design in 1995. He started to practise design while he was still studying. After various collaborations with design and architecture offices, he joined the studio of Antonio Citterio in Milan in 2000, which is renowned for its attention to details in the field of furniture design. There he designed office furniture systems, kitchen systems, seating, lighting, and tableware, as well as some interior design projects. He opened his own practice in Milan in 2005 and the Dario Collection is his first commission as a freelance professional for Keilhauer.

neuland industriedesign

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:55:29 +0800

Noch während ihres studiums an der Fh M��nchen gr��ndeten Eva Paster und Michael Geldmacher ihr b��ro neuland industriedesign. In den ersten Jahren konzentrierten sie sich auf klassisches Industriedesign wie medizinische Geräte, Verpackungen, Messe und Sportgeräte. Seit 2005 verlagerte sich der Schwerpunkt ihrer Tätigkeit hin zu Möbel-, und Leuchtendesign, nicht ohne dabei hin und wieder durch das ein oder andere Kinderspiel und Schmuckst��ck ergänzt zu werden. F��r Kunden wie z.B. Interl��bke, mdf italia, Nils Holger Moormann, Magazin entwarfen sie bereits Möbel und Produkte die International mit Preisen wie elle deco design award 2006, wallpaper design award 2006, designweek design award 2005, focus sicherheit des design center stuttgart 2007, trieste contemporeana design prize 2005, spiel des jahres 2005, auswahlliste kinderspiel des jahres 2005, nominierung f��r die goldene flamme 2007 und nominierung f��r den compasso d��oro 2006 ausgezeichnet wurden.

Pascal Mourgue

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:22:59 +0800

Pascal Mourgue is above all else an artist. He graduated from Boulle school (sculpture) and Ensad (Ecole Nationale Sup��rieure des Arts D��coratifs). He began designing furniture in 1962, whilst continuing to be a prolific artist. Never openly seeking publicity, Pascal Mourgue has always prized artistic integrity above commercial achievement. This love of art has led him to work in fields as diverse as designing sailing boats for Cartier, Cristal objects for Baccarat, architecture, painting and sculpting. It was not until the 1980s that he focused on furniture for the home. In 1994 a long standing and very fruitful collaboration was born between Pascal Mourgue and Ligne Roset. Calin was his first offering, based on the unusual concept of providing the same level of comfort in a sofa as with a pillow. His creations have achieved numerous accolades. The Lover won the Red Dot ��best of the best�� awards for Ligne Roset, and more recently the Downtown has followed suit.

Gijs Papavoine

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:04:10 +0800

Born in 1949, Gijs graduated from both the Institute of Technology and the Industrial Design Academy in Eindhoven. In 1976 he started his career with Montis in the product development department. After occupying the position of product manager, in which capacity he shared responsibility for Montis' design philosophy, he was promoted in 1990 to head of the Montis design team. Subsequently he has designed models for InterArt; such as Escargot, Sumo and Kibuki. His style is characterized by a clear, graceful and refined interplay of lines.

Kurt Erni

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:22:12 +0800

After training as a cabinet-maker, then studying interior design and project management, Kurt Erni first taught at various schools. He founded his own design studio in 1978. He has been the Chief Designer of Wellis AG since 1986, his work informing and characterising the output of the entire Team by Wellis brand. He is the recipient of several prestigious prizes and awards, including the IF Product Design award for his Container - part of the e_series - and the red dot award for the ErQu table. Chief Designer Kurt Erni has been responsible for our design concept since 1986. His designs are created with long-term use in mind, rather than shorlived trends. High-grade materials, functionality and high-quality workmanship are just as important as perfect alignment. It is Kurt Erni��s concern to offer a collection that allows living and working rooms to be furnished individually.

Patricia Urquiola

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:07:27 +0800

Patricia Urquiola was born in Oviedo (Spain) and now lives and works in Milan. She attended the faculty of architecture of Madrid Polytechnic were she graduated in 1989 having done a thesis with Achille Castiglioni. From 1990 to 1992 she was assistant lecturer on the courses held by Achille Castiglioni and Eugenio Bettinelli both at Milan Polytechnic and E.N.S.C.I. in Paris. Between 1990 & 1996 she worked for the new product development office of De Padova and with Vico Magistretti signed the products: ��Flower��, ��Loom sofa��, ��Chaise�� and ��Chaise Longue��. From 1993 to 1996 she had an associate practice with architects de Renzio and Ramerino and was engaged in architectural design, showrooms, restaurants and franchising (Maska/Italy, Tomorrowland Stores/Japan, Des Pres/France). In 1996 she became head of the Lissoni Associati design group, working for Alessi, Antares-Flos, Artelano, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Kartell, and others. At the same time, on her own, she designed for B&B, Bosa, De Vecchi too, Fasem, Kartell, Liv��it, Mdf, Molteni & C., Moroso and Tronconi and designed stands and showroom for Knoll, Moroso, Sag 80, and Somma. Her products were selected for the Italian Design 2001 exhibition and for Intenational Design Yearbook 1999 and 2001. In 2001 she was chair of the jury for the 19th CDIM Design Award and was lecturer in the Domus Academy. She is currently conducting her professional activity in her own studio in Milan in the field of design, exhibitions, art direction, and architecture.

Jeff Miller

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:34:57 +0800

Jeff Miller was born in 1968 in New York City. He studied Industrial Design at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Grauduating with University and Department Honors in 1990. In 1991 he joined ECCO Design in New York, eventually holding the VP of Design position. For more than a decade he was involved in product development for numerous global brands including: Apple / Colgate / Corning / Daewoo / Estee Lauder / Gillette / Herman Miller / LG Electronics / Motorola / OXO / Procter & Gamble / Timex In 2002 Jeff established his own practice. Blending his research-driven consulting background, with a more personal elemental approach, Jeff now brings this innovative vision to a range of international clients in the areas of product, furniture and interior design. Jeff holds several design and utility patents. He has been a member of the IDSA since 1992.

Roberto Lazzeroni

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:38:29 +0800

Roberto Lazzeroni nasce a Pisa, citt�� che ha scelto per vivere e lavorare. Il percorso professionale �� strettamente legato ai suoi studi Arte e Architettura a Firenze ed agli interessi che lo hanno sempre visto attento e partecipe sin dai primi anni della sua formazione tanto ai fenomeni del mondo dell��arte concettuale che a quelli del radical design. Agli inizi degli anni ��80 inizia ad occuparsi di disegno industriale e di Architettura d��interni, specializzazione che lui stesso definisce fondamentale per il successivo approccio al mondo del ��prodotto�� . Molto ricettivo nei confronti della storia del design e dei suoi segni, altrettanto concreto nella loro reinterpretazione quotidiana, Lui spontaneamente parla, raccontandosi, di design ��sentimentale�� oggi la tendenza viene definita ��transitive design�� infatti facile anche per un occhio non esperto percepire la tensione tra passato e futuro che esiste nei progetti di Roberto Lazzeroni, i segni del passato sono in qualche modo riconoscibili e visibilmente reinterpretati per il risultato nuovo in una giusta e vera tensione tra passato e futuro. La sua personale storia e questo modo di vivere il design lo hanno portato a specializzarsi nell��art direction. Oggi Roberto Lazzeroni lavora in particolare modo sul concept totale che si cela dietro la nascita di un marchio. Il suo percorso professionale �� certamente dinamico con delle costanti precise che vedono Roberto Lazzeroni sempre su due fronti, il suo bagaglio di studi e interessi che lo vedono sempre attento protagonista di mostre significative ed il suo approccio verso un design assolutamente inserito nella quotidianit�� degli interni.

Lodovico Acerbis

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:21:52 +0800

senza dubbio uno dei progettisti- imprenditori che hanno contribuito a creare il successo dell'Italian Style. Designer e titolare della Acerbis International, fondata nel 1870 dal nonno, ha orientato tutta la sua attivit�� all��interno dell��azienda di famiglia. L��impegno unito ad un indiscusso talento gli hanno valso negli anni numerosi successi e riconoscimenti come l��assegnazione del Compasso d��Oro nel 1979 per la credenza Sheraton disegnata con con Giotto Stoppino. L��esperienza e la competenza acquisite sul campo lo portano a sviluppare innovative soluzioni nel settore dei sistemi contenitori, vero core business dell��azienda, la cui produzione raggiunge ben presto livelli altissimi. L'utilizzo di materiali nuovi, l��evoluzione dei sistemi di apertura o di assemblaggio, la ricerca di modelli estetici pi�� aggiornati si fondono con la tradizionale e abilit�� artigianale tramandata da generazioni. La combinazione di tecnica e fantasia rappresenta la cifra stilistica della sua produzione. Perch�� la qualit�� qualcosa che deve sempre eccedere l��indispensabile senza per questo scivolare nel superfluo. Da qualche anno Lodovico Acerbis ha affiancato alla sua attivit�� di designer quella di scrittore.

Roberto Monsani

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:58:50 +0800

Life (small tables) '74-'01 Life (storages) 2002 Matrix (storages) 2003 Discontinued items Claridge (tables) 1980 Galassia (systems) 1976 Life Collection (systems) 1975 Night & Day (shelving units) 1974 Quadrivio (tables) 2005

studio job

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:50:17 +0800

Actually, Studio Job's new season opened already earlier this year during the pr��t-a-porter Paris Fashion Week with their contribution to two designer collections. This contribution consisted out of patterns for fabrics and accessoires, both originated from one basic pattern: one idea but each uniquely applied and which was an upbeat for their own presentations in Milan. Studio Job is well-known for a refined play of visual clues and in their work elements have been embedded which sometimes seemed to have been restricted to visual arts. Their work balances between design and autonomous art. For years form dictated the function, but Job seemed to move in a complete different direction so that he surprised the onlooker with fairy-tale and decorative elements. By doing this, Job created a self-willed and typical oeuvre to which anually a new chapter is being added. This years 'red line' is the insects pattern, that already seemed to dominate the Parisian catwalk, and of which further developments will be at these two Milanese exhibitions. This new insects pattern is the representation of an underlying fascination of Smeets / Tynagel for the issue that the unique object, which implies so little in the design field, versus the omni praised unicity in the art world where it is aclaimed as the summun. The difference between the unique object or the industrial produced object is only relative according to Job; both are dependant from the idea. Gallery Dilmos and Royal Tichelaar Makkum, which both can bow on an illustrious history on their own territory of respectively design and ceramics, both show a part of Job's story this year.

Marcel Wanders

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:24:54 +0800

Marcel Wanders grew up in Boxtel, the Netherlands, and graduated cum laude from the School of the Arts Arnhem in 1988. Marcel Wanders�� fame started with his iconic Knotted Chair, which he produced for Droog Design in 1996. He is now ubiquitous, designing for the biggest European contemporary design manufacturers like B&B Italia, Bisazza, Poliform, Moroso, Flos, Boffi, Cappellini, Droog Design and Moooi of which he is also art director and co-owner. Founded in 2000, Moooi has grown into an internationally renowned design label. Additionally, Marcel Wanders works on architectural and interior design projects and recently turned his hand to consumer home appliances. Marcel was the editor of the International Design Yearbook 2005. In the same year, together with chef Peter Lute, he established the extraordinary LUTE SUITES hospitality-concept, the first ��all over city suites�� hotel in the world. He also designed the interior of Blits, a new restaurant in Rotterdam and the interior of restaurant ��Thor�� at the Hotel on Rivington in New York including bar, lounge and private club. Marcel is the first and among the most important designers of Droog design. He was a juror for various prizes like the Rotterdam Design Prize (for which his own products were nominated several times) and the Kho Liang Ie prize. He lectured at SFMoMA, Limn, the Design Academy, Nike, IDFA, FutureDesignDays and has taught at various design academies in the Netherlands and abroad. Various designs of Marcel Wanders have been selected for the most important design collections and exhibitions in the world, like the Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco, the V&A Museum in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Central Museum in Utrecht, Museum of Decorative Arts Copenhagen and various Droog Design exhibitions. Coverage on Marcel has been published in all leading design magazines and newspapers such as Domus, Interni, Blueprint, Design Report, Frame, I.D. magazine, Abitare, Wallpaper, Nylon, Elle decoration, Icon, Esquire, the International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, the Financial Times, the New York Times and Business Week. "...The b.l.o. for Flos is a spoof of a traditional candlestick with an electric ´flame´ bulb you turn on and off by blowing on it." (from Nylon, august 2001). Marcel continues to work on diverse products and projects for Cappellini, Mandarina Duck, Magis, Droog Design and Moooi amongst others. For the latter he is associated as creative director Marcel also co-operates in other design-related projects, such as the Vitra Summer Workshop where he was project leader for the second time. Also he was a juror for various prizes like the Rotterdam Design Prize (for which his own products were nominated several times) and the Kho Liang Ie prize. He lectured at SFMoMA, Limn the Design Academy and has taught at various design academies in the Netherlands. Marcel won the Rotterdam Design Prize (public prize) for the Knotted Chair, and received several other awards including the George Nelson Award (Interiors magazine) and Alterpoint Design Award 2000. In the 2001, Marcel has been nominated in the category ´designer of the year´ in WIRED magazine´s 2001 wired rave awards Designs of Marcel Wanders have been selected for the most important design collections and exhibitions in the world, like the Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Central Museum in Utrecht, and various Droog Design exhibitions. In the book ´Wanders Wonders, design for a new age´ (1999) which accompanied a solo exhibition in Museum ´t Kruithuis in Den Bosch, the most important products are shown, from the Knotted Chair to the Shadows lamps and from the Nomad Carpet to the Eggvase Works of Marcel have been published in all leading design magazines .

Piero Lissoni

Redo-Shop — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:00:57 +0800

Piero Lissoni started his career as a designer in the late 70s. After his Architecture degree at Milan Polytechnic, he started his collaboration with Boffi in 1985, as designer first and than as Art Director until today. Together with Nicoletta Canesi, Piero Lissoni founded Studio Lissoni in 1986 (later become Lissoni Associati) and Graph.x in 1996, developing projects of Architecture, Interiors, Industrial and Graphic Design in addition to Art Direction and Corporate Image. Among his clients: Alessi, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Flos, Fritz Hansen, Glas, Kartell, Knoll International, Lema, Living Divani, Poltrona Frau, Porro, Tecno, Thonet and Wella. Industrial design and graphic projects range from furniture, accessories, kitchens, bathrooms, lighting fixtures to corporate identity, signage and packaging. Interior projects include showrooms, trade stands, hotels, private houses and yachts. Among the recent realizations of interiors are: a private villa near Como (2005); in Venice, restoration and furnishing of all common areas of the luxury Hotel ��Monaco & Grand Canal��, the Bacaro Bar and the re-design of the historical ��Zanin�� pastry shop (2006); in Istanbul the Bentley Design HotelTM ; in Switzerland the ��Al Porto�� Hotel by the Zurich Lake; in Tokyo the ��Mitsui Garden�� business Hotel in Tokyo Ginza district (2006). Furthermore: interiors for private residences in Milan, Tokyo and Moscow; the main Boffi showrooms around the world; Porro showroom ViaDurini15 in Milan, Cassina showroom in Paris along with various Cassina IXC in Japan; the Milan offices of La Rinascente Group and Tecno headquarters and showroom. Besides, the corporate identity for the American fashion designer Elie Tahari, and in collaboration with Studio Brenta a 37m private sailing yacht for a New York art dealer. The latest assignments, still in progress, include: the interiors of the Shangri LaTM Hotel & Resort in Miami; a luxury resort at the Turks & Caicos Islands, inclusive of a Mandarin HotelTM and private villas; a 5 star hotel in Jerusalem and in Italy the re-design of headquarters/factories for Boffi, Glas and Living Divani; projects for private villas and interiors for a 50m private yacht. Additionally, new collections for the long list of corporate clients presented during the last Milan Furniture Fair 2006. In November 2005 Piero Lissoni was inducted in the New York ��Hall of Fame of Interior Design��. ��Table System�� kitchen by Boffi received the Best kitchen Award by Elle Decor Intern. (2005) and the Good Design Award by the Chicago Atheneum Museum of Arch. & Design (2006). Piero Lissoni is Art Director for Boffi, Lema, Living Divani, Porro and Tecno.

Jaime Hayon

Redo-Shop — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:15:18 +0800

Spanish artist / designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid 1974. He trained as an industrial designer in Madrid and Paris. In 1997, he began working as a researcher in Fabrica, Benetton Group��s communication research center in Treviso, Italy. A year later, he was appointed, by Mr. Luciano Benetton and communication guru Oliviero Toscani, head of the design department, where he oversaw the development of interiors for shops, exhibitions and restaurants as well as books, magazines and logo designs. In 2004, he began his individual career and has kept his hands full with eclectic projects. From toys, to furniture and interior design as well as artistic installations, his boldness has been transcending the borders of the often separated worlds of art and design, merging his own style with ease between the two. Hayon bathroom collection, AQHayon, for Artquitect Launched in 2005, caused a tremor in the bathroom industry and design community and placed him on the forefront of the design tendencies. Being a multifaceted creator, Jaime��s work has developed in diverse areas: from curatorial roles, to those of an artist, to that of a designer. As a curator he has organized, along with the British Council and Experimenta, events of relevance like the latest edition of the Lisbon Biennial of design. He has also participated in conferences and lectures worldwide, evidence of his relevance as contemporary voice. As an artist, his exclusive furniture design work was first brought to life at London��s David Gill Gallery, where his ��Mediterranean Digital Baroque�� exhibit has enormous success. His work has also been shown at the Vitra design Museum and the Design Museum in London, where the bathroom collection was recently exhibited in the ��tank�� as the lead tendency representing European design. Mon Cirque, his storytelling installation has been presented in Barcelona, Minneapolis, Lisbon, Paris and Cologne. His most recent exhibit ��Stage�� shown at the Aram Gallery, London, portrays different scenarios of his most relevant work in past years. Currently with a new base in Barcelona, Hay��n has been awarded by Wallpaper as one of the 10 breakthrough creators worldwide as well as the 2006 Elle Deco International Award and the Icon Magazine Best Show award for the 2006 London design week. Clients such as Benetton, Metalarte, Artquitect Edition, Coca-Cola, Danone Group, bd ediciones de diseño, Adidas, Pallucco, Piper Hiedsieck and Camper work with Hayonstudio. Jaime��s work has been featured in all major design publications and newspapers worldwide.

Front

Redo-Shop — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:08:35 +0800

Front is a design group of four: Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken, Anna Lindgren and Katja Sävström. They work as a group where all members are involved in the design process from initial discussions and ideas to final product. Their works are based on common discussions, exploring and investigations about different topics. And the final products often communicates a story to the observer about the design process, about conventions within the product field or about the material it is made of. Since the start in 2003 they have done for example a collection of furniture in collaboration with different animals, a collection of products where a part of the design were determined by external factors, a constantly changing interiour, an investigation about the other functions of products and products that only exsist in a computer game.

Ferruccio Laviani

Redo-Shop — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:42:26 +0800

Ferruccio Laviani, an Italian born Architect and Designer whose work includes furniture and accessory designs as well as exhibition and showroom installations - his contemporary style is hallmarked by his particular use of shape and colour. His ORBITAL & BIT Lights for Foscarini are featured on our site.

Famous painter

Redo-Shop — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:55:10 +0800

Fabio Novembre

Redo-Shop — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:11:59 +0800

Born in Milan in 1966, an architect since 1992, Fabio Novembre became famous through a large series of projects for restaurants, discotheques and shops, both in Italyand abroad, and with his unique pieces of furniture designed for Cappellini. Two of his most recent and interesting works are Bisazza New York and Berlin showrooms: two sets that define and solidify his strong and innovative style, based on its impact and fascination strength: space quite magic, similar to a world apart, isolated from external context.

Denis Santachiara

Redo-Shop — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:01:46 +0800

Self-taught, Denis Santachiara was born at Campagnola (Reggio Emilia) in 1951. He began working as a designer in an automobile styling shop. "I began work in a carrozzeria belonging to the De Tommaso group. That was my first design school, my first approach to this kind of work. A car is a bit of everything: it's technology, it's a lounge, it involves problems of speed, problems of ergonomics. In the '70s there was a bit of a crisis in this kind of work, so I devoted myself to visual arts and began to produce some works within the gallery". From '75 on, he concerned himself with neo-image and neo-design, with a special interest in research into soft technology and the design of images and objects half-way between art and design. In his theories and original creations, he has combined technology with magic, multi-functionality with surprise and play. "I seek, through the use of technology in my objects, to conceal the technical logic. The conjuror's strategy: concealing the technical cause to enhance the effect, to demonstrate its playful effect as entertainment to the public". "Surprise: I believe that objects should always offer little surprises, something to talk about, the same object can do different things".

Eileen Gray