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First published in 2007 in the United States of America by
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Contents
Introduction

Japanese Garden JB Classics

Two Savant:;

Fishscales HelenAm\:jMurra\:j

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10
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Damask Mar\:j Brogger

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Perforated Fleur-de-Iys Miller St:;udio

Obey Bloke E. Marquis
Green Oasis Jo Meest:;ers
Perforated Argyle Miller St:;udio

Furtherland Paulo Cast:;ro Por Evgenia

Ost:;rovska\:ja

Star HelenAm\:jMurra\:j
Lace Fence Demakersvan
Prickar Jakob Elmgren

Beautiful Florencejohann
Menu 4 Karim Rashid
Vege Mikko Laakkonen

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Lips Tunt:;o
Grafik 2 James Owen
Spots WOODlondon
Flow Dots Markus Benesch
Porcelain Doorknobs Delo Lindo
One Savant:;
Krenkerup Amazed
Heatwave Joris Laarman

Breakestra Bloke E. Marquis

Insignia At:;elier Blink

Liaison Bisazza b\:j Carlo del Bianco
Dammasch Db cla\:j
Destructive Deco Tjep.
Ant'ique Gam"plus"Frat:;esi
Valleycats Post:; Creat:;ive
Out of the Ordinary Mike Perr\:j
Tell it Like a Story Mike Perr\:j
Dressed Minale-Maeda

Cirkus Plast:;isock
Manhole Don Funderburgh
Architectural Red Zaishu
Little World Lula

Tails Ellen Berggren Oberg

Fifteen Below Post:; Creat:;ive

Plaits Ellen Berggren Oberg
Cute Medical Print Barnbrook

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Ratatateeee Paulo Cast:;ro Por Evgenia

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40

Costa Rica Redst:;r/collect:;ive

Crab Damask Don Funderburgh

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48

Trophy 1 Sigrid Colon

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52
54

King's Forest Birgit:; Amadori

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58
60

Supermarket Codes GVA St:;udio

Angyle Angr\:j Ret:;ail

Jewel Stripes Ost:;wald Helgason
Fox Pattern Birgit:; Amadori
Red Flora Lena Corwin
T Logo Sigrid Colon
Podium Femina 06 GVA St:;udio

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66

Don Funderburgh

Piggy Henrik Vibskov

Alexandria Julio Rot:;hman

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Gooh 2 Sweden Graphics

Yakuza Reddish
Pause 2x4

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Ankarsvik Hanna Werning

Polar Circulations Ariane Spanier
Camping IVANAhelsinki
Tree Angr\:j Ret:;ail
DCam Post:; Creat:;ive

Magazine" 123 Cait:;lin Keegan

Green Queen Ost:;wald Helgason
Ivy Michael Meredit:;h I MOS
Techahedron Telegramme

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Chickadee Am\:j Ruppel Por

Pebblecones Julio Rot:;hman
Wheels Julio Rot:;hman
Wall Decoration Lene Toni KJeld
Village Lena Corwin

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Organic Lene Toni Kjeld wit:;h Dort:;e

Mandrup Archit:;ect:;s

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"We've Found a New World and It's

Far From Here" St:;even Harringt:;on
Why? Sweden Graphics
Fasan IVANAhelsinki
Wallpaper Spoonped
Buggin JB Classics
Birds Ost:;wald Helgason
Loan Sharks JB Classics
Silent Spring Sweden Graphics

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88 Lot:;t:;a KOhlhorn
Noon Lot:;t:;a KOhlhorn
Folded Caroline St:;r6mgren
Dutch Eldorado Pet:;er Zuiderwijk
King's Court Birgit:; Amadori
Star Structure SEW

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Loose Cannon Bandana

Spring Blossom Jenn\:j Wren

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Feasting at the Berry Bush

Lace Paving Slabs Jet:;hro Mace\:j

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Directory

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Deadl\:j Squire

Reykjavik Henrik Vibskov

Nova Blooms Jenn\:j Wren
Zeigen Ariane Spanier
Zeigen Ariane Spanier

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"Say What?" "Nickelodeon

Don Funderburgh, Port:;ia Wells

"Say What?" "Nickelodeon

Magazine" 122 Cait:;lin Keegan

Vigne Lacat:;on et:; Vassal Por Crapt:;

Tamora Henriques

Manhattan Storage

Birds'n Trees Am\:j Ruppel Por

Modern Twist:;

Apple Field Plast:;isock

Spoon Spoonped

Marcel Wanders for Puma

Marcel Wonders

Floral Pattern Gabrielle Lewin

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Floral Folk Lamp Mart:;a Piet:;rz\:jk and

Mat:;t:;hew Birt:;ch I Vest:; collect:;ive

Boating IVANAhelsinki

Shroom Swigg

Crow's Feet
Bisazza b\:j Carlo del Bianco

Twenty Five Savant:;

Ost:;rovska\:ja

ASCII Nouveau
Mat:;t:;hew Birt:;ch I Vest:; Collect:;ive

Designens Hus Jakob Elmgren

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Moths Sukie
Protozoa Sukie
Find Your Luck Olga Cudakova

When we t:;ouch on t:;he subject:; oP pat:;t:;ern, our old but:; ever resurPacing

dichot:;om~

arises: Porm and cont:;ent:;, somet:;imes even rePerred t:;o

as Porm versus cont:;ent:;. Pat:;t:;ern, and it:;s repeat:;ing celebrat:;ion oP

Porm, regularl~ get:;s relegat:;ed t:;o t:;he rank oP simple (and t:;hus almost:;
sinPul) sat:;isPact:;ion. Pat:;t:;ern is t:;he e~e cand~ oP t:;he West:;ern world
and t:;here have been t:;imes when t:;he upper crust:;s oP t:;he art:; and
design world t:;hought:; it:;s pract:;it:;ioners were giving in t:;o a base Porm
oP sensual abandon. OP course, some designers Pocus on sidest:;epping,
or ignoring t:;he well-ingrained and h~pocrit:;ical not:;ion t:;hat:; seduct:;ion is
at:; t:;he root:; oP all evil.
No mat:;t:;er how "over it:;" we are, t:;he West:;ern world is st:;ill in t:;he t:;hroes
oP t:;he post:;-modern era: t:;he age oP t:;he seIP-consciousl~ seIP-conscious.
In design, t:;he rout:;ine nowada~s is t:;o embrace t:;he problemat:;ic issue,
because t:;he embrace it:;selp has been relegat:;ed (or elevat:;ed depending on who ~ou ask) t:;o t:;he Punct:;ion oP comment:;ar~. It:; can't:; be a coincidence t:;hat:; most:; oP t:;he designers who make purel~ ornament:;al pat:;-


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tJerns cla im natJural, Asian, and Midd le-EastJern inpluences, and tJhatJ, on
tJhe contJrar\j, all oP tJhose using VictJorian lace, damask, and otJher classic WestJern patJtJerns putJ a tJwistJ on itJ, or contJextJua lize itJ,
- -...... In tJh is book, \jou will see tJhatJ tJhere are tJwo main tJendenc ies: designers ..
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who embrace tJhe ornamentJal, and designers who tJackle tJhe patJtJern
b\j imbu ing itJ witJh contJentJ (as opposed tJo meaning, as one wou ld rePel"
tJo tJhe intJrinsic, m\jstJica l bearing oP Midd le-EastJern patJtJerns, POI"
example), SometJimes, tJhese tJendencies blend especiall\j in tJhe case oP
illustJratJion-orientJatJed designers.
PatJtJerns have gone in and outJ oP stJ\jle POI" centJuries, and arguabl\j,
tJhe\j never rea ll \j disappear The PascinatJion tJhe\j exertJ on human
beings, whetJher m\jstJical, pS\jcholog ica l, or sensor\j, has never real l\j
PaltJered-tJhere are simpl\j tJimes when itJ is deemed more acceptJable
tJhan otJhers.

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interior designers and architects. They like to think of these as jam
sessions, creating entirely new things that would not have existed
otherwise. The Dudleys have learned to assess what a space needs
and create work that harmonizes or contrasts with its surroundings,
ensuring that it always becomes an integral part of a whole.
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wanting to discard them, Amy felt the birds could somehow be
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Burton Snowboards, Target The Mercy Corps, Klutz, Vigo Cards, and
many others.

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Founded in 2000 by Johnny Kelly (Production) and Scott Burnett

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excess, Angry aimed to create office clothes that have personality;
street wear that has some class, Angry sells in a range of fashion able outlets, Currently, the brand is more focused on creating limited -run cloth ing and products available directly through their website,
where their "Bold Yet Polite" ethos is applied to a range of slightly
twisted products, The team behind Angry also runs a Design stud io
called Aad - Art & Design, with prOjects ranging from sma ll one-off
identities to large corporate campaigns,

wwwangryretail,com

Ariane Spanier
Born in 1978 In Weimar, which was in East Germany at the time,
Ariane Spanier is a g raphic designer who currently lives and works
in Berlin, After receiving her degree in visua l communications at the
BerlinWeissensee art college in 2004, she was awarded a DAADGrant to New York City, During her stay there, she also worked at

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mostly with in the c ultural field-artists, galleries and publishers, The
New York Type Director's Club has awarded her the certificate for
typograph ic excellence, whe reby she is represented in the 2007 edition of the TOGs annual book.
wwwarianespanier,com

Atelier Blink
Atelier Blink is a team of two, located in Brussels, Belgium, Celine
Poncelet and Emilie Lecouturier graduated from the Ecole nationale
superieure des arts visuels de La Cambre in 2000, and went thei r
separate ways to broaden thei r knowledge, They gained experience
in a variety of areas from scu lpture to architecture, as well as c ultural
events, exhibitions, and international travel. Their ultimate goal was to
create their own design company, which they did in August 2005

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"Producer of new ideas in product and environmental design," defines
their objective: to create unexpected features in fam ilia r objects that
might not be detected at first glance,
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Barnbrook
Barnbrook, created in 1990, is one of the most wel l-known design stu dios in London, The studio's clients range from international museums to underground music magazines, Our featured project was
commissioned by Beams, wh ich is part of a two generation-old
shopping revolution from Japan, Lifestyle brands are more than a
way of life, Beams claims, and aims to be the "happy life solution
company," be it in the treatment of its employees, or customers, They
promise (and often deliver) utmost quality at a reasonable price, "in
all areas of life," One question remains: whether the "you are how you
shop" turns out any deeper than the "you are what you buy" philosophy,
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five years ago, she didn't know how to turn on a computer, Amadori
spends a lot of time creating patterns for clothes that her characters
wear in the il lustrations, After all these years, Mucha is still her favorite
artist, but it is obvious when looking at her portfolio that she has a
strong interest in the Far East, especially Japan, Since she moved to
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the greater Los Angeles area, most of her jobs have to do with the
enterta inment industry.

Bisazza
Bisazza is the leading producer of glass mosaic, Incorporated in
1956 in Alte, Vicenza, Northern Italy, the company is marked by a
dynamic entrepreneurial spirit, a mastery of modern technolog ies,
and its designer collaborations, Since 2004 the Bisazza Design
Studio, a team of young deSigners directed by architect Carlo Dal
Bianco, has been coordinating the company's style, designing its
flagship stores and product collections, Over the years, the company has worked with leading figures in architecture, design, art, and
fashion, notably Michael Graves, Jaime Hayon, Isao Hosoe,
Alessandro Mend ini, Paola Navone, Fabio Novembre, Fabrizio Plessi,
Andree Putman, Ettore Sottsass, Studio Job, Patricia Urquiola and
www.bisazza.it

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Blake E. Marquis
Blake E. Marquis is originally from Boston. He studied design at the
Pratt Institute, during which time he designed graphics for SSUR. He
went on to work for Ryan McGinness, and later left New York City to
take a design position with Shepard Fairey at Studio Number One in
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can be traced through the .3 mechan ical pencil he's had since the
7th grade. The pencil wrote poetry in 8th grade, took math tests in
9th, SATs in 12th, drew still-lives in college, sketched logos for work,
and has written a whole slew of love letters along the way. Much like
the people he adm ires the most (Duchamp, Haacke, and Warhol),
Marquis enJoys the thought of provoking his peers th rough his work.
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Caitlin Keegan is from a small town known to many as the Home of

the Wiffle ball (that would be Shelton, Connecticut) The Wiffle bal l, for
us non-initiates, was designed to take the place of baseball, stickball
and softball for kids who have to play in back yards and city streets.
It is made of a lightweight, tough rubbery plastic, and cannot be
thrown or hit any great distance. When not designing for the likes of
Nickelodeon, Playgirl. the New York Times, or Nylon Magazine,
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York, where she has lived since graduating from the Rhode Island
School of Design in 2002.
wwwcaitlinkeegan.com

Caroline Stromgren
Caroline Stromgren was born in Stockholm in 1979. She studied art,
film theory, and worked in advertising before she started her studies
at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, where she focused
on graphic design. She obta ined her bachelor's in 2007 and then
started her own company. Stromgren has since redesigned and laid
out Blatt magazine, created illustrations, and designed logotypes
and posters for many clients, including Citypaketet, MUF,
Kulturmejeriet, Debaser, B-line and Music First Creating patterns has
been a rather personal activity until now, as she had only used them
for self-promotion. Recently she has been combining her patterns
with graphic design and animation.
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Brooklyn, New York-based Funderburgh believes there are two main
requirements to making a great pattern: a solid concept. and a
few elements of imperfection. Indeed, patterns are cu ltura lly loaded,
and indivisible from their physicality. Applications that inspire Funderburgh the most include Arabic tessellations used in Middle Eastern
and Turkish architecture, Japanese kimono, and woodblock prints.
Where there are humans, there are patterns. Funderburgh seems
capable of exploring pretty much any avenue, so his custom installations as well as his commissioned work for bigger companies find
their roots in very diverse sources, giving birth to a multi-faceted yet
focused body of work.

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hand making and selling duct tape wa llets by the thousands. Today,
db clay combines elements from traditiona l craft making as wel l as
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Deadly Squire
Deadly Squire was founded in 2004 by husband and wife Anna and
Tim Harrington. Each found the others art and personal style so
attractive that they were compelled to work together. Tim admired
the way Anna, who is also a painter, used color and shape. Anna
found it refreshing that Tim, who is also frontman for the well known
punk band Les Savy Fav, had no idea what a home and apparel
crossover line was. Their can-do attitude and unique set of skil ls
form the backbone of Deadly Squire. As individuals, they are attracted to patterns as the place "where the irrational and the rational
commune". Theirs are crisp and bold, intricate, but not too unnervIng for daily use.
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Delo Lindo was created in 1985 by Fabien Cagani and Laurent
Matras, both born in 1961. They graduated from the Ecole Nationa le
Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in Interior Design, and still live
and work in the French capital. Their work could be qualified as sim ple, almost child -like: bold co lors, rounded shapes. One of Delo
Lindo's main assets is that they have developed a talent for blend-

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results in user-friendly, effortless designs. Indeed, their work has
become very popula r with furn iture and electrical appliance manu facturers. Our featured project was executed through CRAFT, the
Centre of Research for Ceramic and Enamel Applications in Art and
Design, situated in Limoges, France.

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What if a cupboard would change itself, if it could feel the weight of
the books it carries? How would a loudspeaker change if it could feel

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the difference in style between Bach and Jazz? Demakersvan feeds

off of these stories, which is why they decided to work in a way sim ilar to the haute couture fashion world Their studio claims complete
artistic control, and this freedom allows them to express valuable
concepts, or fantastic stories, in annual "fashion shows". After each
show, a new collection of products is manufactured and released
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Bergrenn Oberg hails from Sweden, where she currently resides,
and has Just earned her design bachelors degree from the School
of Design and Crafts at Gothenburg University. Bergrenn Oberg
does some animation work, but in general, she favors illustration and
pattern projects because these two areas allow for a strong degree
of personal expression. She does not care to draw a line between
design and art; indeed, she finds the most satisfaction when her
work covers both grounds. Her expressive characters, which are
centra l to many of her illustrations, often find their way into her patterns in somewhat camouflaged ways.

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Florence and Johann share one young, but promising website. Both
are 2006 graduates of the ECAL (University of Art and Design in
Lausanne), which overlooks Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Florence is
a designer, illustrator, and Art Director; Johann is a photographer.
Their aesthetic is dark, and in their pictures, light only hits the image
in specific, often brightly-colored and somewhat gaudy places.
Florencejohann's work is imbued with a quality that is offbeat but not
always humorous. Fashion conscious but natura lly subversive, their
eye seems equally influenced by beautiful countryside sunsets and
the graphic, sometimes harsh heritage of our modern world.

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Gabrielle Lewin is a practicing designer in her native New York City.
A Parsons School of Design graduate, Lew in has specialized in product development and industria l design. She is committed to creating utilitarian and egalitarian objects that are adaptable to many
environments. In true big c ity spirit she is aware that people with

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and a heightened sense of envi ronment Accord ingly, her work can
be found in places ranging from youthful apartments to high-end
residences; and stores that cater to a wide audience, such Crate
and Barrel, the Conran Shop, or the MOMA Design Store.

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understanding that the union of their two characters might complement each other in interesting ways. Their design focuses on simple
everyday gestures, which they retrace to the deeper parts of their
respective cultures in a fusion of technology, poetry, and tradition.

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and Gerald Mouliere, who have chosen Geneva as their base.

Geneva, Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam have developed strong

relationships over the years, creating a community of journalists,
photographers, musicians and designers who share the same
ideas; people who are will ing to exchange views and to collaborate
to come up with the most original ideas. This has allowed the stud io
to perfect their practice in many areas, including art direction,
graphic design, print advertising, book and magazine design, exhi bition and event design, packaging, web design and production.
GVA Studio produces clear and practical design with a playful twist
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Hanna Werning
Hanna Werning was educated as a graphic designer at Central St
Martins College of Art & Design in London. Werning worked for
Swedish television and at an Internet agency called Moonwalk,
both in Stockholm, and then at Foundation 33 in London. She has
also lectured and set workshops at Beckmas College of Design,
Forsbergs Skola and the national museum of Sweden. Nowadays,
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HelenAmyMurray
Helen Murray was born in Somerset in 1980. She studied Textiles at
the Chelsea College of Art and Design, in London. Her upbringing in
the countryside is infused with a resol utely urban influence, as she
draws Inspiration from nature as well as from products and interiors.
Murray's exploration of surface relief came together in 2001 after she
took a trip to India and discovered fine wood and marble carvings.
Her desire to translate this effect into textile has lead her to develop

her signature, handcrafted techniq ue. Murray is "excited about fabric

manipulation and using innovative techniques, beautiful materials,
and design to create couture for the interior." Her pieces have been
exhibited at design and art shows.
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Copenhagen with Mikkel Hess.

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IVANAhelsinki
IVANAhelsinki is a Finnish art brand It is proudly part of an emerging
Scandinavian scene called Fennofolk, which, in their own words, delicately Joins Slavic melancholy and purely Scandinavian moods.
"IVANAhelsinki started as my personal project, now It'S a way of living
to us. Hell yeah it's a cliche, but that's how it is." Paola Ivana Suhonen
(designer) and her sister Pirjo (who is in charge of the brand) are an
embodiment of all the paradoxes embraced by Fennofolk.
Outspoken, sometimes blunt, and always charming, in the words of
their manifesto: "If something is too perfect, It is not perfect anymore,
it is boring. There has to be some edge to grab on."

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Jakob Elmgren
Elmgren is an art director, and is in his fina l year at the advertising
and graphic design program at Beckmans College of Design. He
has participated in exhibitions at Kulturhuset and Fargfabriken in
Stockholm, and his work is shown in design contexts and art spaces
alike. Several of his images have also been presented in more com mercial spaces such as Face Stockholm and Gallerian, as well as in
the Helsingborgs Fiftieth anniversary cata logue entitled "Allrum", and
"Arctic Volume 2 - Spot the Difference." Elmgren was also curator for
several exhibitions at Marie Laveau, a hip alternative space located
in Stockholm.

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James Owen
James Owen is the principal and owner of James Owen Design, a
design firm based in Portland, Oregon, With over twelve years of
expertise he has created and developed products and strategies for
clients such as Philips, Michelin, HP, Fed Ex, Design Within Reach,
Whirlpool, Altec Lans ing, Intel, COCIF Ita lia, NSR, Fiskars, and Sharp.
He has won several IDSA and Chicago Athenaeum Good Design
awards, and holds multiple patents, He makes both sleek and very
decorative products, Whether it is high end or scrap wood, steel or
aluminum, electro active polymer or simple acrylic, fiber glass or
vegetation, his highly aesthetic work often combine unexpected
materials and functions,
wwwjamesowendesign.com

JB Classics
JB Classics was officially launched in San Francisco during the winter of 2001, when founder Jason Bass noticed a void in the footwear
industry The lack of personality and added details he spotted
encouraged him to start this journey, In late 2004, JB Classics joined
forces with Mdot to steer the brand away from its ultra-niche platform
and take it to the next level. JB Classics Lab was formed, with an aim
to cover all remaining areas and create an all-around lifestyle experience, One gets the distinct impression that JB works because the
people involved have a life, travel, observe, and have a good timea cycle which Bass perpetuates thanks to an assiduous, constant
hands-on approach, from design to production,
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Jenny Wren
Illustrator Jennifer Playford applies her passion for color, pattern, textiles and nature to her illustration, At age ten, she belonged to a
wildlife club where she was given her first and favorite nickname,
Jenny Wren, Playford's stylized line work and brilliant co lor palette
combine to create clean graphic imagery with an exotic twist She is
inspired by nature, her upbringing in Europe, and her travels to Asia
and Africa She now lives by the beach in Victoria, British Columbia,
with her husband and two children, where she illustrates and develops her line of stationary and gift wrap called Jenny Wren Paperie.
She recently exhibited at the La Perla Showroom in Milan, Italy dur-

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Jethro Macey
Jethro Macey graduated from the University College of Falmouth,
UK, with a degree in 3D design in 2005. He established his business
there in early 2006, and spent the first few months developing his
product range. The prototype Lace Embossed tiles were exhibited at
the Milan International Furniture Fair in April 2006 and received a very
positive reception, so Macey sourced a manufacturer to produce
them. He has won a slew of awards and commissions in the past
year, but best of all was being awarded the Hidden Art award for
most inspiring and influential member, "which was great" A modest
man who understands that subtle ideas can make a wave, he is now
researching the use of recycled concrete and how it may be incorporated in his product range.

www.jethromacey.com

Jo Meesters
Jo Meesters graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven,
Netherlands, in 2001 Three years later, in 2004, he founded the
Meesters & Van der Park Design Studio in collaboration with Marije
van der Park. In 2007, Meesters had fine -tuned his design vision, and
he started his own studio out of a desire to develop this vision. Over
time, he has become more and more passionate about combining
technology and craftsmansh ip, wh ich now translates into a search
for balance between aesthetics and innovation. Historic awareness
is essentia l to Meesters as a departure point for his projects. His creative process explores the ways in which concept and product may
be intuitively linked
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Joris Laarman
Joris Laarman was born in 1979, in a small Dutch village ca lled Borculo.
As a child, he wanted to become either an architect or a scientist He

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company through which they create high-end experimenta l pieces,
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Julia Rothman
Rothman's studio is located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. She
grew up on a small island in the Bronx cal led City Island, which most
New Yorkers are unaware exists, and graduated from the Rhode
Island School of Design In 2002. That same year, she created a com pany named Also with designer Jenny Volvovski and animator Matt
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airy, which gives them th is highly sought-after modern classic feel.
For fun, she runs a blog called Book by It's Cover that features a different art book every day.
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product and interior design, fashion, furn iture, lighting and art Born
in Cairo, and raised in Canada - half Egyptian, half English - Rashid
now practices in New York. He is best known for bringing his democratic design sensibility to the masses, and he works for an impressive range of clients from Alessi to Georg Jensen, Umbra to Prada,
Miyake to Method Recently, he has successfully infiltrated the realm
of architecture and interiors, and won countless awards, and his
work features in the permanent collections of fourteen museums
worldwide. He has also released two CDs on the label Neverstop.
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Lacaton et Vassal
Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal graduated from the Ecole
d'architecture et de Paysage in Bordeaux in 1980. and in 1987, they
created their own studio, which has since been awarded a few of the
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work is usually free of signs or frills, although they know how to adapt
to decorative elements, when these are intrinsic to the cultural. historical, or conceptual aspects of the given project Their featured
project was executed thanks to CRAFT, the Centre of Research for
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Lena Corwin
Lena Corwin lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, and works as
a textile designer and illustrator. She attributes her love for design

and crafts to her very artistic upbringing in San Francisco. You can
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her own products and freelances for a variety of companies. She

has illustrated two chi ldren's crafts books and is currently working
on her own craft book related to pattern design.
www.lenacorwin.com

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Lotta KOhlhorn is a Swedish graphic designer and illustrator. She
graduated from the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and
Design, in 1987 She has been working as a freelance designer ever
since, making illustrations for magazines, and pattern design for
products such as trays, c utting boards and tile decorations. Over
time, she rea lized that her main interest lies in book design and
decided to specialize in this field, which allows her to combine her
affection for pattern, color, style and typography. Clients include
Albert Bonniers F6rlag, Norstedts F6rlag, Manpocket, Tivoli, The
National Public Art Council, IKEA, Dagens Nyheter, and Pocketshop.

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Lula
Elisabeth Dunker works as a visual artist in illustration, photography,
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founded Lula design studio because she wanted to create an inspiring environment and platform for skilful people, Gathering everyone
under the same roof, she founded the multi-disciplinary art and
design, partnership-based company in Gothenburg, Sweden, The
majority of the designers belonging to Lula are actually friends from
the School of Design and Crafts at Gothenburg Un iversity, where
Dunker studied fine arts,
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Marcel Wanders grew up in Boxtel, in the Netherlands, His fame
started with his iconic Knotted Chair, which Wanders produced for

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Founded in 2000. Moooi has grown into an internationally renowned
label boasting an Instinctive and perfectionist approach, Wanders
also works on architectural and interior design projects, and more
recently, consumer home appliances,
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Markus Benesch
Markus Benesch has been an industrial and interior designer since
1989, Extensively documented. Benesch's ca reer includes exhibitions

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with the following architects A Branzi, A Guerriero, Ettore Sottsass, W

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Benesch lives and works in Munich and Milan, His work focuses
mainly on products and spaces, materials and their surfaces, As a
visiting professor, Benesch holds seminars in interior design, product and communication design in Milan, Reims, and Tokyo His work
is largely contingent on new materials and technologies, but he
stresses the "poetic side of design and architecture in order to wow
the client" and nurture excitement.
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Mary Brogger
Soon after earning her degree at the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago in 1987, Brogger received a National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship in sculpture. In order to focus on her art practice, she quit
one of her favorite jobs to date: building dioramas and exhibits for

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Europe, and Canada She periodically works at the School of the Art
Institute as a sculpture instructor, and has been selected for a variety
of important public art commissions. Recently, she has returned to an
early love of designing furniture and light fixtures.

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in the fal l of 2007 Doodling away night and day, he creates new typefaces and sundry graph ics that inevitably evolve into his new work.
He exercises his great belief that generating piles of these doodles
is the sincerest form of creative process. He has shown his work
around the world, from the boom ing metropol is of London, to
Minneapolis, and the homegrown expanses of Kansas.
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of Arts and Design in Helsinki. After several years of working at other

people's design offices, he founded Studio Mikko Laakkonen in
2004. Now he works with various international clients, on projects
belong ing mainly to the field of furniture and product design.
Laakkonen has participated in several international exhibitions
including Saunabus 2003, Rehti exhibitions at the Milan furniture fair
2005, 2007 and Helsinki Design Week 2005, 2006. Laakkonen's sim ple designs retain a highly decorative quality, and often lead us to
rethin k token aspects of everyday objects.

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Miller Studio
Jason Miller was born in 1971 in New York. He received his BA from
Indiana University and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art
Between 1995 and 2001, he worked as a studio assistant for Jeff
Koons, an Art Director for Ogilvy and Mather, and a designer for
Karim Rashid In 2001, he began working independently. Miller
designs everything from furniture to tchotchky to interiors, and works
in a multitude of mediums. His pieces often draw on everyday
aspects of American culture to create contemporary design objects
that cou ld just as easily be conceptual art Miller has had solo exhibitions allover the world, has been featured in numerous publications from Wallpaper to the Wall Street Journal, and won many prizes.
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Minale-Maeda

Mario Minale and Kuniko Maeda studied in Germany and Tokyo,

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2005 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and since then have been working on self-initiated as well as commissioned projects. MinaleMaeda's work is often critical in concept, yet the goal is to arrive at a
practical object Inspired by humble and common aspects of dally
life, Minale-Maeda transform them with care. Details and clever twists
reveal their insights and return value and choice to modern life.
Clients include Droog Design, HEMA, La Perla, Netherlands
Architecture Institute and Design Academy Eindhoven among others.
wwwminale-maeda.com

Michael Meredith I MOS

Michael Mered ith and Hilary Sample established MOS in 2003.
Meredith is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Harvard
University Graduate School of Design. He received his BArch from
Syracuse, and hiS MArch from the GSD where he teaches in the

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engages interdisciplinary discourse ranging from art to technology,
producing a spectrum of design work that includes residences, furniture, products, sound, and speculative architecture projects.
Recently, he exhibited at the Cooper Hewitt design triennial, received
an 10 magazine award in the best environment category for a temporary puppet theater, and was a finalist for the PS11MoMA young
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Cudakova will follow where fortune takes her. Born and educated in
Vilnius, Lithuania, she won an award for a Red Cross poster design,
worked for Lukrecija BBDO (a renowned advertising agency), during
which time she created a logo for the Vilnius City Municipal
Government that is still in use today. She participated in a European
Union Visua l Identity workshop, and stud ied for a master's degree in
Lund. Sweden. There, she worked for IKEA and later joined a project

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Moon exploration missions. In 2006, she obtained her master's with
an innovative LED light prOject developed in partnership with IKEA
She is now living in Switzerland and Lithuania and is working on
freelance projects.

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Ostwald Helgason
Ostwald was born 1979 in Leipzig, Germany, and has an MA in
fashion design from Burg Giebichenstein in Halle. Helgason was
born 1980 in Reykjavik, Iceland. studied fash ion design in Copenhagen, and worked as a tai lor in Iceland before taking on studies in
fashion management and marketing in London. They met while
working in a London design studio. Ostwald Helgason' s inspiration
mainly derives from movies and art, blended with an appreciation of
contemporary pop culture. Their fascination with trompe-l'oeil
effects is clearly visible in their artwork and prints. Vibrant colors are
an important tool, as well as the use of fine materials and original
cuts. Their designs are strikingly eclectic, yet wearable.
wwwostwaldhelgason.com

Paula Castro

Born in Buenos Aires in 1978, Paula Castro lives and works between
Paris, France, and Vincenza, Italy. Her art and design work are often
barely distinguishable, which seems to suit her organic style. Always
In touch with her areas of interest and embraCing the crossovers,
she has had work commissioned for projects ranging from fashion
prints to art books. Exh ibitions include I'm Tongue Tied et the
Truehateart Gallery in La Rochelle, Colors Notebook for the Fabrica
Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Notes Sur La Boule
Amorphe, an animated short movie for Tekko, exhibited at the
Maxalot Gallery in Barcelona and the MALBA (Museo de Arte
Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires).

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Peter Zuiderwijk
Peter Zuiderwijk has been working as an independent graphic
designer since 1999 in the The Hague, the Netherlands. After his
graduation from The Royal Academy of Art, he pursued a master's
degree in graphic design at Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St
Joost In Breda Within his work, Zuiderwijk focuses mainly on analytica l processes that raise questions about perception and interpretation. Zuiderwijk has taught image development in editoria l design at
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Plastisock
Willman and Jarbo met at their eldest daughters' playground in 2002.
In 2003, they were both pregnant again, and started to meet without
the kids. They realized they had a lot of similar ideas. Both were
annoyed at the clear gender divide of blue for boys and pink for girls
in children's wear; both wanted to make a difference to the stereotyped Swedish market They started making clothes for their own
kids, and soon, their friends were placing orders. Malin had worked
as an art director, and Emily was an artist who also made illustrations
for children's books, so creative work wasn't new to them. They wanted to design patterns that encourage children's natural curiosity. In
2005, they decided to give it a go, and Plastisock was born.
wwwplastisock.com

Post Creative
Post Creative is a year-old design studio in Stockholm. Its two owners,
Niklas Bergh and Joakim Knapp, are childhood friends and attended

Gothenburg University. Knapp finished his bachelor's degree, while

Bergh dropped out in favor of freelance design work. They also work
within a group that deals in design, architecture, literature, photography,
and programming under the name, The Meaning of Life Corporation.
Post Creative curates the graphic design pages for Transition. and
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coffee maker, pushing a breathtaking 1200 watts. Joakim is heavily
addicted to collecting junk and owns two pairs of crutches, and Niklas
also works weekends as a snowboard competition announcer.

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Reddish
Steinbock and Friedman's collaboration started when their paths
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Redstr/collective
Long time collaborators Alex Vlalch and Christine Warren met In 1995
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Savant
Savant is an extension of fashion brand SVsv. The creative work is
done entirely in-house utilizing the creative resources of the
Keystone Design Union (KDU), the worlds largest private creative collective with 500 members worldwide. The KDU was founded by
President and Sen ior Creative Director David Gensler in 2004 with
the help of Jenna Rivers, who is co-founder and fesign director for
SVSV and Savant. Jenna comes from a family of fashion deSigners
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In 1990. Edward van Vliet established the multidisciplinary design stu dio SEVV in Amsterdam. SEVV specializes in complete identity-based
interior design, which includes especially manufactured products
such as furniture, lighting fixtures and tableware. Van Vliet strives for a
balance between function, atmosphere and emotion, rather than fol lowing trends. His studio has focused on developing its own style,
especially in the hospitality industry. SEW blends traditional design
with high tech and/or natural materials, Van Vliet's interiors are often
inspired by middle-Eastern and Asian cultural elements. These fac tors result in a positive atmosphere, which encourages interaction.
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Sigrid Calon
Sigrid Calon was born in 1969. She studied texti les at the Academy
of Fine Arts and Education in Tilburg, the Netherlands and graduated in 1993. After that, she worked as a freelancer for different companies, completing diverse projects as a stylist, illustrator, pattern
designer, building displays, and art d irector. In the meantime, she
had what she calls a "short break," and two children she claims as
her "very best creations." In 2005, she was requested for participation
in the design contest Brabantse Spelen by her old art school
teacher. She saw it as a challenge and a new start. It was a success
and she received the public award, which confirmed that it was time
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Whatever the Spoonfed man or woman may be lacking in other
departments, they make up with attitude- except that of course,
they don't lack in anything, in any department. The people at
Spoonfed pride themselves on their connoisseur's eye for detail.
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are made by a sma ll group of hand-selected manufacturers, which
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Steven Harrington
Steven Harrington lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He
owns and operates National Forest Design with fellow artist Justin
Krietemeyer, and creates both commissioned and self-inspired art
projects. Influenced by images, fashion, graph ics discovered in Time
Life Encyclopedias from 1965-1972, thrift stores, and The Moody Blues,
he defines his art as contextual objectivism, which, defined in his
terms, means that he views each piece he creates as a tangible
object that is part of a larger context; object and context helping to
define each other. Perry doesn't like anything shoved down his, or
the viewer's throat discovery is the key. He has exhibited work in
major cities all over the world

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Sukie
Darrell Gibbs and Julia Harding met at the University of Brighton in
1992 where they both studied illustration. Julia graduated in 1995,
Darrell in 1996. They were married in 2004 and have a daughter, Kitty

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At his senior show, Darrell exhibited a range of bespoke paper notebooks made from discarded papers, which were subsequently
ordered by Habitat and DKNY The company was born. Inspiration
comes from collected ephemera, nature, old books, travel, printing,
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Sweden Graphics was founded by two Swedes Nille Svensson (born
in 1970), and Magnus Astrbm (born in 1969) Both were educated at
the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in
Stockholm, and have been working professionally as designers
since 1997 They design, illustrate, brand and animate for a wide
spectrum of clients; although they are capable of producing simply
effective work, one gets the feeling that personal expression is primordial for them. Their environmental, political, cultural. and popular
concerns come to the forefront in many of their pieces. Usually these
issues are addressed in a humorous or detached manner, through
loaded image juxtapositions.

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Swigg
Stephanie Wenzel is a graphic artist living and working in Brooklyn,
New York. In April 2004, she founded Swigg Studio, a multi-disciplined design firm, and Swigg Products, which creates "tactile"
goods for human enjoyment In July 2003, The NY Swigg Stars made
their debut at the WCOS (Woodland Creatures from Outer Space)
Pillow Show and Sale at the Riviera Gallery in Brooklyn In response
to rising demand, Swigg Products was born. Now a gaggle of silkscreened animals cal led Swigg Critters, pillows called Swigg
Snoozers and eco-conscious pillows called Swigg 'Shroom Squares
make up the roster. Stephanie's work has been shown internationally in various galleries and design publications.
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Telegramme
Telegramme is a col laboration that snowballed in to a fully function al studio. Christophe (in Bristol) and Robert (in Cornwall) developed a
creative partnership via the Roya l Airmail thanks to a mutual love of
music, art and the receiving of post Ch ristopher and Robert, now living in London, illustrate, screen print, make patterns and design wa ll-

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projects, the pair work both in print and on digital supports. Their
hands-on aesthetic and their concepts clearly demonstrate the
inspiration they find in the physical world of screens, paper, paint
pots, and human interaction.
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Tjep.
At a very young age, Frank Tjepkema conceived his first rocket
designs. At first, these were naive interpretations of archetypica l
rockets, but soon, adults became astonished at the level of sophistication he was demonstrating, solving problems such as how to go
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national patent with the RTD (Retroactive Toilet Device) Janneke

Hooymans' interest in design manifested at age th ree, as she started building simple Mies van de Rohe-type constructions that
became quite sophisticated By age eight, she crafted a wooden
tree house that gained second place at the 1982 International Tree
House awards. Frank and Janneke met at the Design Academy
Eindhoven. In 2001, they joined forces as TJep.
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Njoi CoLab, especially in regards to pattern and print.

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that objects can affect positive change on the people and other
objects with which they come in contact Equal emphasis is put on
the quality/longevity of the work produced, and its relevance to contemporary culture," The Vest Collective is committed to the belief that
objects can affect positive change, thanks in part to the inevitable
attachment one will feel towards a useful, high quality, familiar, or
beautiful piece,

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WOODlondon
In 2006, Bethan Laura Wood graduated from the University of
Brighton in 30 Design. She moved to East London where she set up
her business, a design studio named WOODlondon. Wood develops
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products. By re-contextual izing elements from everyday objects,

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with the objects around us, Wood likes to explore what drives people to hold onto one thing, but d iscard another.
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Zaishu
Zaishu is a company that works with international artists and designers to create limited edition seats and tables that feature un ique, collectable artwork. Zaishus are strong, functional, put-together designs
made from plantation grown veneer and decorated with water
based inks, paints and varnish. Certified with a "Good Environmental
Choice" label, they are officially recognized as an environmentally
responsible product Zaishus were born out of a desire to create

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high quality, economically viable and original products that promote

creative exchange and the diversity of global cultures.

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