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DROOG DESIGN - MILAN 2007
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Droog Design Spazio Cripsi
Project name: Smart Deco 2 Droog's 15th presentation during Salone del Mobile in Milan reflects the zeitgeist of cutting-edge design as well as timeless necessity. We live in dynamic times in which boundaries are dissolved and smart solutions are integrated with traditional styles, materials and techniques. It is a time of craftsmanship, nostalgia, tradition and decoration, but also of globalization, technological innovation and shifting aesthetics. Play, humour and idiosyncrasy go hand in hand with a growing concern for the sustainability of our world. Each participant had complete freedom to choose forms, materials and aesthetics. All works show a fascination for high tech materials and advanced techniques, for human interaction as well as for re-using the waste we produce. Highlights of this show were Joris Laarman's revolutionary Bone furniture and Marcel Wanders' impressive Crochet chair. Smart Deco 2 emphasises not only the blurring boundaries between traditional craftsmanship and innovative concepts and materials but also between design and technology, design and nature, design and biology, real and artificial, waste and high value, rich and poor. The products are smart and decorative; it is Smart Deco Participants: Atelier van Lieshout, Maarten Baas & Franck Bragigand, Gijs Bakker, Fernando Brízio, Jennifer Chan, Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny, Didier Hilhorst & Nicholas Zambetti, Chung-Tang Ho, Osman Khan, Joris Laarman, Sofie Lachaert & Luc d'Hanis, Niels van Eijk & Miriam van der Lubbe, Studio's Müller & Van Tol, Jo Nakamura, Christopher Pearson, Jens Praet, Studio Wieki Somers, Tjep., Marcel Wanders, Bas Warmoeskerken, WOKmedia. Joris Laarman:
Marcel Wanders:
Maarten Baas and Franck Bragigand:
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