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Friendly alterations: ‘Hackability of the Stool’ by Daisuke Motogi

Friendly alterations: ‘Hackability of the Stool’ by Daisuke Motogi

Friendly alterations: ‘Hackability of the Stool’ by Daisuke Motogi

Tokyo based architect Daisuke Motogi’s research project and exhibition “Hackability of the Stool” features 100 ideas for altering Stool 60, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1933. This most elemental of furniture...

Ecological Shifts, Artek and Formafantasma

Ecological Shifts, Artek and Formafantasma

Ecological Shifts, Artek and Formafantasma

Thinking about ‘Cambio’ – Formafantasma’s exhibition-cum-manifesto on timber industry governance – I’m reminded of the Austrian American designer Herbert Bayer and his thoughts on good exhibition design....

Atelier Chairs for a good cause

Atelier Chairs for a good cause

Atelier Chairs for a good cause

50 artistic interpretations of Stool 60 contributing to a better world.

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