to be continued…

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NP STOOL, Jung Myung Taek Art Furniture

Blink London, Jung Myung Taek

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BelaBela

Amiga House, London, 1997 (project)
Perspex and timber
Private collection

Apartment, Place des Vosges, Paris, 2007 – ongoing
Selective laser sintered nylon and Perspex
Private collection

154 Ha-Yarkon Street, Tel Aviv, 2006-ongoing
Laser-cut and painted Perspex
Private collection

Upperworld Hotel, Battersea Power Station, London, 2003 (project)
Selective laser sintered nylon and Perspex
Private collection

Atelier Notify, Milan, 2008-ongoing
Metal-plated selective laser sintered nylon and Perspex
Collection Notify

Atelier Notify, Milan, 2008-ongoing
Rapid prototype: painted and laser-cut Perspex
Collection Notify

Mediacite, Liege, Belgium, 2007-09
Spray-painted timber and plastic
Collection of Wilhelm & Co., Brussels

Dobrinsky Complex, Interior Spaces, Moscow, 2007 (project)
Perspex, timber and selective laser sintered nylon
Private collection

Design Museum Holon, Israel, 2004-10
Perspex and timber
Collection Design Museum Holon

Zion Square Sculpture, Jerusalem, 2006 (project)
Timber, selective laser sintered nylon and electric circuitry
Private collection

Oh, the Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends, 2009
Stainless and Cor-Ten steel
Edition by Ron Arad Associates
Private collection, Paris: courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

Moby’s Trip, 2002
Carbon fibre and Nomex
Unique prototype
M.J.S. Collection, Paris

Bouncing Vases, 2001
Laser-sintered polyamide
Edition by Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Private collection

Perfect Vases, 2001
Laser-sintered polyamide and epoxy resin
Edition by Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Private collection

The Original File Was Destroyed On…, 1999
Epoxy resin and laser-sintered polyamide
Edition by Ron Arad Associates
Private collection

Hot Ingo, 2001
Laser-sintered polyamide, stainless steel and xelogen bulb
Edition by The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Private collection

Inspired by Castiglioini, Ingo Maurer called his light Hot Achille to pre-empt accusations of plagiarism. This one called Hot Ingo (the adjustable lamp on a cable is borrowed from Ingo’s light)

Banana Bowl, 2000
Epoxy resin
Edition by The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Private collection

SpaghettiKobra, 2008
PizzaKobra lights with metal structure
Prototype by Ron Arad Associates
The Scorpio Collection; courtesy of Phillips de Pury & Company

Made of 20 PizzaKobras, SpaghettiKobra has the geometry of a football with hexagons and pentagons. It can stretch to 3 metros in diameter

Silicone Table model, 2008
Zinc-plated polyamide cast in silicone
Edition by the Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Private collection

Silicone Table mould, 2008
Acrylic
Manufactured by FreroTech BV, The Netherlands
Private collection

Cage Sans Frontieres model, 2009
Stainless and Cor-Tan steel
Model by Ron Arad Associates
Private Collection

Pirouette, 2008
Stainless steel
Prototype by WMF AG
WMF AG

Ge-Off Sphere, 2000
Laser-sintered polyamide
Edition by The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musee national d’art moderne/Centre de creation industrielle AM 2003-1-19

Pic Chair, 1997
Fibreglass, polyester and pigment
Edition by Ron Arad for The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Private collection

Ripple Chair study, 2005
Fibreglass, polyester and gelcoat shell on steel base
Prototype by Ron Arad
Private collection

New Orleans, 1999
Fibreglass polyester and gelcoat
Edition by Ron Arad for The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands
Private collection

Not a painted chair but a chair made out of paint, working backwards from outer to the inner layer and only seeing what you get when you de-mould it

Empty Chair, 1994
Lacquered plywood with paint and handwritten instructions
Prototype by Ron Arad and Driade SpA, Italy
Private collection

Empty Chair, 1994
Ash plywood and stainless steel
Manufactured by Driade SpA, Italy
Private Collection

Schizzo, 1994
Plywood
Manufactured by VItra GmbH, Germany
Private collection

Schizzo was ahead of its time. It was not put into serious production due to the fact that it was perceived at the time to be expensive.

And the Rabbit Speaks, 1994
Anodised aluminum with Alcantra lining
Edition by Ron Arad Associates
Private collection

You can open this case and pull out not one but two Schizzo chairs. If you close the case it transforms magically into a third chair.

Table That Eats Chairs, 2000
Fibreglass, steel and glass
Manufactured by Cassina SpA, Italy
Cassina Archive

A table that can store extra chairs was thought to be a winner, but it failed to find a home

Ergonomic model for Swan Chair, 2001-04
Polyurethane and iron
Prototype by Magic SpA, Italy
Private collection

Swan Chair model, 2001-04
Steel
Model by Magic SpA, Italy
Courtesy Magis

Swan Chair, 2001-04
Fibreglass
Prototype by Magis SpA, Italy
Courtesy Magis

A trail of delightful prototypes made it almost unnecessary to carry out the production

Nino Rota and None Rota, 2002
Rotation-moulded polyethylene
Prototypes by Cappellini SpA, Italy
Private collection

This roto-moulded pair is named after the renowned film composer and plays on the Italian diminutive and augmentative suffixes

Nino Rota and None Rota, 2002
Rotation-moulded polyethylene
Prototypes by Cappellini SpA, Italy
Private collection

Restless, 2007
Mirror-polished stainless steel and patinated steel
Edition by Ron Arad Associates
Courtesy Timothy Taylor Gallery, London

Restless makes contact with the floor at a tangent point, which varies according to the position and weight of the books. It is designed to stand either in landscape or portrait orientation

This Mortal Coil, 1993
Tempered steel and riveted hinges
Edition by One Off/Ron Arad Associates
Private collection

With Bookworm, the wall arrests the steel’s mobility. This Mortal Coil is liberated from the wall and free to bounce.

Even the Odd Balls?, 2008
Stainless steel
Edition by Ron Arad Associates
Private collection

Each chair is constructed out of 400 spheres.
Both are completely identical except for the outer skin.

Even the Odd Balls?, 2008
Stainless steel
Edition by Ron Arad Associates
Private collection

Misfits, 1993
Injected flame-retardant polyurethane foam, steel, polypropylene and wool
Manufactured by Moroso, Italy
Courtesy Moroso

Ten years ago they did not fit in, but Misfits were recently put into production and are now a very popular product

Ping Pong, 1996
Stainless steel
Edition by Ron Arad Associates
Collection Hotel Le Beauvallon

Spring, 1990
Injected flame-retardant polyurethane foam, steel and leather
Manufactured by Moroso, Italy
Courtesy Moroso

I’ve tried most of them too, they’re really comfortable!

Barbican Art Gallery, London, where this exhibition took place.

Designet, R-Series

Art Lebedev Studio, Optimus Maximus

Maxim Nazarov, Asnova & Supremus

Slava’Saakyan, Bombardier Journey

Alexander Matveev, EAZZY

Kibardindesign, Taiga

Kibardindesign,Clock Box

Yar Rassadin, AIR Chess

my short film about International Design Festival – DESIGN ACT taking place in Moscow, Russia

Toyo Ito

The Odue Living-Bath Collection by Oasis Bagni, Italy

‘Origami’ by Anthony Dickens. Innermost

‘Asteroid’ by Koray Ozgen. Innermost

‘Beads’ by Winnie Lui. Innermost

‘Buckle’ by Tina Leung. Innermost

London Furniture Solutions

Shaw Hospitality Group

TOTO

In each studio people were very kind and gave me loads of materials about their products