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    22/12/10

    The Book of Job

    This is the Book of Job. Complete with gilded, letterpressed pages, the first monograph of Dutch design duo Studio Job is biblical, enclosed in a foil stamped slipcase, and featuring a signed bookplate, four gatefolds, two ribbon markers, and a foil stamped case. Just 3,000 of the leather-bound edition are available, and we're guessing, so praiseworthy is the effort that's gone into it all, they're not going to end up in the bargain bin.

     

    Job Smeets and Ny Tynagel have amassed a cult following for their work, which includes monumental (often dramatically larger than life) everyday objects, often infused with grand historical themes while still remaining primarily functional. No process is too laborious or luxurious for Antwerp-based Smeets and Tynagel, who have been known to explore a religious devotion to craftsmanship with collections in stained glass and marquetry as well as extensive use of precious materials.

     

    In this beautiful tome interior spreads feature new specially commissioned photographs and gatefold tableaux created using special dies. Contributors include Victor & Rolf, Murray Moss and Nadja Swarovski - all giving a rare insight into Studio Job's quite particular approach to design and pattern-making, the result is a collectible and highly rarified book. A signing is planned in London for January - watch this space.

     

     

     

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    2/12/10

    Tron Armchair by Cappellini

    Henrietta loves this… because it's so much more meaningful when there's a story behind a design and Walt Disney knows how to tell a tale better than most. Launching at Design Miami, Cappellini and Walt Disney Signature has produced a special series of the Tron armchair, inspired by the upcoming film Tron: Legacy. Without going too far into the plot here, Tron is about a young man who - while investigating the disappearance of his father, a video game developer - gets sucked into a crazy mad cyber world where he proceeds to have thrilling multi dimensional adventures.

    It's a lot to ask a chair to convey, but the Cappellini design, by Dror Benshetrit, pays homage to the digital landscape in the film in both form - which is comprised of "intersecting layers and textures of digital rock"; and material - the chair consists of impregnated fiberglass with polyester resin processed with manual layering. The result is a somewhat unusual 3D high tech chair, perfect for those intent on total entertainment immersion.

     

     

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    29/11/10

    Pavo Screen by BCXSY

    Henrietta loves this… because at a time when we're surrounded by digital screens everywhere we go, this huge paper space-dividing one is refreshingly straightforward and lo-fi. Pavo is a beautiful space divider, designed by BCXSY for Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, de Krabbedans and CBK Rotterdam. Based in Eindhoven, BCXSY is a partnership between Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto. The brief was to explore the possibilities of large-scale manual printing techniques for a project called 'Groot Grafiek' (big graphics).

    Both the paper and the adjustable wooden-feet are silk-screen printed with a lined-pattern, originally hand-drawn with felt-markers, and the folding lines are embossed using blind-print technique. Concertina folded as a fan, the graphic warps to intriguing optical effect. Only available in a limited edition of six per colour, fans need to act quickly to snap one up - because this is a great divide if ever there was.

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