While working with a company that develops prototype cars for Renault and other French car companies, Norguet became inspired by seeing how they fabricated fiberglass, making structures that were both thin and strong. “I took the material from its manufacturing environment and applied it to the design world,” says Norguet. The borrowing of materials from […]
Category: Design Secrets: Furniture 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered
Advanced Polymer Cantilever Chair, Pearson Lloyd
“I don’t think you stumble across innovation,” says Luke Pearson, of PearsonLloyd. “You have to find a Strategy to get there. “You have to find a way to create from a blank canvas by surrounding yourself with the components of knowledge. We design from the ground up so we can always ask first, ‘Why are […]
Design Secrets: Furniture 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered
Designers are generally a dissatisfied lot. When they use an object, they want to change it, redesign it, make it better, or make it more closely fit their idea of what the thing should be. When the question arises, “Does the world really need another sofa, table, or shelf?”, their answer is a resounding “Yes.” […]