Surface Design Dialogues No. 1
With Giulio Cappellini and Piero Lissoni.
Videos
Sebastian Errazuriz
An interview with the New York City-based designer.
Eames Demetrios
"British style is equal parts Isambard Kingdom Brunel, really great music, a little bit of a dark side ... and something about the Commonwealth."
13 Interviews at Tom Dixon’s London Underground
Featuring Tom Dixon, Winka Dubbeldam, Eames Demetrios, Brian Janusiak, Gisue Hariri, Pascale Wakim & Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte, Jon Call, Dr. Andrew Dent, Matthias Hollwich, Willy Wong, Jon Call, Bradford Shellhammer, and David Weeks.
Gisue Hariri
“When our Tower Lights were selected to be in the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue, my partner and I sat until 3 or 4 in the morning on one of the benches on Fifth Avenue, just admiring our own lights.”
Winka Dubbeldam
“British style is always on this edgy side — between conservative and this interesting switch, or completely punk and edgy and hard-core.”
Brian Janusiak
"British design seems to be marked with a sober intelligence, but the kind of intelligence that gives way to a sort of loud, uproarious laughter."
Pascale Wakim and Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte
“In terms of design, in New York you feel like you’re in the New World, and creative people are pushing without thinking in terms of the establishment.”
Jon Call
"British style is always about tradition, mixed with a wicked sense of humor. When I think of British style I think of Sartorial Splendor, Savile Row ... and then I think of people who have a twisted sense of reality – you can’t look at that Gherkin Building and not have a sense of humor."
Andrew Dent
“When we figure out how to use LEDs and electro-luminescence properly, we’ll have a whole new world of light that’s possible.”
Willy Wong
“I remember going to my father's jewelry factory in Hong Kong, and seeing the glow of this melted metal … I just wanted to stare at it forever.”
Bradford Shellhammer
“All of my favorite singers are from England: Morrissey, Andy Bell of Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys, Martin Gore, Siouxsie and the Banshees – all these flamboyant, over-the-top British singers.”
Matthias Hollwich
“My favorite British style icon would have to be the Queen. She’s legendary, a fiction in itself, a commercial—she’s kind of everything.”
Brent Dzekciorius
“When I think about design in London, I think more about the communal aspects of it and how integrated the community is—the designers, their workshops, the studios, the schools, the institutions, the museums, the galleries—they all work very cohesively.”
David Weeks
“Sometimes I think Mother Nature is doing a much better job than a lot of us designers are.”
Tom Dixon
"Just like babies, I can’t have any favorites of my own lamps."
SymbiosisO: Voxel at tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE
On April 4, Surface and Issey Miyake held a party for the opening of the SymbiosisO: Voxel interactive installation, by Alex Dodge, Eszter Ozsvald, and Kärt Ojavee at the brand’s New York flagship tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE.
Just My Type with Xiao Wang
For our spring fashion issue, Henrique Gendre photographed Xiao Wang in some of our favorite looks from Thom Browne, Prada, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Jil Sander, and Gucci.
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