e27
The Berlin-based design agency e27 was established by Tim Brauns, Hendrik Gackstatter and Fax Quintus to incorporate different areas of design, including web-, graphic-, corporate and product design into a consolidated design environment.
DESIGNER’s STORY
Rodrigo Torres
Born in Bogotá – Columbia in 1976, he completed his degree in 1998 at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the University of Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano, and obtained a Masters in Design at the Domus Academy of Milan in 1999. In 1997 he won the “Santo Domingo” prize for the best students of design and architecture in Columbia. In the same year, he completed an internship at the CID (Central Industrial Design) of Whirlpool Europe in Italy.
In 1998, as part of his university thesis he participated in the “New Designers” exhibition at the Business Design Centre in London.
From 2000 to 2004 he worked for the Giovannoni studio in Milan as a designer.In 2005 and 2008 he won the “Lapiz de acero” prize with the Morfeo sofa (Domodinamica) and the Manta chair (Poliform).
In 2006 he participated in the “La fabbrica del design” (The design factory) exhibition organised by Domus Academy and the municipality of Milan. In 2012 he participated in the “Lost in translation” exhibition organised by Domus Academy.
In 2013 he participated in the “master designers for Patrizia Pepe” exhibition organised by Domus Academy and the fashion brand Patrizia Pepe.
He has collaborated with internationally renowned companies, including: Alessi, Poliform, Oras, Cassina IXC, Nike, Microsoft (with MNML), Potocco and Domodinamica among others.
He was a professor at the European Institute of Design of Turin and was Project leader / visiting professor for Masters courses in product design and interaction design at the prestigious Domus Academy of Milan.His work has been published in renowned publications, websites and design books in Europe, Asia and America. He has held conferences at several universities in Italy, Mexico and Columbia.
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Atelier Oï
atelier oï was founded in 1991 in La Neuveville, Switzerland, by Aurel Aebi, Armand Louis and Patrick Reymond. The name oï, derived from the Russian word “troïka”, a team of three, conveys the dynamism and holistic energy generated by a trio.
Lucie Koldova
Lucie Koldova is an acclaimed Czech and international product and furniture designer. Her collaboration with Brokis began in 2010 with the iconic Muffins and Balloons lighting collections, which she designed while living and working in Paris.
Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu
Neri&Hu desires to anchor its work on the dynamic interaction of experience, detail, material, form, and light rather than conforming to a formulaic style. The ultimate significance behind each project comes from how the built forms create meaning through their physical representations.
Jaime Hayón
Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid in 1974. His artistic vision was first fully exposed in the ‘Mediterranean Digital Baroque’ and ‘Mon Cirque’ installations. These collections put Jaime at the forefront of a new wave that blurred the lines between art, decoration and design, also added a renaissance in finely-crafted, intricate objects within
Dan Yeffet
Dan‘s work stretches from space to objects – and everything in between – and in various methods, from classic craft work to cutting edge technologies. He designs furniture pieces, glass sculptures and lights, objects of desire – chic and pure – daily products, conceptual space, urban spaces, gallery objects and limited series.