INTERVIEWS
Karim Rashid
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In this video Interview Karim Rashid shares his thoughts, inspiration and the new Vondom collection with Interiornews at Milan 2010.
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Previous Chats
Aug 10
On page 33 the German design duo, Jehs and Laub, explain to IdFX how arguments have been the driving force behind their successful 15 year partnership.
July 10
Renowned product designer, architect and artistic director of Italian manufacturer Kartell, Ferruccio Laviani talks to Simon Cowell of Architonic about lamps, light bulbs, and the significance of going back to basics.
June 10
Six years ago product designer Brunno Jahara left Brazil to pursue a design career in Europe. Six months ago he moved back. In this interview with Wallpaper magazine he explaines his decision ...
May 10
Architonic talks to Compasso d'Oro-winning, Munich-based Konstantin Grcic about his new collaboration with leading British design brand Established & Sons.
April 10
Spanish Interior Designer, Nacho Polo, sits with Yatzer to share his passions, inspiration and a bit more about his like.
March 10
Wallpaper magazine catch up with Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, fresh from his collaboration with Fabergé and recently named designer of the year at Maison & Objet.
Feb 10
Joshua Prince-Ramus believes that if architects re-engineer their design process, the results can be spectacular. Speaking at TEDxSMU, Dallas, he walks through his fantastic re-creation of the local Wyly Theater as a giant 'theatrical machine' that reconfigures itself at the touch of a button. Originally published on ted.com
Jan 10
Maarten Baas talks to Alan Saunders on the Australian radio program, By Design. Although still in his early 30s, has made an international reputation for his radical and highly original approach to furniture design. He was recently awarded 'Designer of the Year' at Design Miami 2009.
Dec 09
Tokujin Yoshioka by Jaime Kopke of Mocoloco. The opening of the new Camper store designed by Tokujin Yoshioka on London's Regent Street took place during the London Design Festival. Here is what the designer had to say about one of his latest projects. (See images of the store on the December 09 Portfolio page).
Nov 09
We talk to John Walsh of Made*, a multi-disciplinary design consultancy known for designing furniture and lighting. More recently they have become involved in graphic, web and even interaction design. John Walsh's 'Trees' tap design was selected as the winner of the Triflow future talents competition at 100% Design, London in October 09. Made also won the 2009 IDI Award for website design.
Oct 09
Robin Day’s mission has always been to provide well-designed and affordable furniture. Now in his nineties his latest designs are to be seen in John Lewis By Ruth Slavid. Originally printed in BD Magazine - Interiors - Sept 09.
Sept 09
Wallpaper magazine talk to Alberto Alessi, guardian of the Alessi family firm, founded in 1921, as Alessi join forces with Nastro Azzurro to stage the Peroni Blue Ribbon Design Awards
Aug 09
We talk to Mary Ryder, the new president of The Interiors Association, about how much the interiors industry has changed since she started working as an interior designer in the mid-nineties and what she hopes to achieve in her new role.
July 09
Read our interview with Garry Cohn, who until recently worked as Creative Director for Douglas Wallace in Dublin. Garry has more than 20 years experience in hotel, retail, commercial and residential design . He once led his own design company in New York City and was a design professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Jun 09
We chat to Ina Koenig and Anthony Cleary of UNLEADED. We admired their work initially at IFDN's exhibition during last year's design week and we just can't get enough of them since. Here's what they had to say about working in Ireland as lighting designers.
May 09
Patrick Lynch of the Architect's Journal talks to this year's Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Peter Zumthor, an architect much admired within the profession for his integrity and precision.
Apr 09
Terence Conran says recession boosts design by Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson in The Times. The recession will, he believes, "purge the dross from the high street".
Mar 09
On February 26th 2009, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza received one of architecture's most prestigious prizes, the Royal Gold Medal.Jonathan Glancey of The Guardian talks to Álvaro Siza about his life's work.
Feb 09
Greg Lynn, the head of Greg Lynn FORM, an architecture firm known for its boundary-breaking, biomorphic shapes and its embrace of digital tools for design and fabrication, talks about the mathematical roots of architecture
Jan 09
Nov 08
John Henry Boyle, 21 Spaces talks to Daedal about business challenges, the factors for creating success and his biggest achievement to date, Seafield Hotel and Oceo Spa.