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Cristian Zuzunaga and Kvadrat: the power of the pixel
PUBLISHED 5 Oct 2010 - 9:47am
AUTHOR: Andrew Slatter
'I look rough today' says designer Cristian Zuzunaga as I take his photo. I'm thinking the opposite and immediately I say empathetically that I feel the same about myself. Although we are both feeling a little off-colour at this breakfast press launch, Zuzunaga's designs and our surroundings are the perfect tonic to lift our spirits. This new range of colourful pixelated designs for the Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat are as captivating and playful as their designer is when explaining them. Zuzunaga's designs communicate a love of modernism through the application of rudimentary right-... More
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A fantastic read. Love the top image.

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Yes, I agree!  How could he ever look rough!?

Acne at Liberty
PUBLISHED 24 Sep 2010 - 2:56pm
AUTHOR: We Heart
Acne at Liberty
Launched at the beginning of this year in Paris, Acne's debut furniture collection - a range of sofas and armchairs based upon Carl Malmsten's 1949 icon, the New Berlin Sofa - is being shown this week at London's iconic Liberty department store. The first time the collection has been shown in the UK in it's entirety. Alongside the Swedish fashion house's original denim upholstery, the exhibition also features a bespoke Kvadrat fabric alongside a Liberty Print created especially for the collaboration. Elegantly distorted and boldy playing with proportions, Acne's... More
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