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Objects we hate to be without. No 2: Tetsuo Mukai
PUBLISHED 13 Aug 2010 - 4:40pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
'A ruler, which is the first tool to record an physical specification of an object.' Tetsuo Mukai and Bernadette Deddens are Study O Portable. They are organising the joint exhibition Objects With A Void as part of the London Design Festival in the Brompton Design District. The exhibition explores possibilities of designing by focusing on an aspect of an object that is often overlooked but always present. Tetsuo Mukai explains, 'We wanted to explore a certain aspect of objects to see if we could use it as a way of understanding design and the design process, maybe to find out... More
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Objects we hate be be without. No. 1: Antto Melasniemi
PUBLISHED 9 Aug 2010 - 3:41pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Richard Sapper Alessi 9090 coffee maker
Antto Melsasniemi: 'If I answer that from a hedonistic point of view I could say there are many things I would not like to be without. Condoms maybe? But I will choose my coffee maker. I have several but this is the one I use most often because it works so well. My father bought this one when I was travelling with him in Italy many years ago and I stole it - or took it, quietly. It wasn't until last year he saw it in the background of a photograph of me and he said, "Hey!" It's the Alessi Richard Sapper 9090.' Antto Mesasniemi is a Finnish restraunteur and is one of the figures behind Hel Yes... More
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