Categoría: Designers- Page 7

Wendell Castle (1932–2018), born in Kansas, was a pioneering figure in American design. He studied industrial design and sculpture at the University of Kansas before relocating to Rochester, New York, where he taught at the School for American Crafts and established his permanent studio. Over nearly six decades, Castle continuously reinvented himself and his work. Often regarded as the founding father of the American art furniture movement, Castle blurred the boundaries between sculpture and design by seamlessly merging the two disciplines. His whimsical and organic approach to sculpture led to the development of his own innovative technique—stack-laminated wood carving—which became

Vincent Dubourg is a French artist born in 1977, known for his sculptural furniture that brings a contemporary lens to traditional cabinetmaking techniques. His work evokes a nostalgic sense of the familiar, which he simultaneously distorts through an innovative approach to materials and methods. Dubourg poetically fuses the crafts of glassblowing, wood bending, and metal casting to breathe life into simple forms. His pieces often seem to move, introducing motion into what are typically static furniture forms. Through this dynamic perspective, Dubourg offers a fresh take on furniture design, frequently subverting classic functional shapes. His conceptual twists lend a surrealist

Vladimir Kagan was a pioneer of mid-century modern design—not just a furniture designer, but a creator of what he called “vessels to hold the human body.” He aimed to develop furniture that could enhance human interaction, which led to groundbreaking innovations like the first curved sofa, designed specifically to foster conversation and enrich social experience. Kagan’s designs radiate vitality and a passion for discovery. Born in Worms, Germany, in 1927, he emigrated to the United States at the age of 11, just before the outbreak of World War II. After graduating from the High School of Industrial Art, he went

“I like to see objects as living organisms, imagine them coming to life and surprising you with their behavior. I want to create objects with my hands; that way I can give them my personality. I turn them into communicative pieces that can awaken feelings and spark the imagination. In short, what I want to create are objects with an element of fiction or fantasy that allow you to escape everyday life,” says Nacho Carbonell. Carbonell is known for his tactile approach to sculpture, blending textures, experimental techniques, and natural materials in unexpected ways. Born in Spain in 1980 and

“A piece of furniture must radiate silence in order to be loved for a long time,” says Eric Schmitt, who prefers to show rather than explain. A man who shies away from the spotlight, he lets his objects speak on his behalf. The arch of a marble cabinet or the silhouette of a Jarre table, seemingly destined to exist ad vitam aeternam, evoke a childhood spent in Poitou among Romanesque churches. He began as a self-taught artist, welding all his early pieces himself—his urban, raw, rock’n’roll period, marked by the rhythmic pulse of his hammer. When Schmitt strips away all

Charles Trevelyan, born in 1974 in Australia, originally trained in materials science and engineering. Over time, he gradually transitioned from the sciences to the arts, eventually finding a natural home for his work at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in 2007. Along the way, Charles developed a distinct style that draws on a broad range of influences—including the natural textures and color palettes of his Australian upbringing. Rejecting traditional methods due to his unconventional creative path, Trevelyan is deeply committed to exploring materials and processes to develop furniture, lighting, and design objects inspired by the many ways people respond to the

José Zanine Caldas (1919–2001) was a self-taught artist, designer, and architect from Belmonte, Brazil. For over a decade, he ran a workshop specializing in architectural models, producing more than 500 scale models for some of Brazil’s most renowned architects, including Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa. In 1949, Caldas founded the Fábrica Moveis Artísticos Z, a company that produced standardized plywood furniture aimed at a broader audience. Disillusioned with the capitalist direction of the venture, he abandoned the enterprise and moved to the coastal town of Nova Viçosa. There, he began crafting what would later be known as Móveis Denúncia—protest furniture.

Atelier Van Lieshout is the studio founded by sculptor, painter, and visionary Joep van Lieshout. A graduate of the Rotterdam Academy of Art, Van Lieshout established his studio in 1995 and has since worked exclusively under the name of the collective. The studio’s name acts as a methodology to challenge and subvert the myth of the solitary artistic genius. Over the past three decades, Van Lieshout has built a multidisciplinary practice that blurs the lines between art, design, and architecture. He dissects systems—whether societal structures or the human body—experiments with alternatives, treats exhibitions as laboratories for recycling, and even declared

Through their minimalist Franco-Japanese design aesthetic, Aki+Arnaud Cooren seek to subtly integrate references to nature into the interiors and everyday objects they create. They craft harmonies that evolve continuously—just like nature itself—inviting the public to gradually immerse themselves in the present moment. Aki grew up in Tokyo. After spending a year in the United States, she returned to Paris at age 18 to study interior and product design at the École Camondo, where she met Arnaud, originally from northern France. Aki had developed an interest in art during her childhood and studied contemporary art in Belgium before moving to Paris.