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Design
Top Picks: Eight to Look for at Wanted Design
Wanted Design, now open (as of May 17) in Industry City in Brooklyn and starting Saturday May 20 at the Terminal Stores in Chelsea, has established a welcome reputation for promoting new talent, airing ideas, and bringing together young and seasoned designers from around the world in shows that run through May 23. MODERN Magazine asked contributing editor and veteran show-goer Paul Clemence to anticipate some of the highlights at Wanted Design in Manhattan.
DIRK VANDER KOOIJ
This award-winning designer based in Amsterdam likes to mix the hand-made with digital robot manufacturing. His Endless chair is perfect example of his design concept. Using a single plastic thread (made of an old refrigerator) HOW WHAT he programmed the robot to craft the chair closely following his drawings, the creative interplay of trial and error of the process helping refine the design.
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