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17 November 2006 to January 2007

‘Le Petit Jardin’ Chair is just one of the pieces that Tord Boontje is exhibiting in the lower gallery of Barrett Marsden during a major exhibition of New Work by Emma Woffenden.In addition to this laser cut, powder coated steel seat, Boontje will be showing a wooden ‘Nail Bench’. The Tord Boontje Studio has long sought a delicate marriage of design with emotion that is as broadly accessible as it is enticing. The Studio‘s work draws from a belief that modernism does not mean minimalism, that contemporary does not forsake tradition, and that technology does not abandon people and senses.The Studio‘s designs often temper edges with softness, borrow inspiration from nature, and employ a décor of forms and layers to engage and entice an observer¹s imagination and emotions. But these references to nature and emotion reflect only an outcome, not the process of design itself. Although the use of technologies and material properties is never celebrated (and is always subsumed within the final product), there is nonetheless a conscious insistence that the Studio‘s work employ the latest production and material technologies in pursuit of its vision.

Biographical notes

Born 1968, Tord Boontje studied at the Design Academy, Eindhoven (1986 ­ 91) and the Royal College of Art, London (1992 ­ 94). The Tord Boontje Studio has developed a variety of products and furniture pieces including: watches and eyewear (Alexander McQueen) ­ chairs and sofas (Moroso) - lighting (Habitat and Artecnica) - chandeliers (Swarovski) ­ textiles including upholstery, curtains and cushions (Kvadrat) ­ paper curtains (Artecnica) ­ vases & carafes (Dartington, Artecnica and Salviati) ­ mirrors (Artecnica, Moroso) ­ greeting cards (Artecnica) ­ jewellery (Chi Ha Pura, Swarovski) - glasses (Perriet Jouet, Authentics) ­ tableware (Authentics, Salviati). Shortlisted for Designer of the Year at the Design Museum in 2003, he was named Dutch Designer of the Year in 2005. He lives and works in France.



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