DAPHNA ISAACS BURGGRAAF

With her colorful way of working, Daphna transforms everyday objects into characteristic products. " I research tradition, material, composition and translate it into colorful contemporary forms. " Shaping by hand and intuitively making design choices give her work an authentic appearance.

David Trubridge

David Trubridge graduated from Newcastle University in Northern England in 1972 with a degree in Naval Architecture (boat design). For the next ten years he lived and worked in rural Northumberland. He taught himself furniture making while working part-time as a forester on a private estate. He went on to develop his own designs which were exhibited around Britain. Many commissions followed, most notably from the Victoria and Albert Museum, St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh and the Shipley Gallery Newcastle.

Dror Benshetrit

Since 2002, Dror Benshetrit has developed an interdisciplinary practice specializing in innovative design projects.
His approach to design has shown breadth and depth through the completion of projects varying in scales and nature.
His portfolio encompasses product design, architecture projects, interior design and art direction. He explores the nature of movement, space and forms and shares with us the transformative power of design through each of his creations.
Dror’s perception of the world was enriched by travels across Europe and multi-cultural experiences. He received his education at the Eindhoven Design Academy in Holland. Dror has long been interested in the complexity of the manifold meanings and uses that intersect at a single object.
Rooted in a rigorous approach and methodology of movement, every project is driven with the desire to unleash the mutable and non-static nature of objects.
Dror observes the world from an inquisitive eye, seeking responses to the needs of our modern lifestyle. Each project starts with questions and triggers an immersive investigation.In collaboration with a team of experts, Dror conducts thorough research focusing on materials, technology and geometry. Based in New York, he works with clients around the world; including Alessi, Bentley, Boffi, Bombay Sapphire, Cappellini, Kiehl’s, Levi’s, Lualdi, Material ConneXion, Maya Romanoff, Marithé + François Girbaud, Puma, Rosenthal, Skins Footwear, Yigal Azrouël, Shvo, Swarovski, and Target. Dror has lectured around the world and received numerous design awards including the GE Plastics Competition “Merging Boundaries” (2001), iF Product Design Award (2006), the Good Design Award (2008). He has gained international media exposure. and has been widely exhibited. His work is included in the permanent collections of major museums in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Dror is represented by Culture and Commerce, Inc., an agency representing design luminaries including Yves Béhar, Philippe Starck and Marcel Wanders.

Daniele Gualeni

Daniele Gualeni, graduated as engineer, during his youth he constanly cultivated his interests in art and Design, by creating and directing magazines, cultural associations and art exhibitions. At the same time he worked as a freelance designer for different Italian companies. In 2006 he moved to New York where he worked closely with local artists and designers. In 2008 he improved his passion for design achieving a Masters in Industrial Design at Politecnico of Milan. In 2009, he opened his own study of Industrial Design in Brescia (Italy). Since 2010, he is a teacher of “Sustainability and Innovation” at the “Machina Design Institute” of Brescia (Italy). His main interests are the fusion between art and science, creativity and technique, innovative materials and ecofriendly products.

Demakersvan

Dutch Design is mostly famous for its conceptual, almost art-like status.
We are very much Dutch, but apart from that, we also strongly believe that in the end our work should also find a larger audience.
That is why we work in a similar way as the Haute Couture fashion world works.
Our studio will take the largest amount of artistic freedom to express valuable concepts, fantastic stories in projects that know no limitations.
We use them ourselves as an inspiration and show them as a way to tell our story.
On the other hand that same drive can lead to products that find their way in the productionline. We are storytellers, from fantasy to factory, from statement to product.
Demakersvan

DESU DESIGN

At DESU DESIGN, we strive to make innovative products that blur the boundary between art and design. Our goal is to create pieces of lasting quality, retaining their beauty and functionality for generations. We utilize the precision of modern manufacturing methods with the unmatched skills of the human hand. Inspiration comes from forms found in nature, the history of modern design, and the combined beauty of geometry and the machine.

David Scott, Director
I began designing furniture at the age of 18 as means of improving life in a dorm room. 5 years and a BFA later, I ended up in Japan working with an international team of artists designing and building nightclubs by day, and inhabiting them by night. The learning curve was fast, steep, and a great deal of fun.
Upon returning to the states, I was accepted to the Master's of Architecture program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). After the first year, I decided that borrowing $25,000 a year to build imaginary projects was not as much fun as doing the real thing. I convinced Lawrence (Larry) Scarpa, who had been an instructor for one of my classes to hire me to build some metal stairs for Pugh + Scarpa's new office, and DESU was born. Much collaboration with the Pugh + Scarpa team followed, and other architects in the burgeoning vanguard of the LA architecture scene became clients. Paying the rent became less of a problem, and in the off hours, product ideas became realities and were tucked away for a future line.
In 2000, I moved to New York in order to develop the DESU line and bring it to market. DESU has been steadily growing ever since, and I look forward to working toward its continued expansion. My philosophy for the company has always been to build what we want, the best way possible. I spend a great deal of my time seeking out the highest quality materials and vendors that are masters of their discipline. Learning about new technologies and how we can incorporate them into our designs is one of my favorite pursuits, and keeps our ideas fresh. My goal for DESU is to continue on this trajectory of innovation and to above all else, enjoy doing it.

Elizabeth Cordes, Designer (2008)
Designed: HUG
Originally from Saint Louis, Elizabeth started as a product development intern at DESU Design while she was working toward her Masters in Interior Architecture and Product Design at Kansas State University.
Elizabeth left DESU to complete her degree and is now currently working for herself. While with DESU, she worked most independently on the HUG, but her hand can be seen throughout the DESU pieces developed during her time here.

Delineodesign

Delineo, derives from the latin word meaning “the one who designs”.
Delineodesign is the pseudonym I use for my projects.
My name is Giampaolo Allocco and I grew up in Italy between Turin and Treviso.

In 1996 I fell in love with design while I was reading MODO magazine.
Since then, every day of my life is a journey towards design.
What follows is a biography of a life lived back to front: mine.

After my industrial high school diploma I worked in the sport system industry.
I built up my self-confidence, I met extraordinary men, exceptional athletes and intelligent managers.
I paid my dues and gained experience in product development, engineering, marketing and strategy consulting.
I lived and absorbed all the ingenuous and creative energy of the industrial system.
I learnt to seize the challenges and take responsibility.

At twenty-five I gave up everything to follow my only true dream: design.
The apex of my preparatory experiences was reached at the end of my Master in Industrial Design” at the “Scuola Italiana Design” in Padova with Architect Bruno Scagliola (14 years at the Ettore Sottsass Associates studio) and Prof. Ottorino Piccinato

For some years I created and completed projects in Italy and abroad as a freelance in the fields of snowboard, formula one, ski boots and bike.

Today, I am supported by a creative team with a great personality, working in synergy with customers to achieve the same goals.
My wish is that the result of each project may be recognisable and essential like a simple gesture of the hand. I follow the leading tread I always followed, I rely on research and look for the same emotions which have guided me this far.

I want to keep the distances from the stylish drift of authors or products living in the ephemeral time of a season which no longer exists.
I prefer to plan the future with intelligence, coherence and enthusiasm.
I am fascinated by people who have real objectives yet love to dream, by those who have a vision and want to engage in it with me, by people who look for challenges and strive to win them.
I love design!

Debbie Wijskamp

Dutch designer Debbie Wijskamp was born in 1984 in Zevenaar, the Netherlands.
Debbie Wijskamp graduated in 2009 at the Academy of Art and Design in Arnhem.
Since that moment, she decided to start her own design studio in Arnhem.
Debbie Wijskamp gets inspired by everyday objects and materials we are surrounded with.
Debbie Wijskamp likes to explore the boundaries of old and new materials,
to find out what possibilities they offer to create new objects like furniture and interior products.


Debbie Wijskamp education
2005 - 2009 Product Design at ArtEZ Academy of Art and Design, Arnhem NL
2008 Internship at Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk, Eindhoven NL
2001 - 2005 Reclame Presentatie en Communicatie at Nimeto, Utrecht NL

Debbie Wijskamp exhibitions
2009 Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Milan
2009 Design Huis Talent 2009, Eindhoven
2009 Dutch Design Week at Strijp S, Tijdelijk Arnhems Collectief, Eindhoven
2009 London Design Festival, Three Yet One by Parallel Projects, London
2009 Arnhemse Nieuwe 2009, Arnhem
2009 Graduation Show, Arnhem

Debbie Wijskamp publications
2010 Viewpoint, UK
2010 Frame Magazine, NL
2009 CasaD, IT
2009 Viva, NL
2009 Blueprint Magazine, UK
2009 ICON Magazine, UK
2009 Interieur, NL

Dario Antonioni

Dario Antonioni
Designer / Entrepreneur

By the age of 10, Dario Antonioni was a bona-fide flight junkie, churning out model airplanes like a man obsessed. While other kids were memorizing baseball statistics, Dario Antonioni was devouring every book about the Wright Brothers he could get his hands on. Even then, Dario Antonioni was amazed not so much by that first flight itself—but by the fact that two nobody bicycle mechanics had the effrontery to revolutionize a field so far beyond their area of expertise that they almost had no business being there.

"They were the kind of innovators who didn't follow a standard path," says Antonioni. "They cleared a totally new path—even if it meant they didn't know where they'd end up, and they were unwilling to allow any barrier stop them. To me, that's what innovation is about."

Today, Dario Antonioni the founder of the Los Angeles design lab Orange22 still takes his cue from those aviators, refusing to abide by the often fiercely guarded distinctions between disciplines in design.
Dario Antonioni calls himself a "maker of things"—a purposefully open-ended description, as Orange22 designs and fabricates both mass-market and limited-edition objects and furniture, brand-defining retail environments, residential interiors and design concepts licensed for mass production. In every case, Dario Antonioni fuses technology, art and design, with the overarching intent to revolutionize the way we live.

With its aerodynamic lines, his furniture design often anticipates the future, leveraging advances in technology just slightly before they enter the mainstream. Those qualities hint at a designer with expertise in a field few designers can claim even cursory knowledge: And in fact, Dario Antonioni's first stop in higher education was the University of Michigan, where he studied aerospace engineering for several years. When that mostly theoretical science left him longing to work with his hands, Dario Antonioni moved on to receive his industrial design degree from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he currently teaches the next generation of innovators.

Dario Antonioni's work has been featured in magazines like GQ, In Style, Interior Design, Metropolis and Wallpaper, while Surface Magazine paid Dario Antonioni tribute as a featured designer in its prestigious T.A.G. Event—a showcase of exceptional design talent—in New York and Milan. He's exhibited his furniture at the most important international design shows in New York, Paris, Cologne and Milan, and has lectured at universities and industry conferences worldwide.

As if his work as designer, fabricator and teacher weren't enough, Dario Antonioni is also developing the business plan for a nonprofit children's summer camp. With it, he aims to introduce kids to the two worlds—nature and science—that inspire so much of his work. The educational program centers on outdoor excursions and trips to high-tech manufacturing plants. "I can't imagine what life would be like without my relationship to science and nature," says Dario Antonioni. "But there are so many kids who might never experience either. I want to give the next generation of innovators the tools they need to change the world—and at the same time, I want to help cultivate their respect for it."