kawamura-ganjavian

kawamura-ganjavian is an architecture and design studio founded in 2000 by Key Portilla-Kawamura and Ali Ganjavian. Having met in London in the late 1990's, they worked in India, USA, Japan, Great Britain and Switzerland. The studio was established in London and is currently based in Madrid, with outposts in Brussels, Lausanne, London and Paris.

The studio understands architecture in its full variety of scales, working in the field of product and furniture design, temporary architecture, interiors, building projects and territorial studies. A constant quest for innovation, ingeniosity and comfort is the common thread through this wide repertoire of projects.

Katrin Olina

Born in Iceland, Katrin Olina studied Industrial Design at the E.S.D.I. in Paris before working in the European design studios of Philippe Starck (Paris) and Ross Lovegrove (London). Since then, she has worked predominantly as a graphic artist and illustrator in the fields of industrial design, fashion, interiors, print and animation. Her work has also been featured in several prominent museum and gallery exhibitions around the world.
Olina has developed a rich visual language that builds on research, experimentation and intuitive creative drawing processes that combine the use of technology with the hand drawn. Her imagery and graphics are often centered around natural elements and the imaginary. As her work has evolved, Olina has created a personal world where sense of wonder, new experiences and questions about the nature of things abound.

Krios

Nardo Vetro, an historical company from Northeastern Italy specialized in glass manufacturing, enters to the design world with the Krios brand. Krios reflects the values and characteristics of cultural and technological renovation which have always distinguished Nardo Vetro’s production and which have enabled it to be competitive in the market. This is demonstrated by the acquisition of the latest machinery and tools available, by the continuous updating of manufacturing techniques and by the assiduous research for and use of new materials all while respecting environmental regulations. The know-how acquired over time and the guarantee of the NardoVetro name, synonym of quality and professionalism to suppliers and producers, have encouraged the company to challenge itself with this new brand. Thus Krios appears on the design scene, proposing an offer which reflects and demonstrates its innovative identity to the contemporary living sector. The designers who collaborate with Krios develop and interpret their projects utilising the latest technology and the results of numerous researches carried out by the company, for instance concerning the colour sector in Nardo Vetro's Colour Research Laboratory. Krios enters the market and accepts the challenge introducing itself as a innovative and flexible design-oriented company which is able to interpret, manage and cooperate with the eclectic designers of the new generation.

Kate Malone

" I aim to be at the same time both very serious and quite silly, simple and clever, adult and child. My aim to broadcast a sense of optimism through my work, to touch the emotions..the pleasure buttons of the spirit, and chase an instinctive use of positive symbolism. I work in three areas; large scale public projects, one of a kind ceramics and playful smaller pieces. My main studio and large kiln is in London. I also work from smaller satellite studios in Provence and Barcelona. Wherever I am I can be contacted using my email address kmaloneceramics@clara.co.uk I am motivated by a fascination with clay and with nature. Transforming soft wet clay to fired hard ceramic, then to a shiny glazed surface is addictive. These two fascinations are combined in a book recording 20 years of my work many photos, descriptions and in depth technical notes - look for "Kate Malone, A Book of Pots" written by myself and Lesley Jackson, published by A and C Black in the UK and Overlook Press in USA."-Kate Malone

Kirsten Coelho

Kirsten Coelho works in Porcelain, producing reduction fired works that attempt to fuse subtle abstracted glaze surfaces with simple reductive forms.
Kirsten Coelho trained in Adelaide, South Australia before moving to the UK in the early 1990’s where she worked for a number of years in a London Studio. While in London Kirsten Coelho’s style developed influenced by the British Studio pottery tradition which has some of its origins in the theories of the potter Bernard Leach. More recently Kirsten Coelho work has been influenced by nineteenth and early twentieth century enamel wares and the abstracted surface possibilities these objects can possess when they begin to age. Since returning to Australia in 1998, Kirsten Coelho has been a studio tenant at the JamFactory Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design, completed a Master of Visual Art and currently lectures in Ceramics at the University of South Australia. Kirsten Coelho now works from a studio at her home in Ethelton, South Australia.

Ken Eastman

‘Part of the reason for making (in fact a very large part of the reason) is to see things that I have never seen before- to build something that I can not fully understand or explain.’

Born 1960 in Hertfordshire, UK, Ken Eastman studied at Edinburgh College of Art (1979-83) and at the Royal College of Art, London (1984-87). He exhibits widely internationally and has won many prestigious awards in the field of the ceramic arts, including the ‘Premio Faenza’, Italy in 1995, the ‘Gold Medal’ at the World Ceramic Exposition 2001 Korea and the ‘President De la Generalitat Valencia’at the 5 th Biennale International De Ceramica, Manises, Spain. In 1998-99 he was awarded the Arts Foundation Fellowship in Ceramics. His work is held in numerous public collections including The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, Canada; Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia; Museum Boijmans van Beunigen, Rotterdam; Landesmuseum, Stuttgart; Museu de Ceramica de Manises, Valencia and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The core of his work centres around the idea of the vessel. He has never made functional work, but rather uses the vessel as a subject- to give meaning and form to an expression. Working through the medium of ceramics, Eastman can be both builder and painter; can handle shape and structure, as well as exploring tone and colour. Alison Britton has written of his work: - “Not being at all bothered about function, Eastman’s work with the pot form has been a consistent route into increasing abstraction, playing both with form and surface. That is what is potentially special about ceramics- you can have body and dress, sculpture and painting, essentially connected. Painting has always been a strong card for Eastman; he can be lyrical on the sheer walls of his objects. The gestures that are made with the brush are fluid and sensual, the colours rich and quiet.” In addition to his studio work, Ken Eastman has lectured and taught in many colleges and universities throughout the UK and is currently Academic Research Lecturer at Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. ‘Ken Eastman, Behind the Gates of Clay’, a monograph about the development of the artist’s work was published in 2004 by the Barrett-Marsden Gallery, London. With an analytical essay by Jane McCabe, the book explores recurrent themes in Eastman’s work and the artist’s approach to making ceramics. Eastman was elected as a member of the International Academy of Ceramics in 2003

Katrin Greiling

Katrin Greiling is an industrial designer and interior architect with origin in Munich. After her Master in Fine Arts at Konstfack in Stockholm 2005, Katrin Greiling established Studio Greiling, working with clients such as Askul, Offecct and Graniph.Katrin Greiling design won numerous awards and previous exhibitions have included the Salone del Mobile in Milan, 100% Design in London and Swedish Style in Tokyo, amongst others.

Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design

Born in 1965.
1985-1987 Apprenticeship as cabinet maker at Parnham College, UK, 1988-1990 MA in Industrial Design, Royal College of Art, London.

Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design (KGID) was founded in 1991. The office has established its reputation in various fields of design ranging from furniture and industrial products to exhibition design and architecture related work.
Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design is collaborating with some of the leading names in the international design industry.
Many of Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design´s products have received international design awards (a.o. winner of the Compasso d`Oro for the lamp MAYDAY in 2001) and form part of the permanent collections of the world´s most prestigious museums (MoMA / New York, Centre Georges Pompidou / Paris, Die Neue Sammlung / Munich etc.).

In 2005 PHAIDON Press London published a comprehensive monography about the work of Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design . The 240 page volume was edited by Florian Böhm (ISBN 0-7148-4431-4).
Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design defines function in human terms, combining formal strictness with considerable mental acuity. Each of his products is characterized by his careful research into the history of design and architecture and his passion for technology and materials. Known for pared-down pieces, Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design is often called a minimalist but the designer himself prefers to speak of simplicity.

KiBiSi

KiBiSi

Founded by Kilo Design / Lars Holme Larsen, BIG / Bjarke Ingels and Skibsted Ideation / Jens Martin Skibsted, KiBiSi is a Copenhagen based idea-driven industrial design firm. Each partner contributes with intelligence and experience from within his specific field providing KiBiSi with cutting edge knowledge and knowhow within the fields of architecture, design, furniture, electronics, transportation, contemporary culture and lifestyle. Having collaborated on multiple projects for years Lars, Bjarke and Jens Martin decided to turn their intuitive inclination to work together into a full time collaboration.

Ki

Kilo Design by Lars Holme Larsen is known as an industrial design studio rooted in a straight forward approach to design merging elements of contemporary culture from high and low: the art scene as well as the street, the fashion house as well as the workshop. Lars Holme Larsen’s natural eye for blatant and simple solutions to complex design problems, has earned him instant acclaim as one of Danish designs fastest rising stars.

Bi

BIG architects founded by Bjarke Ingels has become one of the leading firms of a new generation of architects, repeatedly attracting public attention and triggering political debate with thought provoking designs. Often moving beyond the traditional boundaries of building BIG’s ideas absorb all the economical, ecological, social and political interests surrounding a project and turn them into back bending forms that are as surprising as they are obvious.

Si

Skibsted Ideation, founded by Biomega creator Jens Martin Skibsted, is a prolific generator of radically new concepts for brand owners: Applying the thinking of branding, fashion and cuisine to the world of industrial design. Young Global Leader and member of "Davos'" design think tank, collected by MoMA and frequent collaborator with the world’s biggest brands and best designers, Jens Martin Skibsted is a hyper active citizen of the global design elite.



Ki + Bi + Si = KiBiSi

KiBiSi merges the faculties of its founders into a symbiotic hybrid of design, architecture and ideation: The production know-how and design sensibility of Kilo Design – the big ideas and large scale perspective of BIG architects - and the idea driven innovation and brand awareness of Skibsted Ideation.

Ideas and products are intrinsically tied. We believe the product should be the carrier of its brand idea rather than some designer's form and formula. In the fertile overlap between Design, Architecture and Ideation KiBiSi seeks to spawn a new breed of idea driven design.

Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries attest to Karim's legend of design. His award winning designs include democratic objects such as the ubiquitous Garbo waste can and Oh Chair for Umbra, interiors such as the Morimoto restaurant, Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel, Athens and exhibitions for Deutsche Bank and Audi. Karim has collaborated with clients to create democratic design for Method and Dirt Devil, furniture for Artemide and Magis, brand identity for Citibank and Hyundai, high tech products for LaCie and Samsung, and luxury goods for Veuve Clicquot and Swarovski, to name a few. Karim's work is featured in 20 permanent collections and he exhibits art in galleries world wide. Karim is a perennial winner of the Red Dot award, Chicago Athenaeum Good Design award, I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review, IDSA Industrial Design Excellence award.
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