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year 1990s
material wood
source title The International Design Yearbook 1995
info Rolf Sachs’ new collection is called, graphically, !m-ob ili ape zzi; one level of translation is ‘furniture in pieces.’ Such a process of deconstruction is central to Sachs’ approach, which seeks to get back to simple forms, away from the subjectivity of the last decade. He describes these pieces as ‘non-fixed, open constructions… each individual part fits together naturally to form a whole: its strength derives not from complicated construction our extravagant design. Matter-of-fact and function, it serves the user.’ The cube that forms the base of a chair is also the support unit for the desk.
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year 1990s
material wood
source title The International Design Yearbook 1995
info Rolf Sachs’ new collection is called, graphically, !m-ob ili ape zzi; one level of translation is ‘furniture in pieces.’ Such a process of deconstruction is central to Sachs’ approach, which seeks to get back to simple forms, away from the subjectivity of the last decade. He describes these pieces as ‘non-fixed, open constructions… each individual part fits together naturally to form a whole: its strength derives not from complicated construction our extravagant design. Matter-of-fact and function, it serves the user.’ The cube that forms the base of a chair is also the support unit for the desk.
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