Day 31/365 of Steel – Willem Hendrik Gispen

Willem Hendrik Gispen (7/12/1890-10/5/1981) is, for many Dutch people, the founder of factory production of design furniture. Gispen’s designs are understatedly beautiful – sober – honest and graceful – elegant…
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Day 30/365 of Steel – Dirk Wynants

Dirk Wynants ! (9/5/1964) – Tools for togetherness Meeting Dirk Wynants of Extremis in 2013 has had a big impact on my vision of design. I admire Dirk, because he unites a unique combination…
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Day 29/365 of Steel – Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman (21/8/1932 – 8/5/2015) I discovered Kadishman’s work during our visit to the Jewish Museum in Berlin.The Memory Void, one of the symbolic spaces on the ground level of…
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Day 28/365 of Steel – Michael Hopkins

Hopkins worked for Frederick Gibberd before entering into partnership with Norman Foster. With Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw, Hopkins was one of the leading figures in…
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