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Interview | 01 Nov 07 | Comments (2) | Stumble
We are fans of Brodie Neill and were pleased to see him exhibiting during the London Design Festival. Neill’s pieces have drawn comparison with those of Lovegrove and Hadid, but when we look at them we can barely concentrate long enough to remember what their names are, let alone the names of other designers. The new @chair below is highly coveted, but those E-Turns! There were some interesting comments the last time we featured his work, so we thought the best thing to do was to ask Brodie more about his designs.
@chair
We recently saw your new piece, Pebble, during the London Design Festival. Its shape and mix of day-glo colours seem a departure for you. Can you tell us the inspiration for this piece?
The Pebble is the second of two pieces that share the same name. The original Pebble is made from a pre-laminated stack of wood that was 5-axis CNC cut into its final form with the random pattern of missing sections.
The second Pebble was shown as an alternative or 'evil twin brother' of the finely finished original.
E-Turn
As for the graffiti, I wanted to give the simple curvaceous form an urban surface and I collaborated with a graffiti artist called 'Astek', which can be seen written across the form in pink.
The bright colours are not so much a departure but I have been investigating alternative surface treatments lately. In this case I applied the colourful graffiti texture to the second Pebble to draw a strong comparison between the rich wood and the raw paint of the two identical forms
Pebble
The world is already full of 'stuff' – as a designer, why do you choose to create more?
I don't see myself as designing products for mass consumption. It is this ‘stuff’ that I am worried about. However if I did design a product that was designed with the intention of being mass produced I would ensure that the design process and end product considers the environment and the impact it could make - I do not want my design work to end up in land fills, I design with quality and longevity in mind.
There is always room for new and progressive ideas, ideas that fuse current cultural aesthetics with the latest technical advancements. This is where my work sits - I like to challenge peoples notions of what furniture can be, furniture pieces do not need simply to be tools for living but can be exciting examples of what is possible.
i really like
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see you around
Rizvi
so wonderful! i like that!