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AlexanderLervink

Swedish, a recent graduate, proposes at Salone Satellite a project 100 years long, as many years as separate us from the beginning of the century. For each decade, a stool summarizes the climate of the era. All redesigned by Alexander, but only the last one, corresponding to his generation, is independently designed: like a solid children’s toy. To close an era (at least for the very young Alexander). At Salone

Satellite the newly graduated Swedish designer exhibited a project spanning the 100

years of our century. For each decade a stool epitomised the climate of its time. Lervink

has redesigned all of them except the last. representing his own generation. which is en-

tirely his own work. It looks like a solid, three-dimensional child’s game, and marks the

end of an era (at least for the youthful Lervink).

1990-2000: “Lervink” stool, composed of four identical

1900: Mackintosh, Wright, Hoffmann

parts in plastic. 1990-2000: “Lervink” stool made of four identical plastic parts.

1910: Retveld

1950: Jacobsen, Saarinen, 1930: Aalto, Herbst Bertoia, Eames, Nelson 1970: Tygesen, Castigliont

Mies van der Rohe

1920: Breuer, Le Corbusier,

1940: Mathsson, Wegner 1960: Panton, Aarnio, 1980: Arad, Morrison, Mourgue, Colombo Kuramata, Dixon

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AlexanderLervink

Svedese, neolaureato, propone, al Salone Satellite, un progetto lungo 100 anni, tanti sono quelli che ci separano dall’inizio del secolo. Per ogni decennio, uno sgabello sintetizza il clima dell’epoca. Tutti ridisegnati da Alexan- der, ma solo Pultimo, corrispondente alla sua generazione, & autonomamente progettato: come un solido gioco in- fantile. A chiudere un’epoca (quanto meno per il giovanissimo Alexander). At Salone

Satellite the newly graduated Swedish designer exhibited a project spanning the 100

years of our century. For each decade a stool epitomised the climate of its time. Lervink

has redesigned all of them except the last. representing his own generation. which is en-

tirely his own work. It looks like a solid, three-dimensional child’s game, and marks the

end of an era (at least for the youthful Lervink). b| , 1990-2000: sgabello “Lervink”, si compone di quattro parti

1900: Mackintosh, Wright, Hoffmann

identiche in plastica. 1990-2000: “Lervink” stool made of four identical plastic parts.

1910: Retveld

1950: Jacobsen, Saarinen, 1930: Aalto, Herbst Bertoia, Eames, Nelson 1970: Tygesen, Castigliont

Mies van der Rohe

1920: Breuer, Le Corbusier,

1940: Mathsson, Wegner 1960: Panton, Aarnio, 1980: Arad, Morrison, Mourgue, Colombo Kuramata, Dixon

FULL TEXT IN ENGLISH