spun chair

Thomas Heatherwick MA (RCA),FRSA,SFRCA,RDI,FRIBA Founder and Director Thomas Heatherwick is the founder of Heatherwick Studio, a studio formed in 1994 to make unique design projects happen. Today a team of over 80 architects, designers and makers work from a combined studio and workshop in King’s Cross, London, UK. At the heart of Heatherwick Studio’s work is a profound commitment, at every scale, to finding innovative design solutions with an absolute dedication to artistic thinking and the latent potential of materials and craftsmanship. Work to date includes the award winning UK Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the Rolling Bridge in Paddington, and London’s new red double decker bus, which came into operation in March of this year. Current works include the Olympic Cauldron for the London 2012 games, a regeneration masterplan scheme for a new business district in Hong Kong, mixed-use schemes in Shanghai, an international drinks headquarters in the South of England, and a 200-passenger capacity tourist boat for a river estuary in France. Thomas is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects; a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art; a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts and Commerce; and a Senior Research Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum. He won the Prince Philip Designers Prize, and in 2004, was the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry. In 2010 Thomas was awarded the London Design Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to design. From May to September of this year, the work of Heatherwick Studio is the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Awards - Designer of the Year, Wallpaper Design Awards: 2011 - Designer of the Year, Tokyo Design & Art Environmental Awards: 2010 - Gold Award for Shanghai World Expo: 2010 - Schelling Medal: 2010 - London Design Medal: 2010 - RIBA Lubetkin Prize: 2010 - RIBA International Award: 2010 - Civic Trust Award: 2010 - RIBA Award: 2010 - RIBA Regional Award: 2008 - RIBA National Award: 2008 - Institute of Civil Engineers: 2008 - FX Award: 2007 - Building Better Healthcare Award: 2007 - Civic Trust Award: 2007

The Italian design brand MAGIS was founded in 1976. Its products are characterized by lively, fashionable and avant-garde products. MAGIS has always been to exceed and lead the mainstream market. It has a large number of leading creative ideas from top international designers, and puts the products at the forefront. Originally known for its plastic furniture, it has gradually turned to explore higher-tech synthetic aluminum, stainless steel and die-cast metal combined with high-tech to engage in mass production of furniture and daily necessities. Magis has worked with many outstanding designers including Stefano Giovannoni, Jasper Morrison, Konstantin Grcic, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Marc Newson, Ron Arad, Naoto Fukasawa, Marcel Wanders, Philippe Starck, Zaha Hadid and Thomas Heatherwick to create a large number of excellent works. In the home environment and public space. The Magis brand was ranked by the international authoritative design trend magazine Wallpaper as “the ten people who can change our way of life”. And Magis's products are really a frenzy among the world's design celebrities and loved ones. MAGIS has created a series of products that are sought after by the world and has won many international awards. For example, Me Too, which is designed by educators and designers, and designed by the designer from the perspective of children of this age, has appeared in major design magazines and has become a must-have for Italian designers. . And Me Too is also the first children's furniture to enter the international design stage. Another Spun Chair is also a big red. The product was presented by Thomas Heatherwick, the designer of the British Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo (Dandelion Pavilion). The chair that can turn around completely changed the static state of sitting, and it was full of childlikeness. There is also the Steelwood Chair of Ronan & Erwan Bourollec, who won the ADI Compasso d'Oro Award in 2011. In 2008, Trioli (designed by Eero Aarnio) from the Me Too collection also won the Compasso D'Oro. In 2014, Spun, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, also received the same prestigious award. In addition to receiving this award in design and many other major awards, Magis products are part of the museum's permanent collection, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.