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Spun chairs, from £342
Educated at the Royal College of Art, Thomas Heatherwick is a world-renowned English designer with an impressive portfolio of innovative engineering works. Well respected for his iconic public monuments and works of art, he is responsible for a host of projects from small scale product design to urban infrastructure. Founded in 1994, Heatherwick Studios comprises over 60 talented creatives across a range of fields including architecture, sculpture, model making, landscape design and fine art. An Honorary Fellow of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), Heatherwick is also a Senior Fellow at the RCA, not to mention a guest lecturer within some of the most prestigious design schools around the world.
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Spun Chair
Famed for his pioneering manipulation of materials, Thomas Heatherwick drew on his silversmith experience at college to create a new concept in metal spinning which resulted in the original Spun chair. Primarily a means for making routine circular metal objects, such as gas cylinders, metal spinning formed the basis of a large scale Heatherwick experience showcased at the Haunch of Venison gallery in 2009. The Spun chair is an entirely symmetrical form, an ergonomic seat that can be rotated freely. A collaboration with Italian furniture manufacturers Magis, saw the Spun chair developed using rotation-moulded plastic to provide a beautiful form for the everyday home. The Conran Shop stocks the iconic Spun chair in red and is proud to be the exclusive stockist of yellow and green.
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East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton, UK, 2005
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Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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Temple, Kagoshima Japan
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Olympic Torch Cauldron, 2012
