Sabine Marcelis creates candy-coloured donut seats for Hem
Sabine Marcelis creates candy-coloured donut seats for Hem
Sabine Marcelis and Hem unveil their ‘Boa’ pouf, two years in the making and a delightful play on the Rotterdam-based designer’s recurrent donut motif
The donut-shaped ‘Boa’ pouf by Sabine Marcelis for Hem, photographed at the designer’s Rotterdam home
Sabine Marcelis and Swedish furniture company Hem hit the sweet spot with their first collaboration, a pouf in the shape of a donut in pastel shades.
‘I have this fascination and love for the donut shape,’ explains Rotterdam designer Marcelis, who was named Wallpaper’s Designer of the Year in 2020 and joined the jury for the 2021 Design Awards. ‘It’s just such a perfectly complete and finite shape. Simple yet not boring. And the curve and void create a beautiful depth in almost all materials.’
Benjamin Harrison returns as Re Sydney managing director
December 18, 2020 9:31
Benjamin Harrison is back in Australia as the new managing director for M&C Saatchi’s brand and experience design business; Re Sydney.
Having spent more than six years with the business, Harrison returns to Australia from London where he moved in 2017 to establish Re London.
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison joined the business in 2014 as strategy director for Sydney, and led strategy for local clients Optus, Commonwealth Bank, Slater & Gordon and Uniting, and more.
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While in the UK, Harrison grew Re London from a staff of just three employees to a team of 25, with the agency now holding clients including FIFA, OPPO and Swisscom, plus UK tech brands like Bango, Verint and ReceiptBank.
December 15, 2020 1:30 pm
With schools shut for a large portion of 2020, parents in their droves were seeking home schooling resources that were engaging, creative and free. Just a few weeks after Boris Johnson announced the UK’s first lockdown, Dyson came up with the goods.
With the help of its design team, the James Dyson Foundation devised 44 Challenge Cards designed to keep kids entertained and help them learn a thing or two while at home. The challenges put forward by Dyson included making a marble run, building a periscope and designing a bridge made of spaghetti.
Beyond the cards, this news story also gave us the chance to speak to Dyson design manager Ben Edmonds, whose daily livestream of STEM activities for kids garnered interest from around the world. Edmonds’ goal was to show that parents and guardians could help foster “skills for life” in their children, with only the contents of a recycling bin for help.