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Designers Cutu Mazuelos and Eva Prego established
Stone Design Concepts Inc. in 1995 to tell a story from
their perspectives and without censorship. Having never
worked for anyone else, lessons were learned and skills
were mastered through personal hardship and sacrifice.
Starting with interior designs, stands and displays, they
worked with such names as Lexus, Telepizza, Havaianas,
and Coca Cola. They also designed furniture for brands
such as Muji Japan. Stone Designs is the constant search
for new languages, a passion and reason for living.
Stone Designs
YOY
YOY [joi] is a Tokyo based design studio composed by
Naoki Ono, a spatial designer, and Yuki Yamamoto, a
product designer. Naoki Ono was born in Nagoya, and
graduated in architectural design at Kyoto Institute of
Technology in 2008. Also born in Nagoya, Yuki Yamamoto
graduated in industrial design at Kanazawa College of
Art in 2008. Started in 2011, the design theme of YOY is
to create a new story between space and objects. Steve
Jones and Russell Cameron first spotted YOY in April
2013 at Salone Satellite in Milan.
Jake Phipps
Jake Phipps graduated from John Makepeace’s furniture
design school, Parnham College, in 1999. In 2005, he set
up his own design studio in London, concentrating on his
own pieces.
His work is characterized by a narrative yet functional
aesthetic full of character and with a playful design
elegance that aims to strike a strong emotional chord
with the people that use them.
