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Designers
Partisans
PARTISANS is an award-winning Toronto-based architectu-
re studio that specializes in the integration of design and techno-
logy, invention and programming, culture and creative services.
Led by Alex Josephson, Pooya Baktash and Jonathan Friedman,
the studio is a diverse team of architects, researchers, storyte-
llers, entrepreneurs, builders, and cultural enthusiasts devoted to
a cause: smart, high-performance design that strives to make the
improbable possible.
Collection
Gweilo
Sebastian Herkner
Stephen Burks
Sebastian Herkner (born 1981) studied Product Design at
HfG Offenbach University of Art and Design. During his studies
he began to focus on designing objects and furniture, honing his
keen sense for materials, colors and textures. In the year 2006
Sebastian Herkner founded his own studio. Since that time, he
has designed furniture, lamps and smaller items.
Stephen studied architecture at the Illinois Institute of Te-
chnology and Product Design at IIT’S Institute of Design, as well
as attending Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architec-
ture. After years spent traveling between New York and Europe,
as well as living abroad in Tokyo & Milan, Stephen became an
independent designer at the turn of the millennium, when the
famed Italian manufacturer Cappellini put his first pieces into
production.
Collection
Manila
Collections
Anwar
Babel
