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Harry Paul
Bye-bye
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
Agatha
Known for projecting mysterious objects, exem-
plars of vibrant design of the 21st century, his re-
sulting design approach concentrates on experi-
mentation with materials, technologies and lines.
Harry Paul works across a wide range of dis-
ciplines, from furniture (in- and outdoor), lightning
and table top, to textiles, watches and golf shoes,
to architectural & interior/ stand commissions and
unique sculpture pieces for clients world wide.
Born in Breda, the Netherlands, class 1966,
industrial designer with a degree from the Design
Academy Eindhoven (former AIVE), where he, be-
fore graduating, 1992, under Lidewij Edelkoort and
Axel Enthoven, won the 1st price in the European
design competition for leisure of GE Plastics with
a proposal for a custom made protective sports
equipment.
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada first stepped into the
fashion world in 1981. The collection proved to
be such a success that she soon opened her first
studio-shop in the Spanish capital and started to
participate in fashion shows in Madrid and Bar-
celona. Although Agatha gained a certain level of
recognition early on in her career, her true fashion
breakthrough came when she allied forces with
one of Spain’s most important de – partment
stores, El Corte Inglés. Thanks to this partnership,
the designer’s collections were soon distributed
throughout the entire national territory. Having
con quered Spain, Agatha little by little started to
cross borders and gain international recognition
by means of her fashion shows and exhibitions
and then expanded the family of products: clothes,
furniture, perfumes...
Javier Mariscal
Sabinas, Noma, Blanca, Mora
Javier Mariscal is, First and foremost, an image
creator who develops his work using all kinds of
supports and disciplines. Furniture design, paint-
ing, sculpture, illustrations, interior design, graphic
design, landscaping, gardening and so on are all
the object of his professional, vital activity.
He has collaborated with companies such as
Memphis, Akaba, Bidasoa, BD Ediciones de Diseño,
Moroso, Nani Mar quina, Vorwerk, Equipaje, Alessi,
Sangetsu, Magis, Cosmic, Amat3, Santa&Cole, Lali
que and Phaidon. Mariscal e xpresses himself using
a personal language that is complex in its intention
and simple in its statements, innocent yet provoc-
ative, that he uses to innovate, risk and communi-
cate. He enjoys provoking the eyes that look at his
works and creating complicity with them.
Eero Aarnio
Peacock, Roulette, Rosinante
Aarnio studied at the Institute of Industrial Arts in
Helsinki, and started his own office in 1962. The
following year, he introduced his Ball Chair, a hol-
low sphere on a stand, open on one side to allow
a person to sit within. The similar Bubble Chair was
clear and suspended from above. Other innovative
designs included his floating Pastil Chair (similar to a
solid inner tube),[2] and Tomato Chair (more stable
with a seat between three spheres). His Screw Table,
as the name suggests, had the appearance of a flat
head screw driven into the ground. He was awarded
the American Industrial Design award in 1968.
Aarnio’s designs were an important aspect of
1960s popular culture, and could often be seen
as part of sets in period science-fiction films.[3]
Because his designs used very simple geometric
forms, they were ideal for such productions. Eero
Aarnio continues to create new designs, including
toys and furniture for children. Eero Aarnio opened
his official webshop and first Design Eero Aarnio
Showroom, in Helsinki. There you can find Aarnio`s
latest design, prototypes and latest news.
Teresa Sapey
Adan, Chrismy, Chemistubes
Studio Teresa Sapey is an architecture and de-
sign studio based in Madrid since it was founded
in 1990. The team’s guiding force streams from
curiosity and energy. In fact, the range of fields
approached by this practice is extremely broad: It
varies from spaces to displays via furniture, graph-
ics and editorial works. Projects not only stem from
feelings, but they are also capable of transmitting
these same emotions to their clients and cus-
tomers. “By working with spaces my aim is to be
touching and therefore render emotions palpable:
Three-dimensional, even four-dimensional. No
matter the feelings is, as far as it is a feeling, I would
go for it! I believe that architecture should interpret,
build and transmit these inspiringly and usefully.”
