...The central element of the workshop was the new, height-adjustable Eiermann 1 M by Tim Schütze for Richard Lampert, while the living area featured the elegant LC4 chaise longue by Cassina, the delicate B 9 a+b nesting table set by Thonet and the purist L25 table lamp by Tecta...
...Take Jil Sander, for example, who teamed up with Thonet to give Marcel Breuer's famous cantilever chair an elegant new look – celebrated above all in Milan...
...In addition Ferdinand Kramer realised numerous furniture projects in cooperation with Thonet, most famously arguably being his B403 bentwood chair, while in context of his tenure at Frankfurt University Ferdinand Kramer designed, pretty much, all the furniture and furnishings... This process, which today is particularly important, is not only historically interesting: it alone explains the immense sales of the Thonet industry, and provides a very interesting reference for the further development of rationalisation in the furniture industry...
One of the biggest challenges facing product designers in coming years will undoubtedly be the question of planned obsolescence. For while we genuinely believe that the majority of designers understand their responsibilities in terms of sustainability and...
