9.14.2014

Alvaro Catalán de Ocón


Flowers - I used to have a repulsive relationship with flowers anywhere else than in the nature and in beautiful vases - The past years the designers has convinced me though - the sugarcoated naive romantic style is changed with an elegant style full a contrasts - like this Eames chair from spanish Alvaro Catalán de Ocón.
On their website they say: "....The starting point was not just analysing the object itself but also the company which manufactures it and the status it has achieved. Vitra´s great achievement has been bringing the office to the home and taking the home to the office, and we wanted the project to materialise that concept through a subtle intervention but generating a strong visual impact...."