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In 2015 a retrospective exhibition opened at the grandhornu, belgium, accompanied by a new monograph a book of things. A collection of jaspers diverse products and projects up to 2015. He works as a designer between london, paris, and tokyo. He is best known for his industrial design work that uses thoughtful design to create massproduced pieces using advanced technology.
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Jasper morrison s most popular book is super normal. His repertoire of essential designs is characterised by simplicity yet complexity, as well as a sense of poetry and humour. S00371 jasper morrison has the ability to bestow things with a distinctive style. Book of things by jasper morrison, 9783037784631, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The frame is hand built using our timetested 77step process used for the original 1006 navy chair since 1944. Together with his colleague naoto fukasawa, he defined the term super normal, which in his opinion answers the question of what good design should really be. The hal chair shell shape developed from the cork chair, which was designed for the 2007 vitra edition project, and certainly owed something to kjaerholms beautiful pk 9.
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