Eugeni Quitllet. MAISON&OBJET PARIS January 2016 Designer of the Year ITALY

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1 PRESS RELEASE November 2015 Eugeni Quitllet MAISON&OBJET PARIS January 2016 Designer of the Year FRENCH AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONTACTS FRANCE EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ITALY AMERICAS ASIA Agence 14 septembre Agence 14 septembre Studio Viterbo Zakarin Martinez PR Phish Communications Stéphanie Morlat T. +33 (0) Charles Camicas T. +33 (0) Mariangela Viterbo T Marcia Martinez T Shirlene Noordin T Marie-José Rousset T. +33 (0)

2 Every year, MAISON&OBJET spotlights the most outstanding names on the international design and decor scene today. In January 2016, Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet will receive the Designer of the Year award and will have the opportunity to showcase his work on a space entirely dedicated to him. This year, MAISON&OBJET will also award Designer of the Year to: André Fu at MAISON&OBJET ASIA, Rafael de Cárdenas at MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS and Ilse Crawford at the September show of MAISON&OBJET PARIS. Since 2015, MAISON&OBJET has choosen one Designer of the Year for each show: two for MAISON&OBJET PARIS (January and September), one for MAISON&OBJET ASIA and one for MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS. For MAISON&OBJET PARIS, each of these two designers must fit within the profile of each of the Paris shows, that is, a more product design-oriented profile in January and a designer more closely related to the world of interior architecture or decor for September. For MAISON&OBJET ASIA, the Designer selected is a renowned personality in the world of Asian creation representing the incredible richness and diversity of this vast area, which is becoming a major player in design creation and innovation, architecture and interior architecture. For MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS, the personality was chosen according to the same criteria as for MAISON&OBJET ASIA, with the overriding priority of providing an opening to both Americas, an ambition that forms an integral part of the DNA of MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS s positioning. Upcoming events: MAISON&OBJET PARIS January 2016 MAISON&OBJET ASIA 8-11 March 2016 MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS May 2016 MAISON&OBJET PARIS 2-6 September 2016

3 Eugeni Quitllet MAISON&OBJET PARIS January 2016 Designer of the Year Eugeni Quitllet is a Catalan designer, who graduated from La Llotja Art School in Barcelona and readily describes himself as a Disoñador, a contraction of the Spanish words for designer and dreamer. Born in 1972 in Ibiza, this industrial dreamer first witnessed a rural stretch of beach become an informal hub for ultramodern electronic music, before growing up in Barcelona, a place of architectural divide where Gaudí s organic outbursts fraternise with a rationalist marmoreal jewel designed by Mies van der Rohe the Pavilion. Nacho Alegre Cloud-io chair, Eugeni Quitllet for Kartell, 2015 Eugeni Quitllet

4 Now based in Barcelona, Eugeni Quittlet has quickly become a pioneer to watch to understand our ever-changing paradoxical age. Eugeni creates bestselling objects between drawings and sculptures, mastering fullness and voids to reveal elegant silhouettes hidden in the material. His creative vocabulary surpasses the simple relationship between function and style, introducing new objects to the contemporary design scene. In 2011, Eugeni Quitllet designed the VK-1 headphones for French brand Aëdle, which has become a reference in the market of music accessories. The Tabu chair is an explosion of life he imagined for Alias (2014), an idea that blossomed into a seat that synthesises nature and the robotics required for its digital sculpture VK-1 headphones, Eugeni Quitllet for Aëdle, 2011 Aëdle 2 - Bloom outdoor lamp, Eugeni Quitllet for Vondom, 2015 Eugeni Quitllet 3 - Tabu chair, Eugeni Quitllet for Alias, 2014 Eugeni Quitllet 4 - Tabu chair, Eugeni Quitllet for Alias, 2014 Eugeni Quitllet 5 - Ona radio and bluetooth speaker, Eugeni Quitllet for Lexon, 2015 Eugeni Quitllet - 4-5

5 In 2014, he imagined a collection of archetypal and luxurious cutlery for Christofle he called L Âme. Adept at working at polar opposites, that collection echoes previous work he had made for IPI, for which he had created the Din-Amic collection in 2012, a series of disposable plastic dinnerware and cutlery to be used on Air France flights. Nothing out of the ordinary for someone who often claims: As soon as we try to refine a form, we end up with a knife, whether it concerns a design for a boat or a skyscraper. For Vondom, Eugeni Quitllet designed in 2014 his first collection of outdoor furniture, Bum Bum. Showing organic and evolving lines, the seats are equipped with Bluetooth to play music: like shells for listening to the sea. A plastic collection in line with the designer s strong relationship with this material, one of the best examples of which is Masters for Kartell, co-signed with Philippe Starck in All Ur children s cutlery set for Air France, special edition for the Centre Pompidou boutique, Eugeni Quitllet for IPI Paola de Grenet 2 - Din-Amic dinnerware, Eugeni Quittlet for IPI, 2012 IPI 3 - L Âme cutlery box set, Eugeni Quitllet pour Christofle, 2014 Christofle 4 - Bum Bum outdoor sofa, Eugeni Quitllet for Vondom, 2014 Vondom 5 - Masters chair, Eugeni Quitllet for Kartell, 2009 Kartell - 4-5

6 In 2015, the Tube chair for Mobles 114 and Dream-Air for Kartell embody the designer s passion for weightlessness. The former with its tubular structure, which mixes the 20th century s vocabulary of modern design, and the latter, which looks like a scarf in the wind, a dream suspended in the air. The same year, he applied the same idea of lightness to create Cloud-io and Vase-o for Kartell, which take the shape of water droplets condensed to form a seat and a translucent vase. He also worked with Lexon and imagined the Dream Tool collection, a series of small flowing landscapes, where functions appear as if suspended in a frame. It has now become his signature concept, which he had already started to explore with the Light Air lamp (2011) and Shine vase (2013) for Kartell Dream Tools collection, Eugeni Quitllet for Lexon, 2015 Christine Ledroit-Perrin 2 - Shine vase, Eugeni Quitllet for Kartell, 2013 Kartell 3 - Light Air lamp, Eugeni Quitllet for Kartell, 2011 Kartell 4 - Vase-o vases, Eugeni Quitllet pour Kartell, 2015 Eugeni Quitllet 5 - Tube chair, Eugeni Quitllet for Mobles 114, 2015 Nacho Alegre 6 - Dream-Air chair, Eugeni Quitllet for Kartell, 2015 Eugeni Quitllet

7 Eugeni Quitllet is also collaborating with French brand Designer Box to design an exclusive object, which will be sent to all subscribers in January From object to space, Eugeni Quitllet is a design maestro with a unique vision for rethinking our surroundings with everevolving innovation. Eugeni Quitllet is the January 2016 MAISON&OBJET PARIS Designer of the Year Silk armchair, Eugeni Quitllet for Kartell, 2011 Kartell 2 - Elle chair, Eugeni Quitllet for Alias, 2012 Alias - 1-2

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