Spoon is a definitive view of new product design, presenting the work of 100 exceptional designers who have emerged on an international platform as recently as the last five years: these are selected by 10 critics, designers and entrepreneurs who are universally respected for their informed opinion on the international contemporary design scene.
This book provides provides a unique opportunity to explore a diverse collection of recent design projects: furniture, lighting, tools, utensils, high-tech products, machinery and so on. The designers are listed in alphabetical order, featuring two double-page spreads for each. Fresh, exemplary products are brought to life by sketches, drawings, computer renderings, model and prototypes that help to explain, together with the extensive captions, the process behind each project.
Short analytical texts by the curators explains the designers' works and the characteristics that make their projects forward-looking and groundbreaking. Spoon also features, at the end of the book, 10 'classic' industrially manufactured product designs, chosen by the curators as best examples of the 'good design'. These 'classics' are accompanied by the curators' respective explanations of their choice of designers and their concept of 'good design'.
Spoon takes its place in a unique series of surveys identifying 100 of the most interesting, cutting-edge practitioners of key art forms. Parallel surveys include cream and Fresh Cream (contemporary art), BLINK. (photography), and 10 x 10 and 10 x 10_2 (architecture).
Also available is a specially-bound hardback edition, with a striking steel cover, which mirrors the pioneering design of the book's subject matter, asserting, through its unique design, a vital presence.
10 curators
Ron Arad is a designer and Professor of Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London.
Giulio Cappellini is the Chief Executive of the furniture manufacturer Cappellini in Italy.
Ultan Guilfoyle is Director of Film & Video Production at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York and was Curator of the landmark travelling exhibition 'The Art of the Motorcycle' (1998).
Brooke Hodge is Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Laura Houseley is Architecture and Design Editor at Wallpaper* magazine.
Hansjerg Maier-Aichen was the founder of Authentics plastic manufacturer and is Professor of Product Design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe.
Ryu Niimi is Professor of Arts Policy and Management at Musashino Art University.
Ramón Ubeda is a critic and a regular contributor to El Pais, Ardi and De Diseño in Barcelona.
Lisa White is Editor-in-Chief of Bloom, Inview and View on Colour, and Director of the publishing company United Publishers.
Stefan Ytterborn is Director of Ytterborn & Fuentes Corporate Design in Stockholm, a leading Scandinavian design consultancy.
100 Designers
Volker Albus, Michael Anastassiades, Ed Annink, Midori Araki, Miki Astori, Asymptote, James Auger, Masayo Ave, ST Azumi, Shigeru Ban, Barber Osgerby, Sebastian Bergne, Jeffrey Bernett, Jurgen Bey, Bigert Bergstrm, Lena Bergstrm, Thomas Bernstrand, Blu Dot, Tord Boontje, Fabio Bortolani, Todd Bracher, Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec, Constantin Boym, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Claesson Koivisto and Rune, Curro Claret, Antonio Cobas, Claudio Colucci, Matali Crasset, Lorenzo Damiani, Willie G Davidson, Digital PBX, Tony Dunne Fiona Raby, El ltimo Grito, Camila Fix, Jozeph Forakis, Thorsten Franck, Dai Fujiwara, Joan Gaspar, Johanna Grawunder, Konstantin Grcic, Mart Guix, Alfredo Hberli, Thomas Hatherwick, Sam Hecht, Richard Hutten, Hella Jongerius, Jonathan Ive, Toshiko Kawaguchi, Arash Kaynama, Martin Lotti, Helen Kerr, Harri Koskinen, Martin Manchester, Jean-Marie Massaud, J Mays, Thomas Meyerhoffer, Ana Mir, Marre Moerel, Ted Muehling, Yugo Nakamura, Hiroshi Nakao, Marc Newson, Shin Nishibori, Patrick Norguet, Norway Says, Fabio Novembre, Frank Nuovo, Ora-ito, Emili Padrs, Jorge Pardo, Stephen Peart, Olivier Peyricot, Christopher Pillet, Candela Reymundo, David Robb, Martn Ruz de Aza, Timo Salli, Kazuyo Sejima, Hector Serrano, Carina Seth Andersson, Matt Sindall, Job Smeets, Studio Mat, Reiko Sudo, Ilkka Suppanen, Alessandro Tartarini, Ali Tayar, Schuwa Tei, Kay Thoss, Noam Toran, Valvomo, Miguel Vieria Batista, Vogt Weizzenegger, Pia Walln, Marcel Wanders, Ben Wilson, Kennet Williamson, Tokujin Yoshioka, Michael Young.
