Spoon provides a global overview of contemporary product design. It presents the work of 100 designers who have broken new ground internationally in the last five years, selected by ten curators, who are all highly respected for their knowledge of the contemporary design scene world wide. The designers featured in Spoon work in every field of industrial design and come from a wide variety of countries and backgrounds. They are presented in alphabetical order through four pages per designer and with an introductory text written by the curators who chose them. The products are illustrated through photographs, sketches, computer renderings, and prototypes that help to explain, together with the extended captions, the process behind each project. The curators were also requested to pick a 'design classic', which they think best exemplifies the concept of 'good design'. These 'classics' are illustrated at the end of the book and are accompanied by a text in which the curators discuss these icons of design. Spoon provides a unique opportunity to see a diverse collection of recent design projects that includes a whole range of objects : furniture, lighting, high-tech products, cars and motorcycles.
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.
