Ross Lovegrove

Supernatural presents the work of Ross Lovegrove, one of the most interesting and fascinating of the contemporary designers. His work ranges from furniture to high-tech products, from waterbottles to airplane seats, and explores the creation of sculptural and organic shapes using sophisticated technology and materials. In recent years Ross Lovegrove has worked on a design concept that he likes to define as 'organic essentialism', inspired by elements and aesthetics taken from the natural world and reshaped in futuristic forms. His interest in this sort of new naturalism, which he terms 'Supernatural', is accompanied by research into new materials, new applications and new methods of production. This combination of archetypal inspiration and up-to-date technology makes him one of the most interesting and unusual figures in the design world. Written by the designer himself, this is the first book to be dedicated solely to Lovegrove's work. Supernatural is a unique exploration of his mode of design, providing insights into his motivations and approach to the creative process.

The Work of Ross Lovegrove

Supernatural

Marie-Ange Brayer

* This is the most recent publication from the celebrated designer, Ross Lovegrove* An inspiring monograph, which highlights how innovative vitality can be achieved sustainablyRoss Lovegrove is an internationally renowned designer and visionary, whose works are celebrated as the new aesthetic expression of the twenty-first century. His industrial design is inspired by the logic and beauty of nature. It connects technology and innovative production methods with new materials and an intelligent, organic vocabulary of forms, in an inimitable way. By carefully selecting, combining, and composing these elements he succeeds in inventing a completely unique language of his own. A very human vision and a sustainable, inventive approach form the basis for all of his work. His philosophy is rooted in elegant functionalism. Despite all of the imaginativeness and pleasure in experimentation revealed in his body of work, he considers himself a thinker whose interest is not in the pretentious, but in the development of sensible, useful things. At the heart of this monograph, therefore, is a lasting combination of high standards and creativity, design and nature, and the latest technologies from the fields of physics, biology, anthropology, and ecology.

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International Design Yearbook 17 (International Design Yearbook)

Paola Antonelli

This first monograph on Ross Lovegrove gives a complete overview of his career in product design, an overlook at modern design's purpose, and rare insight into Lovegrove's distinctive and humanistic approach to cutting edge materials and technologies. Written by Lovegrove himself, with an introductory text by Paola Antonelli, the book covers a wide range of his projects including those for Apple, Sony, Knoll and Capellini.

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