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Industrial Facility

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Industrial Facility reveals the creative world of Sam Hecht and Kim Colin's London-based studio, renowned for its influential contributions to industrial design. The book offers a visual narrative enriched with candid conversations, project notes, and essays, culminating in a comprehensive catalogue raisonne of over 200 projects showcasing the studio's distinctive clarity and intellectual rigor.
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This book is ideal for design professionals, students, and enthusiasts who appreciate minimalist, thoughtful industrial design and are interested in the creative process behind influential contemporary studios.

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The first monograph on the complete works of award-winning design studio Industrialย Facility

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Sam Hecht and Kim Colin's world-renowned, London-based studio is one of the most influential in industrial design, and their work has enjoyed a global cult following thanks to its combination of simplicity and intellectual rigour.

Industrial Facility presents a carefully crafted visual narrative interspersed with candid conversations among key collaborators, project notes, and a collection of essays.

The book concludes with a catalogue raisonnรฉ, showcasing more than 200 projects that together reveal Industrial Facility's distinct clarity of vision.

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Praised by New Design as a beautifully designed and fascinating exploration of Industrial Facility's evolution into a leading design studio. Metropolis Online highlights its subtle attention to detail across a broad range of products, while MrPorter.com celebrates the founders' partnership and their sought-after office and homeware designs.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780714875798

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 April 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Contributors:

  • Contributions by Alain Botton
  • Contributions by Alain de Botton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 234.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 1752g

Pages: 292

About the Author

Sam Hecht and Kim Colin founded Industrial Facility in 2002, and have since collaborated with companies as diverse as Emeco, Issey Miyake, and Muji. The studio has won more than 50 international awards and its designs feature in numerous permanent collections including MoMA, SFMoMA, and the Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Their book Usefulness in Small Things was published in 2011.

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