[ { "product_id": "370", "product_title": "Raimana Jones", "product_content": "Raimana Jones is an architectural designer and the founder of Atelier Jones Design.Atelier Jones Design is a multi-disciplinary New Zealand-based design studio. In regards to his practice, Jones notes \"we creatively engage with the form, function and materials of our work. We fuse the precision of some of the latest fabrication technologies with the sensuality of our bare hands; we celebrate the essence of high quality, honest materials and we contribute towards environmental sustainability through the mindful sourcing of our rimu timber. We design\/make furniture and objects that become statement pieces in everyday spaces.\" All Atelier Jones pieces are locally manufactured and handcrafted in New Zealand. ", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/370\/Raimana_Jones_Profile_600x600.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-05-27 07:48:58", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-raimana-jones\/" }, { "product_id": "293", "product_title": "Hans Olsen", "product_content": "Although Olsen was a student of Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy's Furniture School from 1941 to 1943, he belongs to a group of Danish furniture designers who chose to experiment with both form and materials. In 1953, he set up his own studio where he designed and produced a series of exciting pieces in a distinctive style, exhibiting them at the annual fairs of the Cabinetmakers Guild in Copenhagen. One of his most notable designs is the Bikini Chair (1968) which like other chairs from his studio was in bent laminated wood. Though he was not one of the mainstream Danish modern school, he designed a range of items for furniture manufacturers including Bramin Møbler, Juul Kristensen, C.S. Møbler and Frem Røjle.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/293\/hans.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-17 04:13:27", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-hans-olsen\/" }, { "product_id": "292", "product_title": "Hans Wegner", "product_content": "Hans Wegner was a Danish furniture designer, sometimes referred to as the \"King of Chairs\" - a reference to the nearly 500 chairs he designed in his lifetime, many that are recognised as design icons to this day. He was born on 2 April 1914 and his work is credited with contributing to the international popularity of mid-century Danish design. His style is often described as Organic Functionality, a https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Modernistmodernist school with emphasis on functionality and natural materials. Wegner received several major design prizes over his career, including the Grand Prix of the Triennale and the Prince Eugen Medal in Sweden. In 1969, he was made honorary Royal designer for industry by the Royal Society of Arts in London.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/292\/hans.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 06:26:28", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-hans-wegner\/" }, { "product_id": "291", "product_title": "Jens Risom", "product_content": "Jens Risom was born in Copenhagen in 1916. From 1935 to 1938 he attended the School for Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen where he trained under the furniture maker Kaare Klint and his fellow students included Hans Wegner. In 1939, Risom emigrated from Denmark to the USA, where in 1941 he designed the first range of furniture manufactured by Hans Knoll. He established Jens Risom Design Inc in 1946 which grew to become the third largest furniture company in America. Risom’s furniture is in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and The RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island. In 1970 Risom was appointed a trustee of The Rhode Island School of Design where in 2004 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts. In 1996 Risom received the Danish Knight’s Cross. jensrisom.com", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/291\/jens-risom.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 05:48:38", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-jens-risom\/" }, { "product_id": "290", "product_title": "Robert Heritage", "product_content": "Robert Heritage studied at Birmingham College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. He then worked as a designer for the London based furniture manufacturer G.W. Evans. In 1953 Heritage set up his own studio with his wife, Dorothy who had also studied at the RCA. He subsequently worked as a designer and consultant for a number of manufacturers including Beaver & Tapley, Shannon, Slumberland, Race Furniture and Archie Shine. Robert Heritage first worked with Gordon Russell in 1969, and was responsible for the GR69 range a group of furniture for both living and dining room areas. In addition to his work as a furniture designer, Heritage also designed lighting for Concord, Rotaflex, GEC and Tecnolyte, stainless steel cutlery for Yote Manufacturing Company, and clocks for Smiths Industries and English Clock Systems. Heritage taught at Twickenham School of Art, London (1953-55) and was professor of furniture design at the Royal College of Art (1974-85). He was made a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) by the Royal Society of Arts in 1963 and was a Fellow of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers .Of the many awards received, Heritage was awarded the Aluminium Design Award in 1966, numerous Council of Industrial Design awards for furniture and lighting and the Bundespreise for lighting in 1972.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/290\/RobertHeritage.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 05:32:24", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-robert-heritage\/" }, { "product_id": "289", "product_title": "Sigurd Ressell", "product_content": "Sigurd Ressell was a Norwegian designer, famous for creating the iconic Falcon chair. Sigurd's career in design began when renowned furniture maker Neils Vodder praised the drawing he had entered into a furniture design competition. Then, in 1958, a prototype from the drawing was produced. Named the SR 600, the piece won an award at the Copenhagen Cabinetmaker's Guild Exhibition for craftsmen in Denmark. Ressell went on to work as a designer for a number of well known Scandinavian companies, during which time he designed the Falcon Chair for Vatne Mobler.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/289\/sigurd_ressell1.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 05:22:11", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-sigurd-ressell\/" }, { "product_id": "288", "product_title": "George Nelson", "product_content": "As an architect, author, furniture designer, graphic designer, exhibition designer, teacher, amateur photographer, and general provocateur, George Nelson shaped the course of design in America for over four decades. To many, George Nelson (1908-1986) is known as the designer of the Coconut Chair, Marshmallow Sofa, and Ball Clock, yet those iconic pieces represent only a small fraction of the prodigious output of someone who shaped the American design scene following World War II. Over the course of forty years, Nelson produced a body of work, both on his own and in collaboration with a talented team of associates, that includes hundreds of furniture, buildings, exhibitions, and graphic designs, as well as nearly a dozen books and over 150 magazine articles. Over the course of his long association with Herman Miller, Nelson designed hundreds of pieces of furniture and recruited other designers, including Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, and Isamu Noguchi, now all widely acknowledged as some of the brightest talents of the time.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/288\/george.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 05:05:35", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-george-nelson\/" }, { "product_id": "287", "product_title": "Arne Vodder", "product_content": "Arne Vodder studied in Copenhagen under his friend and mentor, Finn Juhl. The pair later worked together as they went on to establish themselves as the pre-eminent Scandinavian designers of the mid-century period. In 1951, Arne Vodder began collaborating with designer Anton Berg. The pair worked together on over 1000 modular housing projects with one of Denmark's largest builders. Over the next few years, Vodder began working with Fritz Hansen, France & Son, Cado and Sibast, which launched a range of Arne Vodder furniture in 1959. His famous desk design was used by U S president Jimmy Carter. Arne Vodder's mid-century modern design, with it's stylish materials and exacting proportions, remain contemporary and modern and in strong demand more than 50 years after they were last produced.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/287\/arne-vodder.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 05:02:11", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-arne-vodder\/" }, { "product_id": "286", "product_title": "Arne Hovmand - Olsen", "product_content": "Arne Hovmand Olsen began apprenticing to cabinetmaker P. Olsen Sibast in 1938. After completing his apprenticeship in 1941, Arne enrolled in Aarhus, a technical school specializing in furniture design. Here, he developed his skill and signature forms. Once qualified, Arne started his own studio creating furniture, influenced by Scandinavian design and executed in a simple and light style. His furniture was sold in Denmark, but was mainly exported overseas, throughout Europe and to the United States. This led to Arne's work becoming internationally renowned and recognised. His studio closed in the 1970's.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/286\/hovmand.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 04:46:11", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-arne-hovmand-olsen\/" }, { "product_id": "285", "product_title": "Gordon Russell", "product_content": "Sir Gordon Russell came under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement from the age of 12, after his family moved to Broadway in the Cotswolds. Following service as an officer in World War I, for which he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918, he became a furniture maker and designer. Gordon Russell Ltd. was founded in 1923 to produce furniture and by the 1930s he and his brother Dick had built a reputation as designers of modern furniture based in the Cotswold Arts and Crafts tradition. Elected a royal designer for industry in 1940, his public service included a stint as chair for the panel designing \"utility\" furniture (1943-47), and director of the Council of Industrial Design (1947-59) later renamed the Design Council. He was the first chairman of the Crafts Council and was awarded a Knighthood in 1955 for services to design.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/285\/gordon.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 04:01:58", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-gordon-russell\/" }, { "product_id": "284", "product_title": "Norman Cherner", "product_content": "Educated in the Bauhaus tradition of interdisciplinary design, Norman Cherner became interested in housing as industrial design and designed several homes before turning his attention to furniture. Cherner's furniture designs include the \"multi-flex\" modular storage system, the \"Konwiser Line\" of furniture and lighting, and moulded plywood seating for Plycraft which he designed in 1958. The moulded plywood ‘Cherner Chair' became his most recognized design and is found in furniture collections worldwide.Norman Cherner studied and taught at the Columbia University Fine Arts Department and was an instructor at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. At the same time he also began his own practice, embarking on a lifetime exploration of architecture and furniture design. After it's production came to an end in 1977, the moulded plywood chair which Norman Cherner was best known for, was rarely seen outside of museums, galleries and in the homes of a few lucky collectors. Then, almost 20 years after the chair had reached it's peak popularity, Cherner's sons Benjamin and Thomas formed the Cherner Chair Company. Many of Norman Cherner's most popular designs were brought back into production, manufactured with the same attention to detail found in the original handmade classics. Along with these, Benjamin; an architect and designer himself, has released several new designs to complement his father's famous chairs.Text in first paragraph courtesy of Cherner Chair Co.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/284\/cherner.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 03:30:25", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-norman-cherner\/" }, { "product_id": "283", "product_title": "Charles Eames", "product_content": "Charles Eames, born 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri, studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and designed a number of houses and churches in collaboration with various partners. His work caught the attention of Eliel Saarinen, who offered him a fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan in 1938. In 1940, he and https:\/\/www.vitra.com\/en-lu\/about-vitra\/who-we-are\/designer\/details\/charles-eames-eero-saarinenEero Saarinen won first prize in the 'Organic Design in Home Furnishings' competition, organised by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Eames was appointed head of the industrial design department at Cranbrook the same year.It was at Cranbrook that he met Ray. They went on to marry and make groundbreaking contributions to the fields of architecture, furniture design, industrial design and manufacturing. ", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/283\/charles.jpg", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2021-02-16 03:19:48", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-charles-eames\/" }, { "product_id": "5", "product_title": "Arne Jacobsen", "product_content": "Considered by many to be the father of modern Danish design, Jacobsen was very productive both as an architect and as a designer, but his accomplishments in architecture faded next to his design work. In 1950, he designed the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen from the exterior facade right through to the swan and egg chairs that grace the lobby, resulting in the world's first designer hotel. Although in the business since 1934, it was Arne Jacobsen's Ant chair, designed in 1952 and followed by his 3107 series that earned him National and International fame and made him one of the most respected names in the Industry.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/5\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-20-at-9.34.34-AM.jpg", "product_brand_id": "1", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2020-08-19 21:28:38", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/designer-arne-jacobsen\/" }, { "product_id": "3", "product_title": "Ray Eames", "product_content": "Ray Eames was an American designer and artist. While she is best known for her role in the legendary Eames design partnership with husband Charles, Ray was also a respected and visionary designer in her own right. Born in 1912 in Sacramento, Ray displayed an early interest in the arts. In the 1930's she moved to New York, where she studied painting at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts and exhibited as a member of the radical American Abstract Artists. Ray's abstract works displayed a distinctive look and many of the colours, shapes and textures she explored, would go on to inform her iconic designs many years later. In 1940, she enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art near Detroit, where she met Charles, who at the time was the head of the department of industrial design. They went on to marry and make groundbreaking contributions to the fields of architecture, furniture design, industrial design and manufacturing.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": "\/media\/commerce_products\/3\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-04-at-10.46.03-AM.png", "product_brand_id": "5", "product_price": "0.0000", "product_price_ex_tax": 0, "product_price_local_tax": "0.0000", "product_created_datetime": "2020-08-03 22:50:21", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "0", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/inspiration-ray-eames\/" } ]