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Jasper Morrison Ltd. design for a wide-ranging customers base including: Alessi (Italy), Cappellini (Italy) Flos (Italy), Magis (Italy), Rowenta (France), Vitra, (Switzerland). 2004, began consultancies with Samsung (Korea), Muji (Japan), Ideal Standard (UK) and Olivetti (Italy). 2005, founding of Super Normal with Naoto Fukasawa. 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How did the shape of these objects balance necessity and formal perfection so skillfully? This book explores the effect that generations of trial and error, individual craftsmanship, and an instinct to carve out the essential with the slenderest of means brought to objects that made life both livable and meaningful to a pre-industrial society. The objects photographed and described by designer Jasper Morrison may be appreciated both for their beauty and for the example they set of design at its purest","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310823584117,"sku":"9783037785140","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783037785140_e503f1fa-48c8-4018-b511-6f255d75e593.jpg?v=1786035162"},{"product_id":"9783037787700","title":"A Book of Things","description":"Jasper Morrison is one of the most influential product and furniture designers in the world today. Known for his “Super Normal” approach to design, he looks to find the exceptional in the world of the ordinary. Morrison’s designs are defined by beguiling simplicity, ready familiarity and a distinct playfulness. These same qualities come to the fore in A Book of Things, a collection of projects across the broad spectrum of his activities that pairs thoughtful photographs with the designer’s succinct and characterful texts.   A Book of Things is a guide to Morrison’s intense examination of the world of things that accompany our lives and shape our environment.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310826140021,"sku":"9783037787700","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783037787700_dc16121c-68e0-4135-8944-3b555495e30e.jpg?v=1786031793"},{"product_id":"a-world-without-words","title":"A World Without Words","description":"\"What feeds the inspiration of the designer? Observation. In Jasper Morrison's collection of pictures, the icons of design history meet up with the unassuming objects of everyday life. Every picture tells a story and creates a new one in juxtaposition with its neighbor -- without words, in the language of form.\u003cbr\u003eMorrison responds to the arbitrariness of form with simplicity and complexity, poetry and humor in a repertoire of compelling designs. 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