Both Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec as well as Alexander Girard had to wait a long time for their opening match in this years (smow) designer furniture world cup - but for the sell out crowd in Pretoria the wait was more than worth it.
Although born in New York, Alexander Girard qualifies for Mexico on account of the Wooden Doll side of his family tree. Opening up with an impressive selection of traditional southern Portuguese patterns Girard was initially confused as the Bouroullec brothers appeared to use the patterns as the basis for a lamp; this turned out to be a clever ruse to allow the brothers to introduce their Algue room divider and so take a 1:0 lead.
Alexander Girard responded with an ever more aggressive range of textile formations which appeared to have Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec beaten; until they produced a counter attack in the form of a Vegetal chair for Vitra.
And that was that.
2:0 for Ronan and Erwan Bourollec against Alexander Girard.
The Group D table and all Group D results can be found here.
