Cleaning is a chore. If only we could get through life without the necessity of dusting, sweeping, washing, polishing et al....... With the project Cleaning against the Dictatorship of Efficiency Birgit Severin and Guillaume Neu-Rinaudo a.k.a. studio b severin explore cleaning, its rituals, contexts, symbolism, functions, psychology, and in doing so enable differentiated perspectives on both that ubiquitous chore and the necessity in the necessity of dusting, sweeping, washing, polishing et
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The biggest disappointment at Maison et Objet Autumn 2018 was that Announcement Lady wasn't broadcasting across the halls, and so this year there was no continual "Mesdames, Messieurs", and so we had no continual Sash soundtrack to carry us though our visit. We just hope Announcement Lady's absence wasn't on account of us, we hope she didn't quit because she felt we were mocking her, being cheeky, or otherwise making fun of her. We weren't. It was genuinely one of our highlights at Maison et
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In our recent conversation with Birgit Severin and Guillaume Neu-Rinaudo about their Heimat Lamp project they told us that the lamp was not only their first joint project but in many ways a test joint project to see how well they cooperated. Or perhaps better put, if they could cooperate. And was a test which they obviously both passed, for at Salone Satellite 2016 in Milan Birgit and Guillaume presented new, joint, projects, and a new, joint, venture, the design studio "Proof of Guilt" For us
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The question as to what "home" means has never been an easy one to answer, and in our global age of networked, anonymous, communities, our age of refugees and migrant workers, our age of abstract "Homeland Security" agencies, the question has in many ways become even more complicated. The Lamp Heimat (Homeland) by Berlin based designers Birgit Severin and Guillaume Neu-Rinaudo is an attempt to approach an answer. Birgit Severin and Guillaume Neu-Rinaudo met while studying at Design Academy
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