Tuesday 16 February 2010
The collaboration between Paul Smith and Stelton celebrates 50 years of Stelton's innovative Scandinavian designs and the work of Arne Jacobsen, and made it's first appearance on Friday 12th February at the Frankfurt Ambiente design fair.
Paul Smith was given the opportunity to make it's mark on Jacobson's Cylindia-Line to produce two new collections for design lovers everywhere:
The first is a modern take on the Cylindia-line, injecting colourful imagination on handles to lend a modern and optimistic look to Arne Jacobson's 1960's classics. Available in three colour ranges: primary, pastel and soft.
The second is the adaptation of the bar series to produce a special cocktail set, still encorporating Jacobsen's classical design elements but with a twist. Cocktail strainers and ice buckets were produced in titanium alloy, which lends to the rich steel and deep black colour. A surprising innovation is the edition of statements by Paul Smith, such as; 'Take pleasure seriously' and 'Start something new'.
In addition to the anniversary collections, Paul Smith and Stelton worked together to create a collection of bowls ('Dot') with and without lids, which are as decorative as they are functional. With nine colour ranges consisting of six colour variations the bowls can be used to hold anything from paperclips on a desk to tea bags in the kitchen.
The anniversary collection is limited edition for 2010. 'Dot' will be available from May this year.
