The Dutch designer Marcel Wanders is Milan's Houdini of materials. His Dadaist transformation of unlikely objects like ropes, sponges or rocks into chairs and vases injects a poetic sensibility into what is frankly a business-driven market. He intends it to be an antidote to the often fraught relationship between designers with unconventional ideas and manufacturers.
Less consensus is needed, so there is less waste of great ideas.
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