De Rebus Natura provides an overview of the work of furniture designer, Nacho Carbonell. The book consists of visually stunning images of Carbonell’s oeuvre, a new story being told with each project and turn of the page. Photographs by Tatiana Uzlova punctuate the monograph between texts by authors Li Edelkoort, Rossana Orlandi, Thomas Jellis, Veerle Devos and myself, Laura Chan.
My article, A World of Follies explores the notion of the architectural folly as a blip on the landscape - temporary and permanent structures that sing a whimsical song that often drown out the backdrop of everyday buildings, all humdrum in their brick and mortar.
Much like Carbonell’s idea that objects can be seen as living organisms, the transient nature of follies paints a picture of built structures coming to life, of existing in one place at one moment and another in the next. Published by Lecturis, the combination of inks used, its 200 recycled pages and sewn binding gives off that intoxicating ‘new book’ smell. Stroking the olfactory and visual senses in tandem, the book presents the designer’s ideas beautifully and encourages the reader to think:
“Can this design be born without us? Or did it grow by itself?”
Read more about the book and buy your copy here.