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ILLUSTRATOR: KLIMA WRITER: HARRIET LLOYD-SMITH

‘PIVOT’ DESK

by Giacomo Moor

Designer and carpenter Giacomo Moor’s

elegant desk for new Milanese brand SEM

takes its name from the pivot mechanism

of its compartment doors. Mounted directly

onto the frame, the construction obviates

the need for hinges, reducing the structure

to its raw essentials. Crafted by Fonderia

Artistica Battaglia, the etched brass doors

are available in a choice of four patinas, and

they adorn a pair of lacquered containers,

supported by two stone elm shelves on

a frame made of acid-etched brass tubes.

Moor’s ‘Pivot’ collection also includes

a matching bookcase, two types of consoles,

a storage unit and a small table.

‘Pivot’ desk, €6,800, by Giacomo Moor,

for SEM, sem-milano.com

‘JACK’ BOOKCASE

by Michael Anastassiades

Michael Anastassiades’ debut design for

B&B Italia, this modular bookcase system

comes with just as much technological

inesse as the minimalist lighting ixtures

for which the Cyprus-born, London-

based designer is known. Ofering a new

take on the classic 1950s room-divider

bookcase, the ‘Jack’ system is available in

14 diferent heights and boasts a discreet

telescopic adjustment mechanism to make

sure it its perfectly wherever it is installed.

Anastassiades has subtly concealed the

engineered supports holding up the

laminated shelves within the system’s

vertical, extruded aluminium elements.

The shelves come in two lengths, and

the bookcase is available in chalk white

and black, both in a muted matt inish.

‘Jack’ bookcase, price on request, by Michael

Anastassiades, for B&B Italia, bebitalia.com

‘GEMINI’ SWIVEL CHAIR

by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel

First launched in 2014, the asymmetrical

‘Gemini’ chair is now available in a swivel

version. Ofered with either a right or

left slant, it can be upholstered in one or

two colours, from a vast selection. A small

round side table can also be attached.

‘Gemini’ swivel chair, from £1,150, by UNStudio/

Ben van Berkel, for Artifort, artifort.com

‘TGV’ LAMP

by Ionna Vautrin

Originally designed to illuminate the tables

of high-speed trains travelling from Paris

to Toulouse and Bordeaux, Ionna Vautrin’s

‘TGV’ lamp for the SNCF is now available

for domestic use. Three colours – khaki,

white and anthracite – have been added to

the original red and blue used in trains.

‘TGV’ lamp, 295, by Ionna Vautrin,

for Moustache, moustache.fr

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