Designer's Voice Cecilie Manz
Foto: Cecilie Manz, Koelnmesse, Lutz Sternstein
Cecilie Manz is considered one of the most prominent representatives of the young and successful product and furniture design currently coming from Denmark and was recently presented with the Bruno Mathsson Award 2009. Born in 1972, the designer trained in Copenhagen and Helsinki and has been running her own design studio in Copenhagen since 1998. Her clients include firms like Fritz Hansen, Mooment, LightYears, Nils Holger Moormann and glass manufacturer Holmegaard. Her Minima glass series has won various words, including the Danish Design Prize. Besides her glass design, Cecilie Manz is mainly known for her lamps and furniture. Her poetic approach – at its most obvious in her experimental works, one-offs and limited editions like the Pluralis chair for Mooment – is also apparent in her products for a wider audience. As a member of the imm cologne’s current Trendboard, she was one of those responsible for identifying the Interior Trends 2010. Her interpretation of the trends in Pure Village (Hall 3.2) at the imm cologne 2010 is certain to be a highly interesting installation.
Are there any new ideas or technologies in Green Design, and which approaches dominate when it comes to creating a broader production basis
Right now design is showing more interest in wood and other raw, natural materials – you could almost say because they look “right” and give you an instant feeling of going in the right direction. The next step, where new materials are associated with positive effects, will take more time to achieve broad acceptance – not only with consumers, but in terms of the production process as a whole. I also believe there’s a trend towards a new aesthetic purity or modesty – simply because we’re pretty jaded with these past few years. Maybe this movement will continue to go hand in hand with the “green” approach for a long time. That would be great news!
Author: Frank A. Reinhardt
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Cecilie Manz talks about:
- Title: "Great News"
- Vita Cecilie Manz
- Green Design
- Trends in Product- and Interior Design
- The Cologne Design Week