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The sofa as a ripe fruit

Does it look like a ripe strawberry? Or a piece of bloated crispbread? However you answer this question, the "Ploum" sofa by the Bouroullec brothers is one of the most talked-about products at this year's imm Cologne. Nina Reetzke spoke to Ronan Bouroullec about the sofa's low seat, marketing, and making films.

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Comfort in the bathroom

by Bastian Prillwitz

Brothers Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec have realized their bathroom vision for Hansgrohe's Axor design line. The result of the six-year developmental study is a complex, 85-piece bathroom series. With their design approach, the Bouroullec brothers have opened up the bathroom into the living area.

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A landscape of mountains and valleys - the Design Parade 03 in Hyères

by Claudia Beckmann

Usually, we all associate the sun, the sea, and savoir vivre with the Côte d’Azur. But there are also the one or other discoveries to be made here as regards architecture and design. For the third time, the port of Hyères hosted a festival with exhibition,s competitions and a conference - all on design.

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Two brothers in a brilliant game with nature. Hey, boys will be boys

News & Stories | Salone del Mobile 2011 – supported by Villeroy & Boch Tiles

The evening, the chairs, their designers and their music videos

by Nancy Jehmlich

Konstantin Grcic listens to Elvis, the Bouroullecs to Björk, Sam Hecht grew up listening to Depeche Mode, and Nitzan Cohen, as a music video, would be a mix of Chris Cunningham, Björk and El Gincho. In Milan, a fine exhibition not only displayed new chairs but also revealed the musical preferences of their designers.

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Design at your feet

by Nina Reetzke

Parador has asked some of the giants of the design world to design its latest laminate collection. Zaha Hadid now illuminates prisms, the Bouroullec brothers enchant with colored light displays and Ross Lovegrove shocks with his 3D skeleton.

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Formations in the Sky

by Sandra Hofmeister

Meeting in Copenhagen: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have come to Øresund to put the finishing touches to the first Kvadrat showrooms in Denmark shortly before they are opened. Sandra Hofmeister met them there and spoke with Erwan Bouroullec.

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Bouroullec´s World

by Sophia Muckle

Conventions do not appear to be a fixture in the world of Ronan und Erwan Bouroullec , which perhaps explains the brothers' knack for repeatedly surprising the public with their work.

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