Sam Chermayeff: Beasts

Sam Chermayeff's Beasts is the latest furniture collection by the Berlin-based architect and designer, featuring objects that merge typologies and are a mise-en-sce?ne for everyday life. The series is built primarily from galvanised steel and mirrored surfaces and is printed on glossy paper with metallic stamping throughout the design index. Architect and editor Jack Self provides an introduction, and curator Alexandra Cunningham Cameron provides an extended interview with Chermayeff on the ideas behind Beasts and his wider design and architecture practice. Photos were shot by Jeroen Verrecht.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 13 April 2022
Publisher: Apartamento Publishing S.L.v

Sam Chermayeff, a Berlin-based architect and designer, presents his latest furniture collection, Beasts, following his previous project-turned-book, Creatures (Apartamento Publishing, 2020). These remarkable pieces actively merge typologies, transforming chairs into the bases of umbrellas, closets into seating areas, and even cigarette smoking areas. Chermayeff's objects go beyond mere tools; they become a mise-en-sce?ne for everyday life, orchestrating our interactions through the pieces themselves and the space created in-between. The series, primarily constructed from galvanised steel and mirrored surfaces, is printed on glossy paper with metallic stamping throughout the design index. Additionally, a separate booklet is inserted within the PVC dust jacket. Architect and editor Jack Self provides an introduction to the book, delving into his personal fascination with these objects. Meanwhile, curator Alexandra Cunningham Cameron conducts an extensive interview with Chermayeff, exploring the ideas behind Beasts and the philosophy of his broader design and architecture practice. Captured by Jeroen Verrecht, the photographs showcase the pieces both on the streets of Barcelona and as an installation at Side Gallery.

ISBN-13: 9788409389841