Design by Numbers
Simon Alderson and Tony Cunninham of London–based high designer purveyors twentytwentyone talk kitsch versus collectible and the integrity of good design.
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In 1993, Tony Cunningham and Simon Alderson founded twentytwentyone, a design store that sources, produces, and sells modern furniture, lighting, and products from a converted stable building in London’s trendy Islington neighborhood. Through their uniquely curated exhibitions they continue to make people aware of great design—–modern, vintage, and contemporary.
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John Kachoyan
John Kachoyan is a London–based writer and artistic director of Redshift Design Group. Before leaving his native Australia, Kachoyan worked for BBC World Australasia during the day while staging plays at night.
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