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Martino Gamper
Martino Gamper has an abiding interest in the pshyco-social aspects of furniture design. In particular, he has a love of corners and the multiple emotions provoked by the single right angled boundary. Alongside this concern with underused spaces, Gamper also nurtures an interest in unwanted objects. Reworking furniture that has been dumped on the streets, he has created a mismatched family of objects. Some are beautiful and some pathetic, but all of it, even the most abject of pieces a euphoria inspired by the escape of destiny. Behind each of Gamper's pieces, there is a story, one that involves materials, techniques, people and places. He studied product design at the University of applied art in Vienna and the Royal College of Art in London. Since his graduation in 2000 his furniture, lights, tableware, appliances, exhibitions, tableware, public furniture, food and “situations” have been widely exhibited. He collaborates with a number of British and European designers and has become internationally respected as a teacher and workshop leader at the RCA, Ecal Lausanne and the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs Paris.
