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and dream of sheep

Credit: Noom

Sleep: something Ukrainians, wherever they are, might be getting very little of – but good to see how anxiety, among designers, might channel to productive ends. Ukrainian designer NOOM – industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova with designer/entrepreneur Arkadii Vartanov – has won an Archiproducts Design Award for its sheep-inspired Flock Collection lounge chairs and ottomans. Latest to the count is its new chair with wool-upholstered wooden legs, a spot-on detail whose ovine quality has got us bleating for more!

 

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