new model author: Paweł Jasiewicz
Alter Ego is sort of playground for
creators from – sometimes radically –
different backgrounds. Before becoming
a designer and an academic teacher,
Paweł was a sailor who visited countless
ports all over the world. His voyage to
Japan made him fall in love with wood
as a material and inspired his minimalis-
tic yet seemingly spiritual designs. Since
then, he returned there to learn tradi-
tional techniques and draw inspiration
for his mostly hand-crafted objects. His
collaboration with Paged is his first in-
teraction with the furniture industry, yet
imagining his pieces being produced in
a factory wasn’t difficult. Why? Because
Paged’s factories are all about merging
automation with good old handwork by
skilled craftsmen, like those who built
two TIGERS, a stool and a bench, from
contrasted planks of Polish oak.
Tiger
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