Magis Spun Chair design by Thomas Heatherwick in 2010
Spun Chair is a unique rotating chair suitable for outdoor use. Made of rotational-moulded polyethylene, Spun is available in 4 exciting colors.
Magis
Magis is the brand that has given a novel twist to domestic design, building its identity on incorporating leading edge technology into mass production.
Founded in 1976 in the bustling north eastern corner of Italy by a newcomer to the furniture business, Eugenio Perazza, Magis is today a giant international design laboratory that constantly puts itself to the test, seeking technological sophistication and employing a highly diversified workforce.
Magis is a company in perfect health because it has good projects to develop as well as good intellectual capital, which is the distinguishing feature of the company. Excellent designers, a good design team and an extraordinary supply chain.
About the Designer
Thomas Heatherwick founded Heatherwick Studio in 1994 to make unique design projects happen. Today his team of architects, designers and makers work from a combined studio and workshop in King's Cross on projects ranging from bridges and buildings to products and large scale works of public art.
Thomas is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from three British universities - Sheffield Hallam, Dundee and Manchester Metropolitan. He is recipient of the Prince Philip Designers Prize and in 2004, was the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry.
He has served on numerous judging and advisory panels and has given lectures, tutorials and talks at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London's Victoria and Albert Museum and Yale University.