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By Ashleigh VanHouten Photography by Rainer Hosch (headshot) and courtesy of Dedon and Chevalier Edition

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1. Burks’ new seating collection for Dedon, Dala, uses fiber made from recycled food and drink packaging. 2. Panier is a colorful hand-knotted carpet, inspired by the patterns of woven baskets, for Parisian company Chevalier Edition.

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FINDING THE STORY
Uniting cultures through design
“More and more people are interested in the story behind the product, stories that are connecting design to the lives of real people.” So says Chicago-born, New York-based designer Stephen Burks, founder of design studio Readymade Projects, whose own story escalated in 1999, at a solo exhibition with now-defunct French/New York gallery Neotu. Giulio Cappellini, owner of Italian design rm Cappellini, came to the opening and bought the whole collection; Burks went on to show his work with Cappellini in Milan, later designing for the likes of Zano a, Moroso, Missoni, Bo , Swarovski, and B&B Italia. Discovering new places is what inspires Burks’ vibrant, eclectic pieces. More importantly, it’s the artisans he meets during his travels in such far- ung places as South Africa, Peru, Rwanda, Haiti, India, and Mexico. “Nowhere have I seen people more in tune with making the most of the material culture and cra of their surroundings,” says Burks. “It’s incredibly inspiring to realize that design is something all of us are capable of.” For one of his newest collections, Dala for Dedon, he ultimately spent over a week in the Philippines working closely with Dedon’s team, exploring a more casual way of si ing.

The collection’s chairs, o omans, and stools begin with a colorful powder-coated frame of extruded aluminum mesh through which strands of an ecological ber—created from recycled food and drink packaging—are weaved. “Believe it or not, Dedon makes something like 300 pieces of furniture a day by hand and employs over 600 skilled artisanal weavers in their factory in Cebu,” Burks explains. He’s also hard at work raising awareness of his solo exhibition, Man Made, at Harlem’s Studio Museum, where he displays pieces using raw and recycled materials and basket weaving techniques he picked up through his travels. Deeply involved with nonpro ts like Aid to Artisans and the Nature Conservancy, Burks’ idea of sustainable design is creating in a way that transforms the socio-economic reality for struggling people around the world. “I may not be capable of saving the planet through design,” he says, “but I may be capable of saving people and extending their cra traditions into the future.” hd
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - October 2012

Hospitality Design - October 2012
Contents
Online TOC
From the Editor
From the Show Director
From the Guest Editor
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Self Portrait of a Nomad
Places: New York
Interview: Barry Sternlicht
Interview: Richard Branson
Interview: Alain De Botton
5 Questions for Gary Chang
Products
Profile: Stephen Burks
Best of Boutique
Lighting
Clodagh’s Choice
Project Deconstructed: Miraval
Projects
Downtown Mexico
Fasano Boa Vista
Four Seasons Guangzhou
B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa
J Hotel
Ad Index
Back Space
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Intro
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Cover2
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - From the Editor
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - From the Show Director
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - From the Guest Editor
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Perspectives
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Self Portrait of a Nomad
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Places: New York
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Interview: Barry Sternlicht
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Interview: Richard Branson
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Interview: Alain De Botton
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 55
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 5 Questions for Gary Chang
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 57
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Products
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 60
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Profile: Stephen Burks
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 62
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Best of Boutique
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Lighting
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Clodagh’s Choice
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Project Deconstructed: Miraval
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Projects
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Downtown Mexico
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Fasano Boa Vista
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Four Seasons Guangzhou
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - 103
Hospitality Design - October 2012 - B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - J Hotel
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Ad Index
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Hospitality Design - October 2012 - Back Space
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