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By Alia Akkam
Photos by Alina Vlasova, Björn Wallander, and courtesy of Max ID NY
SHAPE SHIFTER
Maximilian Eicke envisions the future of furniture design
As a child, Düsseldorf, Germany-born designer
Maximilian Eicke always predicted that, like
his art dealer parents, his future would revolve
around antiques. " As I got older, I found that my
tastes skipped a few centuries ahead, " he refl ects.
" While admiring the past, I felt I also needed to
understand and be part of where the future of the
design world would go. "
By applying his respect for material integrity
" to something that was more of the moment, "
he says he forged a minimalist-meets-timeless
style that pervades his tabletop and furniture
collections under the Max ID NY umbrella, the
company he started almost 12 years ago when he
was only 20 years old.
Consider the handblown Ghost glasses he
The Stack side table/stool prototype, crafted
from wood veneers and high gloss lacquer
spent two years conceptualizing to accommodate
his " need for straight lines and sharp edges. This
does not come naturally in the glassblowing
process, where organic shapes reign supreme, " he
points out. The results are highballs and tumblers,
tinted in such hues as an upliſt ing grassy green
or a hypnotic dark amber, and fl aunting faceted
designs that reference precious stones.
Just as the vessels were created as part of
Eicke's ambitions to build as much as possible
from scratch for his Bali compound, Dukah
House, his foray into outdoor furniture refl ects his
time darting between the Indonesian island and
the Hamptons in New York. Although att ractive
outdoor furniture existed on the market, " it
was specifi cally designed to be, look, and feel
like outdoor furniture, " he says, and he wanted
to transform that notion by making " aesthetic
furniture that functions outdoors, but can also be
used indoors without anyone being the wiser. "
One versatile example is the solid teak, angular
Zoo dining chair.
Currently, Eicke is developing the Soſt
The handblown glass Ghost tumbler
and Twist vase in Leopard
collection, his new upholstered furniture series,
which also grew out of the Bali home and a selfimposed
directive to design pieces " that would be
comfortable, but also match the strong geometry
of the architecture of the building they would be
set in. " He's spending ample time in Philadelphia,
too, where his new showroom is found within
Showrooms 2220. " [When I saw] the building and
the rooms we occupy, it was love at fi rst sight, " he
says. " The ceiling height, the number of windows,
and all their beautiful, small industrial details. " hd
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The high-gloss lacquer Fold chair with
upholstered seat on display in the Dukuh
House bedroom along with other prototypes
The Dukuh House bedroom features the
upholstered Slant club chair and other prototypes
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