To say Maxime Büchi has been busy is an understatement. Father of three, tattoo artist and founder of Sang Bleu Studio, publisher of the iconic now defunct Sang Bleu magazine and TTTISM magazine, he has also designed fonts for Swiss Typefaces, watches for Hublot and clothes for Sang Bleu Studio. We had a chat in his studio in Dalston to the soundtrack of a continuous buzzing of tattoo needles. Continue reading “Maxime Büchi”
Best known for his lighting creations and his minimal, utilitarian aesthetic, Cypriot-born designer Michael Anastassiades works for some of the world’s leading architects, including David Chipperfield and John Pawson. An Industrial Design graduate from the Royal College of Art in London, his work is featured in the permanent collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the FRAC Centre in France, and the V&A Museum in London, and he has designed products in collaboration with furniture company Herman Miller and lighting manufacturers Flos. Dapper Dan’s editor Vassilis Karidis visited Michael at his home and studio in Waterloo, London, where the designer produces his signature collection of lighting, furniture, jewellery and tabletop objects for his own brand. Continue reading “Michael Anastassiades talks to Vassilis Karidis”
Dapper Dan visited Mirko Borsche, founder of graphic design studio Bureau Mirko Borsche, at his Munich HQ.
VASSILIS KARIDIS: Were you born in Munich?
MIRKO BORSCHE: I was born outside of Munich, near lake Tegernsee. It is a very beautiful lake—it looks like something from Heidi! The whole area looks like that.
VK: Then you went to study in London?
MB: I went to study in London because I had some police problems in Germany doing graffiti. I really had to leave. Continue reading “Mirko Borsche talks to Vassilis Karidis”
