Urbis

Inside Story

Damerell’s favourite things

1 & 2 David Trubridge Kina light shade with Tim Rundle bulb

The Kina was a wedding present from my parents and it works fabulously with the TR Bulb. Both are easily transportable, which is very appealing. The Trubridge comes flat-packed, which Gil and I joked was my parents testing us. When Tim was the design director at Tom Dixon and I was the design manager at Ege in London, we became friends and introduced the two companies and the Tom Dixon x Ege collection was born.

3 Gottfried Lindauer prints

This set of prints was gifted to me by

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Urbis

Urbis1 min read
Phantasmal Holiday
The rendered worlds of self-taught South African artist Alexis Christodoulou are excavations. They are as much of modern architecture as of their influences, from films and photographs to the tones of Aldo Rossi’s drawings. alexiscstudio.com ■
Urbis4 min read
Maximalist Empire
Moving cities or starting a business: these are two pretty major events in anyone’s life. But how about doing both in very close succession? Such was the case for Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, who co-founded New York City-based design studio
Urbis2 min read
On The Shelves
Editor, author and strategist Cliff Kuang will be in New Zealand for the Auckland Writers Festival (see facing page). Here, he explores the books currently on his shelves. For a full reading list, visit urbismagazine.com John Jeremiah Sullivan, 2011

Related Books & Audiobooks