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MASTERS OF THE ECLECTIC

1 CAMPBELL-REY

‘There is a sense of soul that you can only find in objects that have lived a life,’ explains Duncan Campbell, who met his design soulmate, Charlotte Rey, in 2006, when the pair were working for Swedish fashion label Acne Studios. ‘We came to design in a slightly roundabout way, as initially our company was a creative consultancy working on branding for legacy and heritage brands,’ says Charlotte, who jointly launched Campbell-Rey with Duncan at the beginning of 2014. ‘Eventually a few roads convened and we started designing objects and furniture,’ explains Duncan. ‘We have always been fascinated by materiality, and the allure of the handmade, so it felt like a natural progression for us to take what we had

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