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May 19, 2006

Paper Weight

Matt Gagnon is fascinated by materials. The Brooklyn designer’s architectural objects are playfully scalable and explore simple craft. For his Paper Table, Gagnon found inspiration in the stone masses of Monument Valley and the poetry of creating a massive-looking object out of lightweight recycled paper. “A piece doesn’t have to be high-tech to be interesting […]

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Matt Gagnon is fascinated by materials. The Brooklyn designer’s architectural objects are playfully scalable and explore simple craft. For his Paper Table, Gagnon found inspiration in the stone masses of Monument Valley and the poetry of creating a massive-looking object out of lightweight recycled paper. “A piece doesn’t have to be high-tech to be interesting formally,” he says.

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