Sidekick Solo #002
Art Piece for Home We live in a world where art piece are often label as
日常生活裡，設計與藝術品常被掛上價值不菲，可遠觀
“for Auction only”; only be placed in art gallery/
而不可褻玩的普世價值。事實真的是 樣？如果藝術作
museum; being perceived as
品能在我們日常生活出現，以在工業生產設計角度出
unreachable. The
question is, is this really true? What if art pieces
發， 會否帶來一個更美好世界？
become available to everybody's’ home, in a complete industrially redesigned way, would this
始創於1976年，意大利家具生產商Magis就一直與世界
lead to a better world?
頂尖設計師緊密合作進行家具開發項目。 與藝術品原創 設計師共同嘗試， 設法以領先工匠技術開發出量產方
Found 1976, italian company Magis has been
式， 把原本遙不可及的藝術館級傑作帶進生活。合作出
collaborating closely with world’s top designers on
來的家具 不是廉價複製品，而是從工業生產角度出發
furniture projects. With the help of advance
的全新設計，保留原有藝術品神髓，亦打破藝術設計遙
manufacturing technology, Magis find ways to
不可及的概定觀念。
reengineer designer pieces, making it affordable to public. And this is in no way cheap replicas, but a complete redesign from an industrial point of view, making the “impossible to mass produce” become possible.
讓大家負擔得起的藝術品級家具。 以創新設計為基礎，配以精湛意 大利手工，每每經由Magis參與的生 產，都會添加一份意大利色彩，
Art pieces to be affordable to public. By using italian fine artisanship based on truly innovative design, every single piece of Magis product had a typical Italian flavors and perfumes. A scent of “Magis Way” of design.
帶著一絲”Magis的設計方式”。
Cloud Design Benedetta Mori Ubaldini
Benedetta Mori Ubaldini
Benedetta Mori Ubaldini is a Milan based artist best
large spaces with a symbolic and poetic narrative of
known for her innovative and extraordinarily
herself.
beautiful wire work. Her work were shown in over
Benedetta Mori Ubaldini 是一位米蘭藝術家，利用個
twenty galleries all around the world and
人手工運用俗稱”雞仔網”的工業鐵網屈出無縫的外
collaboration with giant brands such as Paul Smith.
觀，
的作品已被環球超過二十多個畫廊展出。
最近
就跟Magis合作，以同樣素材，運用工業設計
Each piece of her work starts life as industrially produced, walled “Chicken” wire which is gradually shaped by hand, twisting and joining the pieces together to give a seamless appearance. The recently launched Cloud sculpture by Benedetta Mori Ubaldini for Magis is the result of desiring to fill
方法，屈出一
又一
白雲，白雲的可透視感，用來
掛於室內，把童趣夢想感覺帶到室內。
Voido Design Ron Arad
Ron Arad
You would be hard pressed to find a straight line or
為設計藍本，發展出的家具(Bio Void原為藝術品，現
right angle in ron arad's work, and the voido rocking
為拍賣品，價值幾10-15萬英磅)。
chair is a perfect example.
透過旋轉倒模制作，與Ron Arad緊密合作，Magis成
Designed by Ron Arad, one of the most influential
功以量產方法開發全新Voido搖搖椅，並保留Ron
designers of our time, the Voido rocking chair is a welcome twist on a classic design (Bio Void, which is originally a studio pieces, now available for auction at 100,000 to 150,000 british pound). Using rotational-molded polyethylene, working closely with Ron Arad, Magis has been able to redesign a amazing rocking chair classic, while preserving the Ron Arad style, 在Ron Arad的作品中你甚少找到直線或直角，而 Voido就正是一大例子。出自Ron Arad
位當代最具
影響力的設計師筆下，Voido以經典雕塑設計Bio Void
Arad的設計神態。
Archetoy Design Floris Hovers
Floris Hover designed a range of handmade metal
焊接、打磨、噴漆等，如疊積木一般，拼接出了一系
toy vehicles called Arche Toys. It was presented as a
列玩具車，取名為‘Archetoys’。設計師利用簡單的顏
design art project at the Dutch Design week 2007.
色以及想像力造出
With basic, factory made metal parts Hovers
Hovers 指設計 Archetoys 不只想激發小朋友想像
assembles what he calls ArcheToys, archetypes of familiar motorized vehicles. The designer creates a three-dimensional impression of a sport
car, post
van and a double decker bus with few elements, but enough imagination to make anyone smile with surprise. The concept behind is well beyond creating children’s toy, it was to develop as an inner search towards the balance between work and play. 些形態簡潔表達明確的玩具車(Archetoy)出自荷蘭 設計師親手制作Floris Hovers，他用工業金屬材料 （方管、圓管等）結合手工製作，通過簡單的切割、
車，郵車以及英倫雙層巴士。
力，更重要是叫大人重新思考工作與玩樂之間的平 衡。
Original Archetoys design sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1oNZYy3kgw
Making Of Archetoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T89ohywGlQ
Spun Design Thomas Heathwick
Thomas Heatherwick is famous for his London city
moulded polyethylene. It is only by Magis, with the
bus, rolling bridge, Shanghai pavilion,, Sheng Wan
redesign of using polyethylene, that make the spin
hotel in Hong Kong and of cause the Spun.
sitting fun possible for public.
Spun came out of research into the geometric
Thomas Heatherwick的著名設計實在多不聲數，如
simplification of a familiar object type. Could a
全新倫敦巴士，倫敦花園橋，上海世博英國展館，上
completely rotationally symmetrical form make a
環酒店，當然還有Spun。
comfortable chair? In October 2009 the Heatherwick Studio with Haunch of Venison gallery, produced a series of pieces using the craft of large scale metal spinning, traditionally used to make objects such as Timpani
Spun的設計始於要找尋一張垂直完全對稱的座椅， 同時又舒適? 於2009年 Heatherwick工作室與 Haunch of Venison 藝廊首發表，首以黃銅，
和銅三種金屬制作。
drums. The chairs are handmade by pressing sheets
Spun最初是一件藝術展品，直到2010年，當Magis創
of metal against a rotating cast iron form using a
始人Eugieno Parazza再遇Thomas Heatherwick，便
paddle.
決定採用旋轉模塑聚乙烯，共同開發塑膠版Spun。
It was originally an limited art piece, until 2010 when
只有Magis與Heatherwick的重新設計，才令本來只出
Magis cofounder Eugenio Perazza met Heatherwick
現藝術館的Spun變成家具。
and came out with the idea of using rotational
Rocky Design Marc Newson
個設計界響亮的名字
Marc Newson, despite being an industrial designer
Marc Newson（馬克·紐森）
whose work on historic projects such as aircraft,
讓人看到了就忍不住仔細品味一下他的作品，馬克·紐
space suit to even a space craft.
森雖然身為工業設計師但是其作品所涉及的領域十分
The second of Marc Newson’s designs for Children, Rocky is a modern take on a traditional object, a pop version taking its character loosely from medieval jousting horses. Made from rotationally moulded
泛包括飛機、珠寶、交通工具和服裝等行業，他一 定是參透了設計的真正奧秘才能在
個充滿創意的海
洋裡肆意的展現他的設計才華。 Rocky是馬克·紐森 象和四
筆直而
polyethylene chosen for both its durability and
2012年的一款近作，一改傳統木馬
recyclability.
立的姿態設計師將Rocky設計的更加圓潤光滑了一 些，像一隻披著長長鎖子甲的戰馬。幾種顏色的戰馬 配上金黃色的
繩造型簡潔現代，色彩也乾淨利落並
且不乏點睛之筆，應該會成為孩子們生活當中相當喜 愛的
伴吧。
Nimrod Design Marc Newson
Magis are always famous for pushing the
的第一次合作。Nimrod設計看起來很像1999年Marc
boundaries of design and manufacture. The Nimrod
Newson為Ford設計的021C概念車。即使十年不
chair took a long time to develop, not in the least
起來未來感的椅子，它的擴大聚氨酯坐
because, at the time, it was the largest blow
的羊毛面料超舒服。
moulding ever attempted. The Nimrod Chair designed was one of the first collaboration between Marc Newson and Magis. The design of the Nimrod looks a lot like the 1999 021C concept car, also designed by Marc Newson for Ford. Not only the Nimrod looks futuristic as a chair, it’s expanded polyurethane seat covered with removable wool fabric is ultra comfortable. Magis一直以推動設計和生產聞名。Nimrod椅子是 Magis與設計史上一大突破，在生產初，它是有史以 來最大的吹塑成型家具，Marc Newson和Magis之間
看
鋪上可移動
Dish Doctor Design Marc Newson
Rock Design Marc Newson
Dish doctor designed by marc newson for Magis.
Rarely uses straight lines in his design, each one of
this is one design that proves that anything can
Marc Newsons works has a strong futuristic sense.
have a unique style and feel - even a dish rack.
Previously worked on a A380 aircraft design project,
Made of sturdy polypropylene, the dish doctor is a
Marcs’ biggest dream is to create a international
stylish dish drying holder that will fit beautifully into
space station.
your sink area.
Rock is a doorstop that has rounded organic shape lines, it has a rough surface, olive green color which
生活中總是少不了創意！ NEWSON 設計的
款 MARC
具 架 採 用 聚 丙 烯 材 質，耐
用、別 緻，用 色 大 膽 鮮 豔，刀 杯都能輕鬆瀝乾。
、
盤、水
add to its mysterious characteristic. The curved in middle shape of “rock” allow user to easily grip with one hand, feature a bright red star cover, that lets you fill in water to add weight to it. Marc Newson鮮少使用直線，他的作品每一件都帶有 濃厚的未來氣息。 曾為澳洲航空A380客機設計機艙的他，最大的夢想 是打造一座宇宙航空站。Rock隕石門
外型為圓潤
有機的線條，表面卻如岩石般粗糙，橄欖綠色就像太 空隕石那樣神秘。細緻的腰部讓單手容易握取，方便 移動至房間各個角落，旋開亮紅色的星形上蓋，還可 以添加砂石或玻璃彈珠增加重量，底部的防滑橡膠更 刻印著品
及設計師的簽名。
Le Chien Savant Design Philippe Starck
ÂŤ As a child I never liked school, however, I loved dogs. Should I had met this learned dog at that time, I would have become a scholar, too. But I missed this occasion and unfortunately the learned dog exists now only for children. Too late Âť. Ph. S
Chien Savant is a project between Philippe Starck
Salone del Mobile 米蘭家具展中焦點。Chien Savant
and Chantal Bavaud. As a child, Philippe Starck
的想法來自 Chantal Bavaud,由Philippe Starck 操刀
never likes school, however, he likes puppy a lot, so
設計。Philippe Starck 坦然小時候不喜歡上學，卻十
he created Le Chien Savant, a super attractive
分喜歡小狗，於是設計了小狗學習椅，希望吸引孩子
chair-desk, for child to sit on it and start learning.
乖乖坐在椅上學習。
Puzzle Carpet Design Satyendra PakhalÃ
為避免孩子在家中受傷，很多父母都以地毯覆蓋家中 地板，希望保護孩子。
The Magis Puzzle Carpet is a wonderfully fun kids carpet that allows them to constantly change the
然而地毯打理相對煩複，因此近年很多家庭已經改用 較為靈活的地
作為保護工具。來自瑞士的印度裔設
shape and look depending on their mood. Designed
計師 Satyendra Pakhale，於 1998 年在荷蘭阿姆斯
by Satyendra Pakhale, the designer that
特丹設立了自家設計公司，曾與 Alessi、Cappellinie
collaborated with Alessi, Cappellinie and Moroso,
及 Moroso 的國際知名家具品 護孩子的地
合作。為了令
些保
設計更特別，他更與 MAGIS 合作，推
the puzzle carpet came in three different style
出了一款名為 Puzzle Carpet，以益智創意來保護孩
(grass, sand and water), protect kids from hitting to
子的安全。一套七件的 Puzzle Carpet，形狀以拼圖
the ground while also letting them to create their
式設計，而且分別有草地、水池及沙漠三款主題，還 可因應小朋友需要自行增減，增加親子樂趣。拼圖設 計更大大增加了結構的穩健性，不易在小孩走動時輕 易脫鉤。
own little paradise.
About Sidekick solo @ homeless Remember your first time watching Phantom of the Opera, broadway’s longest running musical? Stepping into sidekick solo is just like that. Sidekick solo brought Homeless to a new era of lifestyle concepts visualization, turing our store (Homeless & sidekick) into a pop-up stage where our sidekick shines like a star, it is an extraordinary journey about designs, about cultural objects that have shaped our society, improved the function of homes, offices and the world.
關於Sidekick solo @ homeless 記得第一次坐在劇院台下，近距離歌聲魅影 (Phantom of the Opera)的震撼 ？走進 Sidekick solo你會有同一番感受。 Sidekick Solo是Homeless&Sidekick最新季度企 劃。跳出故有運作模式，把店舖（Homeless & Sidekick）重塑成品 舞台，讓不同品 在 Sidekick solo舞台上發亮；帶你一睹品 背後的 故事，塑造我們社會，文化的好設計。提高家 居，辦公室甚至世界的重要設計品 。
For timeless designs And the undeniable obsession about lifestyle
All about Stools Experts say that the history of stools is rather like the chicken and the egg conundrum, as in which came first. The stool or the chair? The chair or the stool? Nonetheless, Magis create numbers of iconic stool of our century.
Bombo Stool Design Stefeno Giovannoni
Bombo Ever futuristic stool The Bombo stool is without doubt the most successful product by Stefano Giovannoni, which marked a turning point and a large step ahead in the company’s history. Sales of the stool began in January 1997, but in the beginning, also here, the market kind of ignored it.!
public. An extraordinary commercial triumph that is international and still going strong. This is the item Magis has sold most of. It is also one of the bestselling objects of the entire Italian Design system. Bombo高 椅無疑是意大利設計師Stefano Giovannoni的代表作，亦同時寫下了Magis 歷史性光輝的一頁。1997年在Bombo初推
Then came, slowly but surely, many fortuitous product placements in television programs that were broadcasted in Italy and abroad. Also several popular movies featured the stool. Among them “Star Trek” and “Lost in Space”. In “Lost in Space”, Bombo was even the only real object, the only existing thing in a virtual world. Then there were numerous favorable reviews in the national and international press. And that’s how Bombo came to widespread success with the
出的時候，設計並沒立即受市場認同。隨後 自Bombo於意大利及世界電視，科幻電影出 現（如“Star Trek” 及 “Lostin Space”），當 時Bombo是在電影Lost in Space裡，唯一 屬於現實世界的設計。甚至被世界傳媒一致 好評。自此Bombo開始被受世界關注，國際 媒體爭相追捧，至今Bombo仍然是家具意大 利設計史上銷量最高的高
椅。
Tom’s and Jerry is a statement from Magis, a self actualization of the company’s vision. In the same vein, Konstantin Grcic’s Tom and Jerry stools, produced since 2012, mark a new approach to the idea of artisanal work. The stools are made of beech (of artisanal
origin) with two plastic parts (of industrial origin): the screw and the joint that unites the legs. Everyone knows that wood is a more important material than plastic, but it’s the plastic that embodies the beautiful part of the design of these two stools. From a semiological point of view, it’s the opposite situation to Cyborg’s.
Deja-Vu Stool Design Naoto Fukasawa
Pipe stool Design Jasper Morrison
Italian minimalism Simple, beautifully curved, shiny stainless steel, the Déjà-vu stool started out as a simple stool concept, by minimalist designer Naoto Fukasawa. Using the finest materials the legs are in extruded polished aluminium. Seat and foot-rest in polished die-cast aluminium.
簡潔的外型，流利的框架，亮銀的光澤，刻 畫最基本的設計，由日本的設計大師深澤直 人設計， Deja-Vu 高 演譯出簡單的椅
椅，用亮銀的色澤，
概念，去除多餘的元素
後，作品依然可以保有獨特的設計風格。
Yuyu Stool Design Stefano Giovannoni
Affordable Designer Stacking Stool For Everyone YuYu is a new small stool that is light, colourful and stackable. It offers incredible value for money for a piece of functional design by one of our favourite designers Stefano Giovannoni. Seat height at 50 cm is a slightly higher than average which makes it particularly ideal for children. They are also great for small kitchens, you can store them underneath the table or stack them and tuck them away and just get them when you need them. Being completely moulded form plastic you can also use them outside. YuYu 是新款的小椅 ，鮮明的用色 輕巧可 堆疊，低 廉 的 價 格 是 收 藏 Stefano Giovannoni
位知名當代設計師作品的最
佳選擇，高於一般椅 子 (45 cm) YuYu 有 著 50cm 的高度，特別適合家中的小朋友，讓
他們一起在 納在
旁用
，也方便你輕鬆的收
下或堆疊在角落。由塑料模鑄一體
成型，也是戶外椅
的好選 擇 。
Steelwood Stool Design Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Steelwood Stool 結合鋼鐵和
木兩種不同特性的
材質，融合金屬堅硬冷感與
木
的樸實柔和 椅身的每個鈍角皆經 過柔化修邊，溫潤的觸感搭配木 材加壓彎曲，讓整體造型具有流 動圓滑的線條，展現如手工藝般 的藝術。
Paso Doble Stool Design Stefano Giovannoni
Paso Doble Stool 以西班
鬥牛士奔放舞蹈為靈感發想，
結合堅實的
合金壓製技術與多樣化質
材椅面選擇，創造出新式混搭風格。運 用特殊彎曲技術，讓椅身與椅
呈現滑
順精緻彎折角度，輕量且易堆疊收納， 營造出視覺新體感。 Paso Doble Chair production process: http://vimeo.com/42754810
360 Stool Design Konstantin Grcic
Steelwood Stool 意大利Magis公司推出360°椅,可以說360°椅
環境，設計師希望
是一件極容易引起爭議的產品，
時頻繁活動的人們提供一個更為便捷和舒適
把由著名
把椅子能給需要在就坐
德國設計師Konstantin Grcic為意大利Magis
的就坐環境。
公司設計的辦公椅在今年一亮相就以其打破
你可以從正面或從側面坐在360°椅上，你也
傳統的比例和對材料的另類選擇引起了設計
可以把該椅的靠背當作扶手或是完全放鬆地
界的關注。
靠在上面，你還可以輕鬆地在座位上轉動或
360°椅分裂的幾何形狀和緊湊的尺寸似乎很
是調節座椅的高度，而360°椅的每一個細節
難讓人接受，該椅旨在創造一種動態的就坐
設計也都集力體現了它的功能。
Steelwood Stool Design Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Steelwood Stool 結合鋼鐵和
木兩種不同特性的材質，融合
金屬堅硬冷感與
木的樸實柔和 椅身的每
個鈍角皆經過柔化修邊，溫潤的觸感搭配木 材加壓彎曲，讓整體造型具有流動圓滑的線 條，展現如手工藝般的藝術。
“Take, for example, the Cyborg chair designed by Marcel Wanders. The design has an industrial part consisting of the four very simple plastic legs, almost basic, deliberately “non-designed” and an artisanal “designed” part, i.e. the backrest, which can be made of wicker, plywood or solid wood, or padded and upholstered in fine fabrics or in leather. And tomorrow it could be made of wrought iron or other materials. Therefore, a never-ending design story; it is precisely the backrest that dictates the chair’s expressive and aesthetic quality. No one will ever say that Cyborg is a plastic chair; they’ll say that it’s a wicker chair when the backrest is made of wicker, or a wooden chair when it has a wooden backrest, etc., etc. “ - Eugenio Perazza
What do you think is missing from spaces that sell or show design? Very often I find that in design shops there is no passion or subjectivity. The selection is based on other kinds of parameter, like if they sell. A lot of the time it's really uninspired or lazy. Shops always show the same things and I get so disappointed because I know of all the other things that are on the market. I generalise, of course, but I find that retail is becoming the whole system. When you go to trade fairs and see what designers are creating and what producers are making, there's a lot of good stuff around, but at your local shop none of that seems to be available. What do you mean by elitist? I think that my role as a designer is very elitist. I work for a small niche of top companies and even if not everything I do is avante garde, it's still more exclusive than inclusive. When we design things it's not for the masses. But it's very important and it took me a while to discover that this is the role that we have to play. You know, designing for the masses is an elusion. In the end it is much more beneficial creating strong, more radical products and then somehow they trickle down to a broader acceptance.