Spotlight
Magnus Long for Hitch Mylius
Mark G abbertas for Gloster
this invisible fixing system, whereby you allow the frame to breathe. That’s really important. You actually don’t realise it’s important until someone tells you it is – and that’s a really nice thing. 'it pushes the concept that outdoor furniture has become a much more sophisticated market over the past few years. Gloster have been really pushing this. Outdoor furniture doesn’t need to be these big, solid massive elements – you can now have that much more light, slender, elegant, pared down, economical use of materials for outdoor, if you do it right. This is chair that can be almost occupy an inbetween space – it can go from outdoors to indoors.’ We also caught up with Magnus Long to talk about his Quiet Bench, and began by asking whether he had worked with Hitch Mylius previously. ‘No, this was the first product I’ve worked on for them,’ Magnus reveals. ‘It was originally designed for Central Saint Martins’ library at King’s Cross. It was manufactured as a product to fit that specific space. I then spoke with Hitch Mylius about it – they are one of those great brands that I’ve always wanted to work with. I showed them a few designs – one of which was the Quiet Bench.
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Sit pushes the concept that outdoor furniture has become a much more sophisticated market over the past few years. ‘We looked at the way people use bench systems – how they put their bags down to divide territory and mark space. A lot of this product is about simple proportion and scale. It has got quite a hard sit to it – obviously it is not intended for long-term use. ‘We then extended it out from just a simple bench to include a sofa and tables, and have added new materials to it also – so it really is continuing to evolve. It’s not trying to be trendy or fashionable – it’s trying to be timeless, in keeping with the Hitch Mylius brand.’