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Alexander Lamont
Merging western vision and eastern artisanship, a Thailand-based English designer has his concepts beautifully crafted into objects of desire
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enowned for elegant and contemporary designs of furniture, lighting and accessories, Alexander Lamont expresses his dedication to meticulous workmanship of rare materials and an aesthetic taste refined by a life lived between East and West. Exposed to various global cultures since his childhood, he has lived his life in exotic locales. He recalls, “I talked with my mother, who was a psychologist, about my first 10 formation years. I wanted to know about our thoughts, connections and choices that we have made. An idea from this is in Aristotle’s and St Ignatius Loyola of the Jesuit Order’s saying ‘Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man.’ Your vital structure was built since you’re young. “I spent my first three years in Kenya and then Bangalore following my dad. We lived in a house isolated miles away from a village and travelled in Somalia and Ethiopia. My dad was a project coordinator for
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