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"Giraffe" Studio Space Divider by Kawamura-Ganjavian
By Sam Dunne - Jan 19, 2011
Call us weak, but we can't help but want everything that comes out of the Madrid based Kawamura-Ganjavian studio.
Having swooned over their fold-up felt "Oyster" chairs late last year, we're now hurriedly rearranging our studios to make way for their newest concept "Giraffe"— a wonderfully distinctive space divider, with a definite look of their "Caterpillar" trestles, and clearly continuing something of a zoological theme in their portfolio.
"Giraffe" is intended to strike the balance between privacy and open-plan and, on top of its dashing good looks, also acts as power and ethernet hub. It even looks like its got a lamp in it!
Whether any of the design duo's creations will ever be available for purchase is another question entirely. For the time being you can window shop on the kg-studio site.
Sam Dunne
Sam Dunne is a designer, strategist and writer based in London. Sam is founder of design strategy agency Cohere and Contributing Editor at Core77—reporting broadly on design, technology, food and object culture.
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