The Judges Awards

02.3 Inga Sempé

French designer Inga Sempé caused a stir with a new design at every fair she showed at this year. Her 'Ruché' sofa -- a beechwood frame topped with a quilted cover that looks thrown on, but is actually a complex combination of foam layers and a sprung steel grill -- for Ligne Roset was acclaimed in Köln and Paris in January. Her 'W103' desk lamp, a solidly simple design for Wästberg, was launched in February in Stockholm. Then at Salone del Mobile in April, Sempé showed three products for Moustache. Among them was the 'Guichet' clock; in place of a second hand, hypnotic graphic stripes take one second to move from left to right behind a small aperture on the clock face.

Company: Inga Sempé

Established: 2000

Based: Paris

Key projects 2010: 'Ruché' sofa for Ligne Roset; 'W103' desk lamp for Wästberg; 'Guichet' clock and 'Vaporetto' and 'Vaporetto Expansée' lights for Moustache

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