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Cologne: Shay Alkalay

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17.06.08

words Anna Bates

Shay Alkalay
London-based designer Alkalay showed this blue, polished version of his rickety two-legged cabinet (launched at Cologne last year), and it’s now produced by Arco. Its hinges feel like those on expensive kitchen drawers.

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