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CDW 2014: Icon meets Ron Arad

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21.05.14
Icon meets Ron Arad

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Nicholas Horowitz

The design legend on his 15-year-old Tom Vac chair, clients woes and his approach to his work

Icon met the celebrated designer and architect Ron Arad at Clerkenwell Design Week as he popped into the Vitra showroom to judge the Tailor My Tom Vac competition, and discussed the origins of the chair’s name, the merits of customers over clients and the impact of technology on his work.

Watch the video above and vote for your favourite customised Tom Vac for the chance to win an original chair signed by the designer himself. 

  

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