New York City native and textile designer Thomas Paul is in this week’s Friday Five hot seat. A former neckwear and scarf designer for Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, and DKNY, he went off on his own — in an entirely new direction: the home. You can definitely see the neckwear inspiration in his designs, which range from bedding to pillows to rugs and our favorite: the Luddite collection . P.S.

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Friday Five with Thomas Paul

Spun (Coriolis) by Thomas Heatherwick is a functional chair constituted by a single profile rotated through 360 degrees which transforms the domestic seat into a beautifully rendered spinning top. From April 12-17th, as part of the Interni Mutant Architecture & Design project at Salone , Heatherwick will present an installation of four sculptures in carbon steel and bronzed brass which subvert the idea of the chair. Inspired by the Coriolis effect — named after the French physicist who in 1835 described the apparent deformation of moving objects when they are observed from a rotating reference frame — the handmade chair comes in 4 experimental finishes which exalt the metal’s expressive qualities. Spun (Coriolis) has a “rippled” effect, a surface horizontal groove that makes the rotation effect even more evident.

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Spun (Coriolis) by Thomas Heatherwick