STYLECRAFT TELL US ABOUT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND ARPER'S NUUR

Arper, Italy Nuur 2009 Design Simon Pengelly As you all know by now, we here at Monument love hearing about the process and inspiration behind the design.  Our friends at Stylecraft have given us an 'insider's view' into the mind of designer, Simon Pengally and his design inspiration behind the Nuur table system. INSPIRATION: SIMON PENGALLY Like the graceful dance of a prima ballerina, Nuur touches the ground lightly. Quiet in its complexity, understated yet resolute, Nuur is effortlessly universal and timeless.  Inspiration: Arper is the inspiration! “As is usual with the work we do for Arper, the initial inspiration comes more from defining the essence of what is functionally required, for whom and at what cost.......imparting the material, ecological and technological scope that ultimately shapes the visual ‘spirit’....... this is why I make the statement that ‘Arper is the inspiration’.....so much of Arper s DNA comes from this approach.” “With Nuur, the desire was to create a universal table ‘system’ based on the reduced principle of 4 corner legs, 4 rails and a top, the essence of a table and the combination of which offered in as many sizes, for as many applications and environments as possible. The aim of flexibility, or ‘system’, whilst at the forefront was meant to be a consequence of simplicity and reduction, rather than over complicating the visual language at the outset....the singular table being the most important but needing to be the intuitive ‘origin’ of all subsequent versions.” “The structure, each line, curve and mass needed to work as one and have purpose, existing within the scope of production and material feasibility and within appropriate cost parameters. I’d like to think Nuur is a result of the sensitive amalgamation of all the above.” For more information www.stylecraft.com.au katej@stylecraft.com.au 02 9355 0000