Contrary to the expectations of his name, Max Lamb is very much a mineral man. During the upcoming London Design Festival, the non-Mandarin speaking British designer will be showing the results of his latest quarry. Working in close collaboration with a small stone yard, An Li Stone in Chengnanzhuang, Hebei Province, 350km southwest of Beijing, Lamb collected boulders of both emerald green and jet-black granite, which with a lot of grit and even more polish resulted in a series of 19 furniture pieces.
The project materialised during a two-week residency programme organised by the Chinese International Gallery Exposition (CIGE) and Alexander von Vegesack of the Vitra Design Museum.