Concept Design for the Y’s line
Mathieu Lehanneur is the eclectic curator of a display project realized for the Y’s line by Mandarina Duck.
The images - of backlit shelves and modular display cases in the form of beehives - were published in the 135th issue of the French magazine Intramuros.
Lehanneur is inspired by nature, for which he has great respect.
His Bel Air project - recently exhibited at New York’s MOMA is based on his knowledge of science and medicine. His innovative “Kubrickian” monoliths are actually filters that purify the air by removing toxic volatile substances that contaminate the environment of closed spaces.
According to NASA research, some plants (such as the gerbera or the philodendron) can purify the air with their roots and leaves.
Lehanneur loves to understand how things work and to make the unthinkable into something concrete.
[tags] Y’s, Lehanneur, Design, filtres, air, plants, Bel Air [tags\]
14 August 2008 at 04:16
I have had a look at the Y’s line on the website and I really like the simplicity of it. I recently purchased 2 bags from the KL store for a trip to London and love them (unfortunately, we don’t have the Y collection here in KL).
My only issue with Mandarina Duck from a few years ago is that my mum had bought 2 suitcase sets with a handcarry bag as well from HK. I used the handcarry bag as my university bag in Melbourne for a couple of years and discovered the mesh on the outside of the bag started to sag and it looked really gross.
I went to the Melbourne Mandarina Duck store to get it fixed and was told that they don’t fix it and that I’d have to go to a shop where they send all their customers to fix it at their own cost and time. I didn’t have time to find the shop, which was in another suburb and in the end, the bag hasn’t been fixed for all these years.
Let’s hope that the bags I recently bought don’t have the same problem!!