The Helix chair is was designed by Karmelina Martina for Moroso, the Italian manufacturer. “Helix the snail got fed-up with the same old life in a kitchen garden, so one day she decided to leave and discover the wonders of the world. In choosing her direction she was guided by her instinct, the moon and the sun. As she was going through a wood one day, she got stuck between two tree roots. She struggled hard and long to free herself and at last, when she was almost completely exhausted, she succeeded.

Karmelina Martina was born in Sarajevo. She now lives and works in Udine. In 2001 graduated with honours in industrial design from Florence University. She studied under Vanni Pasca, Isao Hosoe, Paolo Deganello and other internationally-renowned designers. She has worked in Moroso’s product development department since 2006. She seeks to perfect a design precisely in the space that separates technical/manufacturing reasoning from symbolic/emotive motivations. In addition to her product development activities, she also designs jewellery, lamps and private homes.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 5:01 am and is filed under Furniture Design. Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Florence University, Helix chair, Isao Hosoe, Karmelina Martina, MOROSO, Paolo Deganello, Sarajevo. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.