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Designer
Iskos-Berlin
Iskos-Berlin Design is a Copenhagen-based partnership of Boris Berlin and Aleksej Iskos, working in industrial, furniture and graphic design. The firm was established in late 2010, after 23 years of Komplot Design. Boris Berlin (born 1953,…
Biography
Background
Iskos-Berlin Design is a Copenhagen-based partnership of Boris Berlin and Aleksej Iskos, working in industrial, furniture and graphic design. The firm was established in late 2010, after 23 years of Komplot Design. Boris Berlin (born 1953, St. Petersburg) co-founded Komplot Design in 1987; Aleksej Iskos (born 1965, Kharkov) graduated from Denmark's Designskole in 1996 and worked at Komplot from 1999 to 2010.
Signature Style
The duo sees design as an art of storytelling, built from semantics, morphology, materiality and technology. They aim for stories that are clear, surprising and that make people smile, and they experiment with new technologies and materials, letting the materials speak for themselves.
Notable Works
For Muuto they designed the Fiber Chair family (2014), a shell chair in a composite of plastic and wood fibers. Their own portfolio includes the 5-Waves chair, Knit-Wit, JUST chair, Godot sofa series and The Danish Chair.
Legacy
Works by Iskos-Berlin and Komplot are held by design museums including MoMA and Designmuseum Danmark, and the duo works with leading manufacturers worldwide.
Collections
Products
Fiber Stool
A shell stool of recycled plastic and wood fibers on a powder-coated steel tube base.
Fiber Soft Armchair
An upholstered Fiber armchair on an oak base with a recycled plastic shell and a spacious seat.
Fiber Bar Stool
A shell bar stool of recycled plastic and wood fibers on a powder-coated tube base.
Still Café Table
A four-legged café table offered in round and rectangular formats at three heights
Fiber Armchair
A shell armchair in recycled plastic and wood fibers with a matte finish and a steel tube base.
Fiber Outdoor Armchair
The armed Fiber chair for outdoors, in UV-stabilized recycled plastic with drain holes.
Fiber Lounge Chair
A low, armless shell lounge chair in recycled plastic and wood fibers, on an oak base.
Fiber Conference Armchair
A fully upholstered Fiber armchair with a fixed seat cushion, recycled plastic shell and wood legs.
Fiber Counter Stool
A 65 cm shell counter stool on an oak base.
Fiber Side Chair
A shell chair in wood fibers and 100% recycled plastic, set on a solid oak base.
Fiber Outdoor Side Chair
An armless Fiber chair for outdoors with a UV-stabilized recycled plastic shell and drain holes.
Fiber Soft Lounge Chair
A cushioned Fiber lounge chair with a recycled plastic shell, upholstery and a slim steel tube base.
