Book review: 'So Far' traces the evolution of designs inspired by the Nature of David Trubridge

Here at Inhabitat, we followed career as New Zealand David Trubridge designer since firstly, we spotted him years Milan Design Week. Among the most famous designers of his country, Trubridge has emerged on the scene of international design in 2001 with its lounge chair aerated bentwood known as the raft of body and broke since then. These days, he jumped in with its emblematic organic lights lighting design and its flat pack system. In this spirit, Trubridge has presented a whole new book called so far to share its spirit of design with the world. This day is the autobiography of his life that corresponds perfectly to his personal journey with the evolution of its design, weaving the two together in a beautifully illustrated book.

Drawn by the purity of nature, Trubridge fell in love with the sea and studied naval architecture in his native England. A summer, inspired by a summer in Europe trip, Trubridge tried to design and cut a small wooden statue which would open the door to its future in design. By the beginning of the 1980s, Trubridge decided that England policy was more for him and he decided to sail to live as a vagabond, taking his young family across the ocean. Trubridge and his family have spent time in the Caribbean, and French Polynesia, their way from place to place, with Trubridge honing his craft as he went. Finally, they landed and settled in New Zealand.

Therein, Trubridge was invited to create an exhibition to the Hawke Bay Exhibition Center, which it would launch on the international scene with his body raft design.?The raft of the body would be eventually sold by the company of Italian furniture Capellini and become a classic piece of furniture. With so far, the reader gets to share in this journey, through everything from straightforward to get wood carving acclaim for its designa, as they are stated through his eyes.

So far, is divided into sections, each corresponding to an original element (Earth, air, water, fire, ether).?Elementary influence is evident in the work of Trubridge, making this organization the perfect way to tie everything together. Furniture that he created in England are rooted in the Earth, while his work from his travels to ocean liquid lines of water and sailing, using tropical timber from the places he visited. By the 90s, his work takes the brightness of the flame and finally the lightness of air, his marriage with all the elements together. The author's story binds the history of its evolution and progression of his work together, and it is a rare look at the evolution of great design.

The book is peppered with Trubridge asides on subjects like life as a nomad, his philosophies on the function, its business model and the evolution of his profession with the invention of computers. These segments shed fascinating light on the process of Trubridge and influences, but also on the activity of design itself. Trubridge career lasted decades, and his time saw the return to the hand of work in the 1970s, but also the debate arts and crafts at the end of the 1990s. Watching the evolution through the eyes of Trubridge is fascinating and sometimes, she reveals the intimate emotions behind the process.

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