cappellini day bed by jasper morrison

With 12 years experience in the futon industry from delivery and set up, to sales and buying, Mike Gallawa began Night & Day Furniture. His goal: to solve all the issues that plague the words "futon frame". Things such as difficulty converting from sofa to bed, barrel nuts that never line up, and having your face on the floor to connect the seat to the back. Then, everyone's favorite, the dreaded hardware pack full of lots tiny pieces and parts. Just when you think you're ready to assemble, you open...

Author Biography: Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959. He studied design at Kingston Polytechnic Design School, the Royal College of Art, and the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. In 1986 he set up his Office for Design in London. He has designed furniture and products for companies including Alessi, Alias, Cappellini, Flos, FSB, Magis, SCP, Rosenthal, and Vitra. In 1995 his office was awarded the contract to design the new Hanover tram for Expo 2000. The first vehicle was presented to the public...

What feeds the inspiration of the designer? Observation. In Jasper Morrison's collection of pictures, the icons of design history meet up with the unassuming objects of everyday life. Every picture tells a story and creates a new one in juxtaposition with its neighbor-without words, in the language of form. Morrison responds to the arbitrariness of form with simplicity and complexity, poetry and humor in a repertoire of compelling designs. A World Without Words is a pocket-sized school of seeing...