Architonic met up with Tel Aviv-born Levy to share his thoughts on materials, the power of emotions and intelligence, and more. <b>Can you tell us about a recent project of yours and what you were hoping to achieve?</b> My job as a designer is to solve an actual problem and provide a spring board to the near future. I’m not interested in just doing a project. I continually want to learn and do something new for myself and for the company. The chair ‘Split’ for TON, for example, was a great challenge for both sides. Rather than just another fair piece, we wanted to develop something that is innovative, long-lasting, and which differentiates itself from the others. With a 150-year-old, manual bending technology, the company has a good understanding of the limits of wood and the craft. For me, the project was about how to take this past to the future and come up with something new without making a revolution, but an evolution. The journey took nearly two and a half years. We split… continue
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