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The forms we prefer

10 maart 2013 · by Robin · in Blog, Design Principles

Even though humans have evolved over 100 of thousands of years into very sophisticated beings we still have some of those pre-historical reflexes in us left.  One of them is our preference of rounded, contoured…

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Robin Budel is a Dutch designer with a degree in architecture. Besides a love for design in its broadest sense he is interested in the motives and process of design.

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