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/// IN THE AIR / Designed to win                                                               Designed to win / IN THE AIR ///









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 ESTHETIC PERFORMANCE
 When form interacts with rhythm, color and light,
 dynamic emotions spring to life. As foreseen
 in the early-20th-century by the futurists,
 the sports esthetic has been developed                                                              4
 and refined in even the smallest everyday object.
 A hundred years on, it is still an unanswered
 question: Does design influence sport or does
 sport influence design? Let us at least conclude
 that with its pure, sleek lines inspiring dynamism
 and speed, one inspires the other in DELABIE's
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 TEMPOMATIC 4 models presented here.

















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 1. Sella stool, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Zanotta
 2. Constellation of light-circles, segments, and arcs, Henk Stallinga
 3. LotusSport bicycle 108, Lotus Engineering Limited
 4. Home Gym O ce, exercise equipment for home and o ce, Alias (2007)
 5. 6. The Raquette collection, Cristina Celestino for Billiani
 7. TEMPOMATIC 4 electronic tap and soap dispenser, DELABIE
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