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Lepidoptera Chair by Simone LeAmon

Posted by Dave on March 12th, 2009 Australian designer Simone LeAmon has won the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award for the Lepidoptera Chair. The award focuses on contemporary design in the Australian state of Victoria, and is organized by the National Gallery of Victoria. This year, the award was dedicated to contemporary seat furniture design...

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The National Gallery of Victoria today announced that the recipient of the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award is Simone LeAmon. The prize of $30,000 was awarded to Ms LeAmon for her chair titled Lepidoptera. The multi-disciplinary designer said: "I am thrilled to accept this award and to be a part of this exhibition which draws attention to the work of outstanding Victorian designers. I can think of less than a handful of cities in the world where an exhibition of this standard could take place."...

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Time to take a front seat

Mar 12th, 2009 by Kevin Murray.

Congratulations to Simone LeAmon for winning the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award which opened at the National Gallery of Victoria last night. Her Lepidoptera chair continues the creative use of recycled materials that she had forged in her classic Bowling Arm bracelets.

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NEWS: NGV Honors Simone LeAmon With Cicely & Colin Rigg Award 12 Mar 2009

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March 2009

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced that the recipient of the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award is Simone LeAmon.

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Lepidoptera Chair is Made From Car Upholstery Remnants

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 03.12.09

DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

Australian designer Simone LeAmon a fascination with "machismo of moto culture." She makes the Lepidoptera chair from textile remnants from Autofab, an Australian automotive textile manufacturer.

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Chair Made from Upcycled Car Upholstery

Green Daily — ... the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award for its unique design, the Lepidoptera Chair is built from the remnants manufactured by local upholstery maker Autofab for major auto companies. So, if you happen to live in the state of Victoria and drive an old Ford, Holden, or Mitsubishi, you may recognize some of the patterns.

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Australian designer Simone LeAmon has won the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award for the Lepidoptera Chair.

The award focuses on contemporary design in the Australian state of Victoria, and is organized by the National Gallery of Victoria. This year, the award was dedicated to contemporary seat furniture design.

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Lepidoptera Chair is Made From Car Upholstery Remnants

Australian designer Simone LeAmon a fascination with “machismo of moto culture.” She makes the Lepidoptera chair from textile remnants from Autofab, an Australian automotive textile manufacturer

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NGV Award Winner Announced

Multi-disciplinary designer, Simone LeAmon, has been announced as the winner of 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award at the National Gallery Victoria (NGV)

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The Wall Street Journal

Australian designer Simone LeAmon a fascination with "machismo of moto culture." She makes the Lepidoptera chair from textile remnants from Autofab, an Australian automotive textile manufacturer.

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Lepidoptera Chair designed by Simone LeAmon

The National Gallery of Victoria today announced that the recipient of the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award is Simone LeAmon. The prize of $30,000 was awarded to Ms LeAmon for her chair titled Lepidoptera.

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An Award Winning Lepidoptera Chair

In the Australian State of Victoria, Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary design Award is organized by the National Gallery of Victoria. Simone Leanmon is the winner of 2009

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2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Art Award

Thanks to the legacy of a little-known Melbourne man called Colin Rigg, Victorian designers are supported to the tune of $30,000 as a recipient of The Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award.

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Simone designs a seat of learning

Simone LeAmon, Lecturer in Industrial Design at RMIT University, has won the 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award for her chair, titled Lepidoptera.

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I'ts just not cricket

Ben Landau writes about Simone LeAmon’s Bowling Arm for World Sweet World, a sustainable DIY magazine based in New Zealand.

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