Iskos-Berlin is the design partnership of Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin, founded in 2010 and based in Copenhagen. Together, they work across industrial, furniture, and graphic design. The duo previously worked at Komplot Design, where Berlin was a founding member in 1987 and Iskos joined the practice in 1999. Berlin (b. 1958) is from St. Petersburg, Russia, and is a graduate of the city’s Institute of Applied Arts. Iskos (b. 1965) is from Kharkov, Ukraine, and studied architecture, engineering, and industrial design in Ukraine and Denmark. Their approach is to “see design as an art of storytelling,” paying special attention to the materiality of objects, often letting it define their design language. Their exploratory nature frequently results in products utilizing new technologies and materials. For HAY, Iskos-Berlin created the Soft Edge series of chairs and stools—a design born from the knowledge that there is no definitive sitting posture, but rather that our natural state is one of constant dynamic movement.

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