Round and round we go: Spun celebrates 10 years

An XL spinning top. One that’s kept on rotating, incessantly, all around the world for the last ten years. That, in essence, is Spun, which became an instant contemporary design icon after its debut at the 2010 Salone del Mobile.Milano. It was immediately put to the test by the myriad young visitors packed inside the SaloneSatellite spaces - where some pieces “offered” for the occasion helped to generate a happy and extraordinary mood inside the pavilions. Swiftly thereafter, Spun found its way into international interiors and exteriors, was selected for the ADI Design Index in 2011 and awarded the Compasso d’Oro in 2014 “for having recreated an everyday object in an ironic and entertaining way.”

Succinctly described on the Magis website as “a spinning lounge chair in a rotational moulded polyethylene material,” the Veneto-based company has turned British designer and architect Thomas Heatherwick’s creative imaginings into a functional sculpture. Faithful to its company DNA, which has driven it to keep redrawing the frontiers of design since 1976, from searching for new ideas to new vocabularies and innovative production methods. Design and engineering have joined forces here, from the lengthy prototyping and testing period onwards, sparking a close dialogue between creator and producer, and culminating in a decidedly innovative solution, and one with an artistic spirit, what’s more.