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A little girl is hiding herself behind a room partition. Fascinated by
its opulence and its glittering marquetry, it becomes for her a magical
place
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There Mineas narrative begins. Because she herself is the young
girl behind the partition. And it was too that partition from her childhood
which awakened in her the wish to design her own room-divider.
Nowadays Minea works as a product designer and has dedicated herself
entirely to her favourite artefact æ the partition. So she fuses
traditional handicrafts with contemporary design, an approach which had
already achieved importance in the arts-and-crafts movement at the end
of the 19th Century. During the age of industrialisation, artisans and
artists joined forces to preserve arts and crafts from extinction.
This is a theme which has increased in significance once again. Because
technology is taking over in ever-increasing areas of our lives, our desire
for individuality becomes stronger. A desire which Minea fulfils with
her room partitions. Because Minea creates artefacts which shape living
spaces which can thereby be continually refashioned. Minea Partitions
are an expression of individual lifestyles since each partition has a
very special life of its own . You can turn and fold them, erect them
in the most different places, or position them as individual artefacts
of great presence, emphasise or conceal particular parts of your living
areas. Just as you wish.
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