Five Twenty One Design is a multi-disciplinary design studio originally formed in 1999 in NYC by self-taught artist and designer Chris Ferebee.
For commissions / product development or general information, contact: ferebee521*AT*gmail.com
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Exhibitions
Fashioning Felt
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NYC 2009
100% Design
London, 2004
Scandinavian Furniture Fair
Copenhagen, Denmark 2004
IMM - Cologne Furniture Fair
Cologne, Germany 2004
Regeneration
re:place studio, NYC 2003
New Design New York
Totem Gallery, NYC 2001
Carrefour de la Creation
Centre Pompidou, Paris 2001
T.A.G. Team curated by *Surface Magazine and Totem Design
Milan and NYC 2001
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Awards
Hive Shelving Unit nominated for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's
People's Design Award, 2006
Design Distinction Award for the HIVE Shelving Unit
I.D. Magazine's Annual Design Review 2001
2000 Good Design Award for the HIVE Shelving Unit
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design
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Design publications // see Press and Publications
2007 - Sotheby's 'Important 20th Century Design' auction catalog, June 2007
2006 - Ultimate New York Design, teNeues
2006 - Young Designers Americas, Daab
2006 - Communicating with Pattern: Stripes, RotoVision
2005 - International Design Yearbook 20, Abbeville Press/Laurence King
2004 - The Design Encyclopedia, MoMA/Laurence King Publishing
2003 - Bent Ply : The Art of Plywood Furniture, Princeton Architectural Press
2003 - International Design Yearbook 18, Abbeville Press/Laurence King
2002 - Furniture Design, teNeues Publications
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Credits
Studio photography of 521's furniture by Nick Vaccaro Photography, except where noted otherwise.
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All contents copyright © 1999-2009 chris ferebee/521Design
