matthew smidt

forma creative director / furniture designer

qualification: diploma in furniture design ; Carrington / Unitec
favourite quote: "a great chair is like a face…you meet thousands but few are memorable" ross lovegrove favourite furniture designers: forever inspired by charles and ray eames   my favourite chair design is: wink chair by toshiyuka kita for cassina  my favourite artist is: nz artist Ralph Hotere  favourite piece of art that I own is: an Andy Warhol screenprint  my favourite FORMA design is: the MEAN wide chair, named a 'real mean chair' by my son Callum, otherwise a big favourite is the HARRY sofa  the things i can't live without: my wife, my boys, my kite board, raspberries & icecream and crocodile lollies  my favourite colours are: chartreuse green & orange  my favourite current adventure: designing & creating my new home  my favourite hideaway: mangawhai