designer
Steve Diskin has a BA and an MArch from Harvard, as well as a PhD from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
His professional career began with the architecture firm of Kenzo Tange in Tokyo, the establishment of his studio in Los Angeles, and the design of the HELIX clock, now in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. He taught industrial design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, was a visiting professor at the University of Ljubljana and at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design in Prague; he has also lectured in Switzerland, Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Cyprus, Israel, Turkey and Argentina.
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Steve was chairman of industrial design at Pratt Institute in New York from 2010-2014, and now lives and works in L.A.
concept
We all have a place we like to go... if it's raining, to get out of the hot sun, to escape assault from the pressures of daily life, to find refuge from stress at work, or just to have a few private moments of relaxation in which to take a deep breath, imagine a beach somewhere or to hear a favorite song.
A space of one's own is becoming harder and harder to come by; the crowds and noise of the city force us to seek refuge, to collect our thoughts and just luxuriate in being left alone. Like a bath, or a tent in the woods, a string quartet sounding inside a big pair of headphones, even a few moments behind darkly tinted sunglasses ... anything to possess a little chunk of time at peace, just for ourselves.
The Duo•deca•hedron is a place
we can go to just "be"
-"Headspace pod gives you space for distraction-free meditation"
- Poolside Pod, Kimpton EPIC Hotel, Miami
