Shay Alkalay

“We have a great urge to experiment,” says Yael Mer. She and Shay Alkalay founded the studio “Raw Edges” back in 2007 and have been coming up with unusual approaches in design ever since.

No London Design Festival without some special highlight. This year, four small houses were on show outside the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square – by Jasper Morrison, Raw Edges, Ilse Crawford and Patternity, created for the “A Place Called Home” project.

EuroCucina, which runs parallel to Milan’s Salone del Mobile, offers furniture for people who would love to cook. And shows the latest status objects that straddle architecture and design. A tour.

The young design studio Raw-Edges in London was officially founded in July 2007. Yet the paths of Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, who were both born in Tel Aviv in 1976, first crossed many years ago. They are currently exhibiting works at Fat Galerie in Paris with Peter Marigold.