MAURICO KLABIN Designer, photographer and mechanical engineer (1952-2000) - Rio dcjaneiro - Brazil Maurtcio Klabin's main concern was to inspire a feeling of wellbeing and protection; more preciseiy, to grve the sensation that one can feel when giving a hug. He chose to create objects which contain and cocoon. His work is characterized by the absence of salient angles, complex requirements or complicated instructions. His projects are at the same time simple and direct. He also fought to impose the idea that design had to be accessible to everybody. In 2006, his main création, the iconic Eclipse lamp. integrated the permanent collection of the Architecture and Design's department of the MoMA in New York.