Arik Levy, Master of Detail: "Design Is an Uncontrollable Muscle"

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Arik Levy, along with perhaps Marc Newson, is among those designers that all other designers envy (at least secretly). He flits between mass-market and high art, designing everything from cell phones to giant, one-off sculptures.

But he takes both equally seriously--and he argues that any object can be transformed into something magical: "I try to evoke memories of other objects, and that lets a product be something else."

During ICFF this week, Levy sat down with FastCompany.com, to discuss...