03 / CONVERSATION

Scott Lippens

Can the genie escape the bottle?

FOUNDER, UPPERCUT · WATCH / LISTEN / READ · 53 MIN

Hello,

Collectible design has become the place where much of the industry’s freedom now lives. The work can be strange, specific and uncompromised. But I keep wondering whether any of that freedom can find its way into everyday life. And whether that is even the point.

For the latest A Small Future conversation, I sat down with Scott Lippens, founder of the Antwerp gallery Uppercut.

We talk about how he learned to look, why he risked his savings on a gallery, what young designers need from a dealer, and the difficult relationship between experimentation and scale.

Watch, listen or read the conversation →

The full conversation is 53 minutes. There is also an edited version to read on the website.

A big thank you to Scott for being so generous with his time and thoughts.

Any thoughts, praise or pushback are more than welcome. Just reply to this email.

Petrus