it is not just to fill space that i dare using this so obvious and repeated image, eugène noted. one of his favourite toys when he was little, this double-decker is for him much more that an emblem of london, the famous routemaster, he said, is a classic of 20th century design. the traditional chassis replaced by an aluminium alloy monocoque structure, powered steering and air operated brakes among other far too risky innovations to be placed in a public transport vehicle, needing two operators for its functioning and its appearance considered retrograde at the time, he finds here one of those english contradictions he feels very much identified with, a sort of revolutionary conservatism. the routemaster is still one of his favourite red objects.

ñ is for ñato

ñato: flat-nosed; snub-nosed