Self-expression. Yesterday, the International Herald Tribune featured a brief profile of Spanish designer Jaime Hayon. Jaime Hayon's Whimsical World of Playful Creations looks at Mr. Hayon's fast ascension to design superstardom through his playful work � check out the slideshow for a quick primer...

Interestingly, the author groups Hayon with Studio Job and Maarten Baas but "Hayon is among the most visible of a new generation of designers who have rejected the modernist role of the designer as a problem-solver in favor of self-expression." Via Core77.

• Jaime Hayon's Double Poltrona
• AQHayon Bath Collection