on primitivism interview by XERXES COOK photography by SASA STUCIN Working quickly and with an economy of gesture, the British designer Max lamb uses traditional, if not prehistoric, techniques to transform materials like marble, trees, and polyurethane rubber into highly covetable pieces of furniture that wouldn’t look out of place among the ruins of Stonehenge. This approach has made the 36-year-old one of the most sought-after designers today. This April alone, he will launch three distinct projects in Milan during the Salone del Mobile: the interiors of an Acne Studios store (he previously designed their shop on Madison Avenue, in new York city); a range of objects made from recycled textiles for Kvadrat, the design textile manufacturer; and a series of ceramics made in collaboration with the Italian company Bitossi. i caught up with the designer at his studio in north London to discuss the relationship between art and…