Milwaukee Art Museum Aquires Aluminum Slice Chair
by Mathias Bengtsson
Just months after the Carnegie Museum of Art announced its purchase of Mathias Bengtsson's 'Slice Chair' (#15 of 20) the Milwaukee Art Museum has also added one of the chairs to their collection.
Jonathan Muecke: Open Objects
April 30 - May 15, 2011
Volume Gallery
Chicago
Volume Gallery launches its fourth series with a collection of new works from Jonathan Muecke, titled Open Objects.
Milan Furniture Fair 2011 [Monocle]
Monocle have released their report from the Milan Furniture Fair 2011. They point out the the rise of LED lighting, specifically the Phillips booth, where they highlighted the broad possibilities of LED. The dominance of Phillips lead Monocle to question the role of Italian manufacturers in the future of lighting design.
Open House 2011
by Droog led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Levittown, NY
USA
On Saturday April 23rd 2011 Droog in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro hosted Open House a social design experiment exploring the future possibility of domestic service spaces.
The HfG Ulm
Ulm School of Design
Ulm
Germany
The Ulm School of Design is often referred to as the most influential postwar / post bauhaus German design institution.
Shutting down only 15 years after it opened in 1953, the school's legacy continues to influence the international design community.
The Floating Cinema by Somewhere and Studio Weave
an up projects production for the waterways of East London
The waterways of the five Olympic host boroughs will be host to a floating cinema developed by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie (known collectively as Somewhere), and designed by Hackney based architects Studio Weave, during the summer 2011.
20th Century Decorative Art & Design Auction at Christies
20 April '11
London
On April 20 '11 Christies will host a 20th Century Decorative Art & Design Auction in London. After Christie's Les Collections du Château de Gourdon and a previous 20th Century Decorative Art & Design sale in New York have proven to be a bit underwhelming, I am curious to see if this London sale will provide us with a bit of excitement.
Cell Easy Chair and Ottoman
Moving away from a reliance on industrial design, the cell Easy Chair & Ottoman is designed using the principles of local handcraft techniques, showcasing the beauty and structure of the material utilized while maintaining a modern industrial look.
The light weight sculptural design casts jewel-like shadows that give it a whimsical twist.
The JWT Agency
by Mathieu Lehanneur
Perpetually on the lookout for new ways to live, sleep, create and work, Mathieu Lehanneur turns the advertising agency JWT (Neuilly/Seine) into a "digital plant station", a new reflection from the designer about contemporary working styles and the necessary invented depictions of them when applied to the professional world of communications.
Bocci on crane.tv
Wonderful interview with Omer Arbel of Bocci, a Vancouver based design house. Arbel touches on the evolving role of the designers, hints at the future of luxury, and reveals the beauty of process in creating design objects.
Prick Lamp (Thin)
Number five from the edition of six. Underside with metal label with signature and ‘6 / 5 /AVL 001609’.
Estimate £8,000–12,000
Read more
Lathe VIII Chair
Number five from the edition of eight. One leg incised with ‘SB’ and stamped with ‘Landowski Fondeur 2009’.
Number one from the edition of eight of the ‘Lathe VIII’ chair is in the permanent collection and was also included in the exhibition ‘Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 14 July – 18 October 2009.
Read more
Bahut Sideboard
Unique monumental 'Bahut' sideboard, from the Dr Georges Ferran Estate, Cully, Calvados, France.
Together with the original Steph Simon invoice and preparatory drawing plan no. ‘28825’.
Vase Form
Folded multi-coloured and embossed porcelain. Impressed with artist’s seal and incised ‘BABS HAENEN ’93’, with paper label ‘542 Haenen 1993’.
Estimated at £2,000–3,000
LITERATURE Mark Del Vecchio, Postmodern Ceramic, London, 2001, p. 86 for a similar example
Archives
April 2013 (17)
March 2013 (16)
February 2013 (14)
January 2013 (16)
December 2012 (8)
November 2012 (20)
October 2012 (22)
September 2012 (17)
August 2012 (17)
July 2012 (22)
June 2012 (13)
May 2012 (20)
April 2012 (16)
March 2012 (28)
February 2012 (15)
January 2012 (17)
December 2011 (34)
November 2011 (24)
October 2011 (14)
September 2011 (39)
August 2011 (39)
July 2011 (36)
June 2011 (22)
May 2011 (22)
April 2011 (23)
March 2011 (19)
February 2011 (20)
January 2011 (37)
December 2010 (40)
November 2010 (41)
October 2010 (31)
September 2010 (96)
August 2010 (37)
July 2010 (35)
June 2010 (85)
May 2010 (168)
April 2010 (43)
March 2010 (69)
February 2010 (42)
January 2010 (66)
December 2009 (60)
November 2009 (38)
October 2009 (70)
September 2009 (66)
August 2009 (50)
July 2009 (55)
June 2009 (55)
May 2009 (66)
April 2009 (57)
March 2009 (72)
February 2009 (55)
January 2009 (63)
December 2008 (51)
November 2008 (43)
October 2008 (72)
September 2008 (89)
August 2008 (56)
July 2008 (82)
June 2008 (73)
May 2008 (65)
April 2008 (33)
March 2008 (22)
