Box in Four Movements prototype
Lot# 101 - Important Design - Wright Auctions, June 2nd, 2009.
Thonet Photo Contest: 214 x 214
Deadline 31st August '09
In honour of the 150th birthday of their café chair ‘no 214’, Thonet is hosting a photo competition to celebrate this unique moment in furniture history.
Talk: Deyan Sudjic - The Language of Things
30th May '09, 10am
The Hay Festival in Wales
Venue: Guardian Stage
How did the design of a pistol influence a car? Why did a chair make a café the most fashionable place in Paris? What can we learn from a banknote, a police uniform or a typeface? As part of this year’s Guardian Hay Festival, the Director of the Design Museum explores our visual vocabulary.
Tickets are £8.00
Catastrophe Vase
by Maxim Velcovsky
Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky’s Catastrophe vases are a brilliant testament to the notion of raw beauty.
Conjuring up visions of stratigraphy and archaeology, the vases are the perfect juxtaposition to the nature and beauty of the flowers they hold.
Design Auction: Phillips de Pury & Company, New York
3rd June '09, 11:00am
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York
450 W. 15th Street, New York, NY
Major works by cutting-edge contemporary designers Zaha Hadid, Marc Newson, Ron Arad and Fernando & Humberto Campana will be on offer at the upcoming Phillips de Pury & Company New York Design sale.
'Big Easy Volume 2' chair
Produced by the Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands. Number two from an edition of 20 plus five artist’s proofs.
Side of base incised with "Ron Arad 2 / 20."
Lot# 81 - Design Auction - Phillips de Pury & Company, June 3rd, 2009.
'Plywood' desk
Produced by Galerie Néotù, France.
Lot# 97 - Design Auction - Phillips de Pury & Company, June 3rd, 2009.
Set of six prototype 'Clay' chairs
Hand-made by Baas & den Herder, The Netherlands. Each chair back inset with metal lettering “BAAS” (6).
Lot# 91 - Design Auction - Phillips de Pury & Company, June 3rd, 2009.
'Swash' cabinet
Produced by Established & Sons, Ltd., UK, from the Seamless collection.
Number two from an edition of eight. Underside with two metal roundels stamped with “Established/& Sons/British Made” and “Designed by/Zaha Hadid/Seamless / 2006/Swash 2 / 8.”
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Rare and important set of 12 'Grains de Café' side chairs
Each chair back impressed with “CLAUDE LALANNE” and “84.” Originally designed for Olivier de la Baume (12).
Lot# 49 - Design Auction - Phillips de Pury & Company, June 3rd, 2009.
'Black Hole' table
Produced by Marc Newson, France. Number five from an edition of ten, plus two artist’s proofs and one prototype.
Underside with metal roundel stamped with “MN/Black hole table/5 / 10” and signature.
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'Sonia Diniz' chair
Produced by Estudio Campana, Brazil. From an edition of 12 plus four artist’s proofs and two prototypes. Together with a certificate of authentcitiy from Estudio Campana.
Lot# 80 - Design Auction - Phillips de Pury & Company, June 3rd, 2009
Unique 'Over The Hills and Far Away' floor lamp
Produced by Committee, UK, from the Kebab series.
The binoculars signed in marker with “2007/Committee” and “Over the Hills and Far Away” and central rod signed in marker with “Over the Hills + Far Away.”
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'Bessie Smith Breakfast Chair'
Editioned by RW Work Ltd., USA and Luca Dosi Delfini, The Netherlands.
Number ten from an edition of 12. Underside with manufacturer’s brass plaque impressed with “RW/WORK LTD/EDITIONS DOSI DELFINI” and incised with “Breakfast Chair/1 of 12/10.”
Originally designed for the theatrical production Cosmopolitan Greetings, 1988.
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