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Wright’s Design sale features works by renowned designers of the 20th century. This October Wright will present more than twenty designs by George Nakashima from an important private collection that have never before been to market. Highlights from the collection include an exceptional Minguren I coffee table made of Carpathian Elm, a Conoid bench with an expressive seat as well as many lamps, stools, chairs and bookcases each expertly crafted. The works, most ordered in the 1970s, are accompanied by drawings from Nakashima as well as correspondence between the artist and the collector.
Other sale highlights include works from Chandigarh, India by Pierre Jeanneret, as well as American mid-century designs by George Nelson & Associates, Charles and Ray Eames and Greta Magnusson Grossman. Works by Paul Evans, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Edward Wormley, Serge Mouille and many others will also feature prominently in this sale.
deck chairs from lido swimming club | battista and gino giudici | 1945
chest of drawers | george nakashima | 1976
floor lamp model 1063 | gino sarfatti | arteluce | 1954
artona chairs | afra and tobia scarpa | maxalto | 1975
pennellate bowl | carlo scarpa | venini | 1942
skyscraper cocktail shaker / manhattan tray /candleholders | norman bel geddes | revere | c 1934
swan settee model 3321 | arne jacobsen | fritz hansen | 1958
[ preview ] 10 > 16 october 30 | 10am > 5pm, sunday by appointment
[ auction ] 17 october 2013 | noon CST
[ wright ] 1440 west hubbard chicago | T 312 563 0020
1> rudder coffee table model IN-52 | isamu noguhi | herman miller | 1944
2> this mortal coil | ron arad | 1993
3> mirror | fontana arte | c. 1958
4> bench | lina bo bardi | c. 1950
5> untitled (sonambient) | harry bertoia | 1970
6> crescent rocker | wendell castle | 1981
7> skyscraper cocktail shaker / manhattan tray /candleholders | norman bel geddes | revere | c 1934
8> deck chairs from lido swimming club | battista and gino giudici | 1945
9> artona chairs | afra and tobia scarpa | maxalto | 1975
10> floor lamp model 1063 | gino sarfatti | arteluce | 1954
11> standard chairs no. 305 | jean prouvé | 1950
12> untitled | alexandre noll | c. 1955
13> falurutan carpet | barbro nilsson | märta måås-fjetterström | 1952
14> chest of drawers | george nakashima | 1976
15> swan settee model 3321 | arne jacobsen | fritz hansen | 1958
16> pennellate bowl | carlo scarpa | venini | 1942
17> swirl chairs from mielmonte resort hotel | robert venturi | knoll | 1994
18> stools from tabourettli theatre | santiago calatrava | 1986
This writer is a designer living in Chicago. The month of May signals many things but if you’re a bargain hunter in Chicago it signals ‘floor sample sale’ as showrooms prepare for Neocon. Two days left to find something neat at Luminaire. Luminaire’s not the only place btw, but… Just sayin. [ details ]
Italian designer and architect, Mario Trimarchi at Alessi giving a presentation to the press on architecture and his designs. It took 26 years before Mario approached Alessi with the Scirocco designs.
la stanza dello scirocco | mario trimarchi | alessi | 2009
“La Stanza dello Scirocco” is a range of items born out of the abstract and motionless atmosphere of a magic place: the room in large Sicilian country homes where one is forced to seek shelter from the sultriness while waiting for the sirocco to die down. It is a room without windows in which you can do nothing but ponder the wind that is undoing all sublunary things outside. The upshot is a collection of geometrically irregular items made up of small splinters of various sizes, interlaced in an unstable balance. And so I came up with the idea that “La Stanza dello Scirocco” could be recounted through the story of drawings done by hand and through images of shadows, and that we could then ask everyone to exert themselves ever so slightly and make a small input with their own imaginations. ~Mario Trimarchi
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Alessi’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection again brings out the animal(s) within us. And a great deal of art and form assert without loss of function.
Jasper Morrison presents ‘Mame’ a minimalistic press-filter coffee maker. Coffee bean icon personalizes the piece.
The super star in Spring/Summer 2013 may very well be the kitschy ‘Duck Timer’ designed by Eero Aarnio. When it’s time to turn off the heat the duck quacks.
There’s quite a bit of kitchen objects including cookware, cutlery, china, oil-vinegar cruets and the duck timer among other items.
Last year’s Fall Winter 2012 collection introduced ‘Dressed” by Marcel Wonders, an effort to reposition perceived low-end aluminum cookware: Mission accomplished. In 2013 the designer introduces 18/10 stainless steel with magnetic bases to the family of cookware. Applying an exclusive deep-cut pattern to the handles and covers provides what’s needed to transition from kitchen to table.
Yet another animal is ‘Kastor’ a shiny beaver which gnaws pencils. The sharpener also functions as a paperweight.
PZ06 and PZ07. Pepper and spice caster. Peter Zumthor designer.
3> Duck Timer. Designer Eero Aarnio
4> Mame. Jasper Morrison
5> Acquerello. Colorful decoration added to last year’s bone white china. Guido Venturini
6> Dressed. Marcel Wanders
7> PCHO5/24. A set of 18/10 stainless steel fruit holders. Pierre Charpin
8> Joy n.1. A 18/10 stainless centerpiece. Claudia Raimondo
9> Tower. 5-set measuring devices inspired by balance weights. Monica Förster
10> ecco!. Fruit holder in 18/10 stainless or colored epoxy resin. Massimo Mariani
11> MU. Cutlery set. Unique hexagonal handle section “MU in Japanese. Toyo Ito
12> youSpoon. Your own personal accessory teaspoon. Marta Sansoni and LPWK
13> Kastor. Rodrigo Torres
14> CrissCross. Anodized aluminum multi-purpose basket. Eero Aarnio
15> Pick-Up. A new Alessi typology, a side-table magazine stand. Jakob Wagner
16> Mantel clock. A new edition (1988) maple-veneered clock. Michael Graves
17> PZ04 > 08. Complete set of oil.vinegar cruets, castors. Glass and 18/10. Peter Zumthor
18> A Lotus Leaf. Centerpiece in new steel colored epoxy resin added to 2012 edition. Chang Yung Ho
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By now we’re all familiar with the array of lovely, upcycled glass wine bottles cut and repurposed as vases, carafes, decanters, etc. Japanese design powerhouse, Nendo, took the idea one step further with their recent collaboration with Coca-Cola, which they debuted a few days ago at Design Tide Tokyo.
The five-piece dishware set is handblown in northern Japan from recycled glass Coke bottles. Though the glass isn’t cut from larger bottles, the design of the dishes mimics that cut mark and also references the bottle’s shape, with the circle of dimples on the bottom. We’re not soda drinkers, but we love the glass’ greenish hue and the way it looks on a table, as well as the slight imperfections that come with handmade objects, like the air bubbles.
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Mud Australia‘s line of handmade porcelain tableware easily caught my eye at the ever over-packed New York International Gift Fair this year. A rough wooden tabletop set off the collection’s picture perfect palette of soft greys, rich red, butter yellow and cheery robin’s egg blue. The exterior of all the plates, bowls and cups is left untreated, giving it a vitrified stone-like surface that’s balanced by the shining, glazed interiors. All the pieces are over, microwave and dishwasher safe, so they’re not only beautiful but practical, too.
Mud crafts their porcelain in their Sydney studio, where they also sell Chilewich’s place mats and table runners, Kobo soy candles and Vitsoe furniture. While their products are carried by a number of retailers in the United States, Mud has never had an American storefront of their very own until now. In just a few weeks they’ll be opening up shop in Soho on Crosby Street. Stay tuned for more news of the opening.
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An easy to clean, transport, energy efficient, portable grill from EcoQue. You can grill, bake, fry, roast, boil and even smoke food. EcoQue grills consume up to 75% less fuel than similar sized grills. The 15” model can cook a meal for six to eight (6-8) people using as few as 16 charcoal briquettes. The 12″ model for four using as few as nine charcoal briquettes. [ ecoque ]
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Just when you thought someone couldn’t possibly design a better corkscrew, Michael Antrobus comes along with Ground Barware, his new line of bar accessories. His bottle opener and corkscrew are made by twisting flat, stainless steel bars into forms that are as elegant and sophisticated as they are minimal. And with the commercial barware market flooded with over-designed gadgets, the simplicity of Antrobus’ pieces (they’re held together by a single weld!) are refreshing.
According to Antrobus, “each object is formed from a single length of 4000 Series Stainless Steel. First, a common tool is used to twist sections of each rectangular blank 180 degrees. A single twist forms a handle for the corkscrew and two opposing twists at the apex of the handle add the functional characteristic of the bottle opener. After twisting the blanks are taken to a fly press where radial bends are added. Once complete and correctly aligned the form of each object is secured with the application of a single precise weld, the weld is ground flush, before the objects are brushed to a matt finish.”
The Ground Barware collection stemmed from a stationery set he worked on while studying at Kingston University. The project aimed to find a domestic application for products made by the British steel industry so Antrobus could keep his entire design process local, from materials and fabrication to production. Like anyone with even half a conscience I’m a sucker for anything with a small carbon footprint, but since I’ve got Mad Men on my mind (series premiere is this Sunday night!) I can’t help but think Don Draper would most definitely have these matte steel babies in his office bar. I’ll drink to that!
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Eco-friendly paper tableware made of reed pulp, bamboo, and bagasse (sugarcane waste), which is usually discarded in the process of making sugar. Fully biodegradable.
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