celadon footed vase: michael graves. designer gifts 2013.
Stuff is still in my Penneys. [ michael graves ] [jc penny ]
Chisel & mouse. Designer gifts 2013.
hoover building obviously
Chisel & Mouse is a family run company out of Sussex, England and was just nominated as one of the top 10 design companies during London Design Week. Re-creating architectural icons from their selection of designs or by commissioning a building, Cincinnati Union Terminal is showcasing their architectural wonder at the shop and the Perez Art Museum of Miami (formerly the Miami Art Museum), will be opening their new museum during Art Basel.
freemasons’ hall and regency town house
the collection
[ Chisel & Mouse ] Victoria Cottage, Dodds Bank, Nutley, East Sussex, TN22 3LR, United Kingdom | +44(0)1273 251335 store@chiselandmouse.com @chiselandmouse
Rocking horse: kay bojesen. Designer gifts 2013.
rocking horse | kay bojesen | 1936
who hasn’t dreamed of waking up and finding a horse in the garage? here’s your chance to fulfill that dream for someone you love. this pony goes on the auction block 14 November 2013 noon CST (USA) [ wright ]
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Architectmade. Designer gifts 2013.
bird
[ Architectmade ] started in 2005 obtaining the rights to manufacture iconic designs from Danish Designers such as Hans Bolling, Finn Juhl, etc. Featured on the [ Cooper-Hewitt web site ] (Cooper Hewitt is under renovation and will reopen in 2014) is a selection from this handcrafted and well-designed collection.
circle bowl
child’s chair
duck and duckling
optimist and pessimist
oscar
oscar
Hex: jonah takagi. Designer gifts 2013.
Here’s a cutting board you can use as a wood sculpture in the kitchen. I could see several lined up together but couldn’t think of anything big enough to cut up. It was parked on a countertop at the Chicago Boffi showroom.
Crafted in solid American Maple wood, the Hex Cutting Board’s faceted design aids in handling and chopping duties. L 18″ W 10″ H 1.75″ L 46cm W 25cm H 4cm [ jonah takagi ] [ field ]
Albright-knox art gallery. Designer gifts 2013.
fiato sulcollo | mario trimarchi | alessi | 2013
[ Albright Knox Art Gallery ] is one of the premier contemporary art museums in the US. They feature a number of the collections I represent, including Alessi, InSync, Petra Meiren, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Projects Watches, and Stewart Stand. Scirocco Collection, which Mario Trimarchi debuted in 2009 with Alessi has continued to include a necklace, earrings, and now bracelet and ring.
alisei earrings | mario trimarchi | alessi | 2011
la stanza dello scirocco | mario trimarchi | alessi | 2009
venue: [ Albright-Knox Art Gallery ] 1285 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo New York 14222 | 716.882.8700 / info@albrightknox.org [ mario trimarchi ]
Anish kapoor ‘living catalogue’ wins rich media award.
anish kapoor wins rich media award at mw2013 (the annual conference of museums and the web)
[ free download ] download the mca publications from the apple app store.
launch the app and tap on “DOWNLOAD” in the bottom menu, then tap the anish kapoor epublication cover and enter the code “mw2013“.
First porsche go-kart!
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Kartell. The culture of plastic.
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Kartell made plastic cool. Established in 1949 by chemical engineer Giulio Castelli, the company distinguished itself with such designers as Gino Colombini and Anna Castelli Ferrieri. It teamed up with many of the name designers from the golden age of Italinan design in the 1950s and 1960s. It became known in the US, particularly for work by Joe Colombo at the landmark exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Italy: the New Domestic Landscape in 1969.
The Kartell items included in The New Domestic Landscape were among the most practical and accessible in a show that sometimes verged into counterculture utopianism. The company was purchased by fashion industry veteran Claudio Luti and given renewed life. In the last few years, Kartell established polycarbonate as a key material and explored its possibilities of color and transparency. The most recent stellar examples of Kartell products include Ron Arad’s Bookworm bookshelf and Philippe Starck’s Ghost chair.
Now Taschen has done a book on the firm, PLASTIC CULTURE with text by Elisa Storace, curator of the Kartell museum just outside of Milan—who knew? [ kartell ] [ taschen ]
| ron arad’s bookworm shelf on wall | kartell’s paris showroom
phillipe starck | ghost chair
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Eames: beautiful details by eames demetrios.
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Eames: Beautiful Details by Eames Demetrios is a new book chronicling the life and work of husband-and-wife team designers Charles and Ray Eames through images of their celebrated work. [ amazon ] [ eames: the architect and the painter ]