The strong, clean undulating lines of Pierre Paulin’s red and purple sofas create a bright counterpoint to the dramatically dark and immaculately presented pret-a-porter pieces in Azzedine Alaïa’s new Paris shop, while simultaneously complimenting the sculptural nature of Alaïa’s work … Continue reading
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Mattia Bonetti is a provocative Swiss-born designer based in Paris whose curvaceous wooden standing vases and lamps caught our attention in Les Puces last year and quickly found there way to the home of a Paris client! We also featured … Continue reading
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Manuel Simon (1978-) In the great and rich tradition of the decorative arts in France, Manuel Simon’s amazing design pieces in glass and metal resonate deeply with us. Hailing from the South of France, Simon began to work in metal … Continue reading
‘I’ve always regarded most of the non-life-saving material world as ‘souvenirs’ of more or less profound thought expressed through functional ‘things’, which, by definition, possess therefore a divine duality for which they are sometimes considered inferior to Art, rather than … Continue reading
I like designing out-of-context, without the limitations of angles, corridors, rooms or walls. It’s all the same to me, whether I am doing sleeves for dresses or table legs.” These are two of Cardin’s earliest designs … both are quite … Continue reading
We are fascinated by the links between design, art and fashion and explored this creative cross-current in our recent Paris Fall Art and Design Program (http://arte-case.com/exclusive-art-and-design-events-in-paris/). During our event at Elsa Schiaparelli’s 1930s atelier in Place Vendome we viewed her … Continue reading
Andrea Branzi’s work was pointed out to us at FIAC recently as ‘design’ within the art fair. According to his gallerist, it is a statement on the whole human being and what that encompasses. Branzi’s composition includes live birds representing … Continue reading
We recently came upon this fabulous light (first image) by Max Ingrand, the master glass worker and designer (1908-1969). In painted metal and glass it was produced circa 1955 by Fontana Arte. The shade here has been replaced in the … Continue reading
We usually focus mainly on French design but couldn’t resist this amazing pair of wall lights (one of the pair in our image) which we saw in Paris last week! We were utterly enchanted. In tubular acrylic and painted metal, … Continue reading
