Interview with Armel Soyer on the eve of Design Miami Basel

Galerie Armel Soyer will be interpreting a Neo-Classical theme in the 21st Century in her booth at Design Miami Basel this year. It will be, without a doubt, a tour de force. We spoke with Armel as she was preparing for the … Continue reading

Auction Roundup

A little over half the lots at  the Cornette de Saint Cyr XXth Century Decorative Art sale on June 8th in Paris were unsold.  Among these was the star lot, the ‘Fauteuil-Scultpture ‘Leda’ chair by Salvador Dali (estimate €20,000-30,000). Interestingly, there … Continue reading

Ethereal Glass in Paris

“Spirit fruit” in cobalt and opal blue handblown filigree glass (2015) by Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert. If you are strolling down rue de Lille in Paris anytime soon, don’t miss the exhibition of spectacular contemporary glasswork by Jeremy Maxwell Winterbert at Galerie … Continue reading

Interview with Design-mkt.com’s co-founder Lionel Obadia

Gulp Light, circa 1960, Ingo Maurer. Image courtesy of Design Market. Design Market is an impressive new marketplace for authentic Modern design from the 1940s to 2000. For the last year and a half co-founders Lionel Obadia and David Mimouni have rounded … Continue reading

‘Body Language’ at Galerie Joseph, DDays Paris

  Standing light by Arnout Meijer Galerie Joseph’s exhibition ‘Body Language’ opened this week for DDays Paris – and its superb. It is the work of a collective of individual designers called Dutch Invertuals who all share one common focus: … Continue reading

Vanishing Point at CWG for #DDAYS Grand Paris

Conversation Piece 2015 Carpenters Workshop Gallery is presenting Vanishing Point, a new series by Dutch designer Sebastian Brajkovic for Design Days Grand Paris this week. The cashmere wool fabric is luscious. The pieces are playful and irreverent, making them rather exciting. … Continue reading

Artecase Update

Rare M2 and M3 ceiling lights by Joseph André Motte at Galerie Pascal Cuisinier for Art-Saint-Germain des Pres. Motte was one of the first French designers to use perspex in this specific interlocking design. Each light is made up of four … Continue reading

Design Updates!

  The Harlem Toile de Jouy pattern by Sheila Bridges is represented in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum’s permanent wallpaper collection. This year is the Bicentennial anniversary of the death of Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815), the founder of the … Continue reading

Collectible design Private Sale in Paris

Furniture For Sale from the Private Collection of an Art Advisor in Paris These items are all in good condition and priced to sell.contact@arte-case.com or +33 6 22 37 44 72We will help arrange shipping. Hanging PULP lamp by Jo Meesters, 2008, Purchased from Tools … Continue reading

Italian Lighting and Blue Fractal Resin!

We were up at Les Puces for the first time in quite a while this week. Each year it becomes more “established” and this year is no different – from new numbered awnings for easier identification of the stands to … Continue reading