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
Category Archives: Friday Finds
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
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
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
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
Galerie Patrick Fourtin hosted the vernissage of the first collection by Antoine Vignault last evening. This six piece collection is one we have been following for some time and it was a wonderful experience to see the pieces in person. Above: A labradorite sphere … Continue reading
Transcendent Aesthetics of ArtDesign Eric Schmitt and Benoit Lemercier are two contemporary designers creating supremely seductive and sculptural ArtDesign objects. With different methods and intentions both create works that evoke beautiful harmony. There work will be presented at PAD Paris by the exciting Jean-Jacques Dutko Gallery. … Continue reading
Atlante X stool in black patinated bronze. Upholstered in ‘gold bronze’ material by Alexandre Logé 17.75 x 22 x 16.5 inches / 45 x 56 x 42 cm. ~~ This Atlante X Stool in patinated bronze is by Paris-based designer … Continue reading
Wall light in polished brass, walnut and white perspex (circa 1960) by Robert Mathieu The 1950s and 60s was a particularly prolific period of optimism and creativity for French designers. We are seeing more focus on French design of this era and it is definitely a … Continue reading
This beautiful sculptural portemanteaux designed by Felix Agostini, straddles the worlds of Art and Design – it can as easily be described as a piece of sculpture as it can a functional piece of design. Sculpturally it has a personal and playful quality, … Continue reading
