Here’s an interesting roundup of articles about Design Miami/Basel earlier this month. Enjoy! A Forum for design: Design Miami/Basel 2015 Show Report – Wallpaper Design Miami/Basel 2015 Highlights – ARTINFO UK Highlights from Design Miami/Basel – Architectural Digest Seven of the … Continue reading
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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
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
“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
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
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
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
Flemming Laasen’s (1902-1984) ‘Tired Man’ chair, originally designed for the Joiners Guild Exhibition in 1936 is intriguing. The curved forms can be interpreted as the designer’s individual response to the austere internationalism prevailing in the pre-WWII years of the 1930s. … Continue reading
Treasure hunting in Paris on a rainy day ~~ A pair of 1960s Scandinavian teak and rosewood chairs. These exceedingly comfortable chairs carry some recognizable trademarks of midcentury Scandinavian design. The sculptural form of the arms is one and … Continue reading
