For French designer Benjamin Graindorge, cristalCane lamps are living beings. Their skeletons are made of glass and they carry the essence of light with grace and elegance: the energy is totally invisible – revealed only through its effect – the … Continue reading
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This spectacular exploding cabinet in aluminium designed by Maria Pergay for Fendi’s Paris flagship boutique redefines dynamism . Pergay’s unique ability to infuse life into the severe and linear forms of stainless steel with which she works is astonishing – … Continue reading
Can you tell what this is??? I was so intrigued I had to ask when I first saw it several months ago. It’s a dinner service for two including: dinner plates, salad bowl, salad plates, desert plates, little bread plate … Continue reading
We are always on the lookout for exciting new design work and we weren’t disappointed when we visited ‘Le Off’ exhibition a few days ago during Design Week Paris. These fabulous single and double seater chairs stopped us in our … Continue reading
/> Jean Prouvé – all design fanatics have heard this name. Come discover the context within which he was living and producing what is now widely recognized as the most transformative and influential furniture of the early Modern Movement. Artecase … Continue reading
Vladimir Kagan’s work is among the most enduring of the modern designers. The New York Times describes him as « the creative grandfather of a whole new generation of designers ». Born in Germany in 1927 he moved to the … Continue reading
This elegant and unique canapé by Jean Royère (1902-1981) looks curiously modern even now, despite being designed in the 1950s. This speaks volumes about the enduring quality of really superb design pieces. Royère was self-taught and started his design career … Continue reading
Arresting chaos, then a feeling of graceful flow and symmetry overwhelms the senses upon viewing this chair, followed by the impression of watching a butterfly or blooming flower. It is assembled using a version of the more than 7000 year … Continue reading
Claude Lalanne (b.1924) takes the natural world as her source of imagery with this fabulous chandelier in bronze, and although technically it is a light it seems more like sculpture. Her unique combination of surrealism and romanticism make her fabulous … Continue reading
The young Paris-born designer, Jonas Fernando Pires opened his own gallery last year on the left Bank and is producing some truly sensational work. Heavily inspired by the minimalism of Mies van der Rohe’s work and the graphic lines of … Continue reading
