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

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

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

Antoine Vignault at Galerie Patrick Fourtin, Paris

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

Tuomas Markunpoika and Design Days Dubai

If you are visiting Design Days Dubai next month (16-20 March) make sure you make a stop at Fumi Gallery  www.galleryfumi.com to see Tuomas Markunpoika’s work. Engineering Temporality Cabinet made of welded steel rings. Photo courtesy of Gallery FUMI Inspired by his grandmother’s disintegrating memories as … Continue reading

Dutko and PAD Paris

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

Friday Finds!

Treasure hunting in Paris on a beautiful fall day. … This is one of a pair of ‘Pipe Line Series 2’ chairs (1983) in lucite and chrome by Jeff Messerschmidt. With a small production of just 75 chairs, they were an exciting … Continue reading

Friday Finds! 19 Sept 2014

Are you looking for a light or pair of chairs by a specific designer or from a certain period? Have you been dreaming of owning a …? You fill in the blank and Artecase will help you find it!  ~~ The … Continue reading

Friday Finds!

We have some truly wonderful objects to present to you today! This unique 1940s Venini chandelier is from a private home in Paris and it is truly exceptional. Restrained and elegant in expression and proportion … block out the ceiling and other lights in … Continue reading