Remember Me by Tobias Juretzek for Casamania

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Into a design world where innovation and ingenuity are at times, not enough to draw attention and where “green living” and recycling often takes priority above all else, comes to life Remember Me designer dining chairs by Tobias Juretzek for Casamania, a leading Italian furniture manufacturer.

Embedded in the notion of longevity and continuity, Juretzek set out to prolong the life cycle of some very random, yet common clothing by using them as unique exterior identifiers of linearly constructed dining chairs, hence creating one-of-a-kind furniture elements with perhaps a few memories that were attached to each garment.  Items like jeans and t-shirts are reinvented as surfaces in a sporadic, multi-dimensional, quilt-like pattern by being soaked in resin and dried into the shape of a chair that can be mistaken for having a wooden or plastic structure.

Omaggio Modern Office Desk

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Omaggio is a beautifully crafted modern office desk presented by Ceccotti Collection at the 2011 Milan Furniture Fair.  Designed by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, Omaggio office desk stays consistent with Ceccotti’s dedication and commitment to solid wood construction and the artistic core of all its products with a moto that says “if the wood bends, we carve it”, never using veneers.  The Omaggio desk is a tribute to Carlo Mollino and his famous Cavour desk through the embodiment of beauty and functionality in true harmonious existence.

Omaggio modern office desk by Ceccotti Collection

Omaggio office desk by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Ceccotti Collection

 

Cattelan Italia’s Orion Floor Lamp on Season 6 of Design Star

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

Premiered on July 11th 2011, the 1st episode of HGTV’s mega hit reality competition, Design Star exceeded expectations of its much anticipated return.  With 12 designers, a superstar judging panel consisting HGTV’s renowned and highly revered interior designers (Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip), and a Design Star Season 1 alum and star of his own HGTV show Color Splash, David Bromstad in the role of a mentor, the show was off to fantastic start.

New York City penthouse interior design by Cathy & Leslie featuring where Orion floor lamp by Cattelan Italia on HGTV's Design Star

The first week’s challenge entailed competitors to transform a $7 million New York City penthouse using personal styles of interior design and working in pairs.  Although they didn’t win the challenge, design duo, Cathy and Leslie, produced impressive results that conveyed a cohesive color story and inviting ambiance using earthy tones, textures and statement lighting, which is where Orion floor lamp by Cattelan Italia played a major part with its oversized dimensions, soft curvatures and minimalist silhouette.  The modern great room ended up being so well designed that despite the stunning views of NYC skyline seen from the windows, the interior of the room held its ground, captivating attention through its every element.

Modern Design Pays Tribute to an Icon

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

A new modern sculpture showcased at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex UK by the talented Gerry Judah rises 92 feet above ground weighing 350,000 lb which in actuality is equal to 135 real-life E-type Jaguars.   A deserving ode to an iconic, revolutionary motor-rebel, that withstood the test of time since its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961, Jaguar E-Type remains, as Enzo Ferrari described it “the most beautiful car ever made.”  Like its inspiration did 50 years ago, Judah’s awe-inspiring, unprecedented monument dwarfs anything that came before it, accurately depicting the symbol of speed, agility and luxury using 1,640 ft of 4ft diameter steel tube.  The essence of Judah’s intrepid modern design aesthetic is epitomized in the unlikely positioning of the sculpture, in lieu of doing the typical, Judah’s mammoth sculpture is standing horizontally on its front bumper, unaffected by gravity allowing for observes to appreciate the car’s unfading beauty and the sculpture’s ingenuity.

Jaguar E-Type Sculpture by Gerry Judah at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Jaguar E-Type Sculpture, Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

The Avatar of Modern Furniture Designs in Haute Couture Fashion

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Fashion and furniture design have often walked the same creative paths, tapping into comely inspirations with highly comparable outcomes.  Proven to be true yet again, the runways of Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2011 collections presented in Paris and the showrooms of Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, fancied no creative constrains, drawing many parallels through abstract linearity, purist forms and precious details.

Stephane Rolland’s Collection was full of architectural integrity offset by a variety of über feminine details and symmetric congruencies.  Relating to Rolland’s avant-garde inclinations is the Big Easy Modern Armchair by Ron Arad for Moroso, and the Molecule designer seating collection by Stefano Bigi for La Cividina, both of which feature exaggerated curvatures with powerful, edgy, modern vernacular, equally iconic and streamlined, entirely submerged in pervasive boarders of sculptural poise.  Both furniture pieces spectacularly take the normally expected form/function dynamics to an almost futuristic existence and by that epitomizing today’s forward-looking design ideologies.

Stephane Rolland’s collection

Stephane Rolland’s collection

Drapery was prevalent for Rolland and is paralleled by Konstantic Grcic’s cape sofa for Established & Sons’ 2011 collection.  The Ghiaccio armchair by Piero Lissoni for Porro is a geometric marvel with straight lines, aerodynamic profile and a bit of whimsy vintage aura.  The Groovy chair by the legendary Pierre Paulin for Artifort speaks to the playful side of Rolland’s collection through its curvaceous yet tailored design that is soft and elegant at once.

Stephane Rolland’s collection

Stephane Rolland’s collection

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