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Cheap Modern DeskThe Carpenters Workshop Gallery
I love the idea of gathering a group of established and up and coming artists/designers together and featuring their pieces in a gallery format. When I looked through the works section of the website I felt as though I was looking through a gallery of modern art, the pieces have such a fantastic sculptural quality. I would love to have a pair of Royeroid Armchairs in red by ROBERT STADLER.
Established in 2005 by Parisian entrepreneurs and art devotees Loic Le Gaillard and Julien Lombrail, The Carpenters Workshop Gallery is known for its discovery of bold and iconic design-art. Like many of the artists it fosters, the gallery takes a young, fresh and dynamic approach, primarily following its own aesthetic. They exhibit unique and limited edition works both by emerging and established artists and designers.
ROBERT STADLER
The mind of Aldo Bakker
Aldo Bakker has created some very cool and original furniture. Treated, instantly caught my attention, with it’s four legs, one inverted acting as a backrest, is so simple in shape and form but oh so stunning. I really love the treatment using graphite to get that beautiful gradient effect. Make sure to check out the rest of his work, it is just as killer as the “Treated chair”.
The work of Aldo Bakker, is the work of a designer. With that, Aldo distances himself from the current belief that a strong ‘concept’ will naturally lead to interesting forms. He believes that the mastery and control of aesthetics are essential competencies. Indeed, they constitute a separate discipline.
Sculptor Alma Allen encore
It has been a while since I had last featured Sculptor Alma Allen, yesterday I received an email highlighting some recent work by Alma. Every time I look at his work I am in amazement of his talent. It seems to me that a lot of care and detail goes into his pieces. I really love the choices of materials and in some cases these different materials are joined in a harmonious way. Make sure to visit his site to see the rest of his work.
Khouri Guzman Bunce Limited
I am totally enamored with the pieces designed by Khouri Guzman Bunce Limited. In most cases, furniture to me, looks like furniture first then you notice the artistic details. These sculptural pieces of art run in a opposite manner. They almost feel like sculptures or art pieces, at a second glance you see the functionality of the furniture. I love the precision of the stitching on the The Mayweather sofa and who doesn’t dig on that killer crushed violet purple.
The line is unapologetically modern but executed in materials and utilizing methods associated with older levels of craftsmanship. Working in fumed white oak, silicon bronze and Pyrex, to site a few examples, KGB Limited has fashioned sophisticated pieces that employ marquetry, leather molding and precious metal plating techniques.
Eames Splint part two
So a guy (me) walks into a……Oh, you’ve heard this one, so have I. Last Friday I walked into the same store that I picked up my Eames leg splint and the kind lady says “you know that leg splint you bought” at this point my first thought was “uh oh she is onto me” then she said “I got another one from the same place, do you want it?” Of course I said yes.
When I got the splint home I instantly realized that there were some very distinct differences between the two. I am not posting this to boast or brag but I am curious about this second one to see if anyone out there has some knowledge they can share about where this one came from. The second one has no markings, no Evans mark, no serial on the inside bottom and the shape is a little different. Is this even a Eames splint? Was Evans the only one that produced these? What do you think?
UPDATE!
I started a thread on this second leg splint on Design Addict. It looks as though this second splint might have been made by Alvar and Aaino Aalto’s company, Artek-Pascoe.
http://modernlove20.com/2010artekeames.htm
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread_show_one/thread_id/13682/
Frøystad + Klock
Oslo based Frøystad + Klock, have a pretty nice range of products. I really like their collaborative approach mixed with a little problem solving. I really like the Tosom sofa, with cold weather on it’s way I could curl right up in their and take a nap.
Frøystad + Klock design sustainable products and furniture with personalities, creates interiors and exhibition design, in addition to organizing and participating in workshops and various interdisciplinary projects. A joint passion and vision for problem solving, experimenting and design creates the bases for the studio located in an old workshop in Oslo city center, Norway.
