<b><i>Willer Gallery</i></b><br /><i></i><br /><i>"I am an obsessive researcher, I love being in the library, figuring out the roots, the links, the relationships and the influences.” <b>-</b> Rebecca Willer </i><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi686U4ASc0TgPpH0iqGP1x29Jl1SZDn5niskru_F0kSebKYSKPzHjwkJE-UpRQLRo-YqtVWAp1p3PMNfkNugGNubR5qnEnG6vhHvxWEA0bB8Hze1z4l6TLl45K2IUJK_IqktX4P6rNpuOC/s1600/1_willer_artists_lynn-chadwick_bronze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi686U4ASc0TgPpH0iqGP1x29Jl1SZDn5niskru_F0kSebKYSKPzHjwkJE-UpRQLRo-YqtVWAp1p3PMNfkNugGNubR5qnEnG6vhHvxWEA0bB8Hze1z4l6TLl45K2IUJK_IqktX4P6rNpuOC/s1600/1_willer_artists_lynn-chadwick_bronze.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i>If there’s anything I set out to achieve, it’s that I want the look to be like the objects have grown with the person,” says Willer. “Our clients are discerning. They are people who travel, experience different cultures and who are very interested in the arts. We help them reflect their lifestyles in their decor.” Charming, perceptive, interested and interesting, Willer has confidence in what she knows but also confidence to be excited about learning more, all the time. <span style="font-size: large;"><b>“I am an obsessive researcher,” says Willer. “I love being in the library, figuring out the roots, the links, the relationships and the influences.”</b></span> This approach to design and life is in Willer’s DNA. “My father was a diplomat towards the end of his career and when he travelled, what he always wanted to know was ‘What are the most special artefacts of the local cultures?’ and ‘What can we ship back?’ I can’t imagine not responding to my environment that way; even when I was a student, living on a shoestring, my room didn’t look like anyone else’s – for pennies, it looked different. I say my approach has always been spare, not forced, certainly accumulated over time.</i><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.willer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Willer-Press-Article.pdf"><i><b>(text taken from here...) </b></i></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DvmbmjXu-FD_7GM9ZFK0nYh4Cmc9dpN7Xn1A1bfgatIbskKXwI6kwNQRfQRi55TMGdnTvrXj3o9_CvxWZhNmwVAqASN_Mfq0Ne5JSdrokFkBEd5NpFwQxWQumcTnFhAwHLnw4u3hi31S/s1600/1_willer_furniture_paul-mathieu-chaise-1500x847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DvmbmjXu-FD_7GM9ZFK0nYh4Cmc9dpN7Xn1A1bfgatIbskKXwI6kwNQRfQRi55TMGdnTvrXj3o9_CvxWZhNmwVAqASN_Mfq0Ne5JSdrokFkBEd5NpFwQxWQumcTnFhAwHLnw4u3hi31S/s1600/1_willer_furniture_paul-mathieu-chaise-1500x847.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Paul Mathieu 'Aria' chaise, bronze & Abigail Simpson vessel</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_TH-HdNPdS8f9t9OtQSn87IkQGskFmE_lF8FAVzokpRYiqqxkD5rx53nspmGutFT2C-wF8GcUT9bcxdIZhz9RA92GPJffl7GsYGB76egSBY-Qfve4F_SWJAopBIEpH7-g8q5CqKVbYzB/s1600/5_willer_lighting_mathilde-penicaud_lamp_concrete1-1500x847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_TH-HdNPdS8f9t9OtQSn87IkQGskFmE_lF8FAVzokpRYiqqxkD5rx53nspmGutFT2C-wF8GcUT9bcxdIZhz9RA92GPJffl7GsYGB76egSBY-Qfve4F_SWJAopBIEpH7-g8q5CqKVbYzB/s1600/5_willer_lighting_mathilde-penicaud_lamp_concrete1-1500x847.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mathilde Penicaut table lamps</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.willer.co.uk/about/"><i><br /></i></a><a href="http://www.willer.co.uk/about/"><i>more info here..</i></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>-------------- </i></div><br /><br /> Willer Gallery "I am an obsessive researcher, I love being in the library, figuring out the roots, the links, the relationships and the... Read more » 8:01 PM
<i>I’ve long been interested in loops, mistakes, trance-y repetition. </i><br /><i>It’s like writing a novel with pages missing in all the right places. —Harmony Korine </i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBGr26vfviCD83DT2LY_OFjhbCFw7HAl6aDlwGG1vqgnjm8b9F9VeueWVnxOwB4xP_YrYkhPJZ3duimlUUoETTRUwBUZhmntRDQ4G2EFX9n5ggXNknSv00-DOTF7eZ6JCL7Vk8ldgRlOv/s1600/5e5a3a36d6b42d777c46226f39fb1bf3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBGr26vfviCD83DT2LY_OFjhbCFw7HAl6aDlwGG1vqgnjm8b9F9VeueWVnxOwB4xP_YrYkhPJZ3duimlUUoETTRUwBUZhmntRDQ4G2EFX9n5ggXNknSv00-DOTF7eZ6JCL7Vk8ldgRlOv/s1600/5e5a3a36d6b42d777c46226f39fb1bf3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>Harmony Korine </b><br />December 28, 2014 - January 31, 2015<br />Eden Rock Gallery St. Jean, St. Barthélemy <br /><br /><br /><i>Gagosian is pleased to present recent paintings by Harmony Korine at Eden Rock Gallery's new location on top of the iconic hotel Eden Rock in St. Barths. Korine’s cult films of the past twenty years—from the surreal Gummo (1997) to Spring Breakers (2012), a contemporary film noir in which four college freshwomen are drawn into a murderous labyrinth of events—merge reality with fiction and hand-held camerawork with precise montage. This heady mix of the unplanned, the seductive, and the outlandish crystallizes in his lesser known, highly tactile paintings. Eschewing brush and professional paint in favor of Squeegees, leftover household paint, and masking tape, he creates loosely sequential images that echo the sonic and visual leitmotifs of his films. The accumulative hypnotic effect of the paintings is offset by lifelike randomness and impulsive energy. </i><br /><br /><i>Fidget Malt Crew and Slotty (all works 2014) are inhabited by shadowy, clawed creatures reminiscent of Goya’s ghastly Caprices, obscured by layers of housepaint, sprayed with letters, and repainted over the course of several years. The rows of circles and squares that cover every inch of Fflobby Check and Slausenraver Check yield sudden variations that vacillate between considered and spontaneous mark-making, while rainbow-hued, striated paintings comprising hundreds of horizontal lines hint at distant perspectives. Korine sticks pieces of bubble wrap, plastic, and paper to the canvas as he works, imbuing the optical depths with physical relief. These fossilized scraps embody dual narratives: as literal records of process, their skeletal silhouettes also suggest drifting specters, echoing the animated wraiths of more overtly figurative works such as Tinchy Sinchy and Frost Ball Junior High. Deliberate and erratic, repetitious and random, Korine’s paintings are born of fierce life forces, conflictual yet interdependent.</i><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/harmony-korine--december-28-2014"><i>more info here..</i></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">---------------</div> I’ve long been interested in loops, mistakes, trance-y repetition. It’s like writing a novel with pages missing in all the right places. —H... Read more » 11:14 AM
<b><i>winter </i></b><br /><i>chills and spills and thrills </i><br /><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTtnkOPTDVcvp4HSzxNgPjpWf1auD0bMlYDiLL0Z7PBRiteoJyBwc3-BQvWougRj6xI7OaD9_fb196XZ6O66I7R6SCiSOZH2Jk3uwkwhBUSZsO3HrzNxmkcBJ_kKTrSd7Amr5GXskopmK/s1600/Blinky+Palermo,+Untitled,+1969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTtnkOPTDVcvp4HSzxNgPjpWf1auD0bMlYDiLL0Z7PBRiteoJyBwc3-BQvWougRj6xI7OaD9_fb196XZ6O66I7R6SCiSOZH2Jk3uwkwhBUSZsO3HrzNxmkcBJ_kKTrSd7Amr5GXskopmK/s1600/Blinky+Palermo,+Untitled,+1969.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOkkvPVQbtM_zZ1HbCUFDY5ZSEXou6N_0Zey6fBSD9_6QSDo2-zzrrg_mWRezY3I-H3v4Eew8wqwvDQcaZyAHmtfntLonkslQP_qqYq9qLqqsIMeRjNaE9f52368xclAdBuzeuMd997n1/s1600/ae8e1b70-f9bf-488d-8a6a-8277ee398172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOkkvPVQbtM_zZ1HbCUFDY5ZSEXou6N_0Zey6fBSD9_6QSDo2-zzrrg_mWRezY3I-H3v4Eew8wqwvDQcaZyAHmtfntLonkslQP_qqYq9qLqqsIMeRjNaE9f52368xclAdBuzeuMd997n1/s1600/ae8e1b70-f9bf-488d-8a6a-8277ee398172.jpg" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i>1. Blinky Palermo, 1969 painting</i><br /><br /><i>2. Catch, is a collection of floor, wall and suspension lamps which plays on a visual and physical tension amongst brass elements, blown glass and the sensual light of the opal. “I let the chain turn into big graphic staples imposing themselves on fragile glass elements. […] Some sort of timeless play between the male element – the rigid metal – and the female one – the liquid glass”</i><br /><i>via Nilafur Gallery</i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">--------------</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpleIiFTj5UazZejlp69CCXSmTajLFJsHi5VW-WzeC9W2hcF5xIBBlOTuvac4ZVKhRC6-CWurBCLJD3UZWLgIIIVgKxa0TSSc8R22foLHAOZJsCPB-zIwBuZ4_BGLPIlmIBgdMpsEcArU/s1600/5bd913d4230c22c51db42fb9c4ba9ece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpleIiFTj5UazZejlp69CCXSmTajLFJsHi5VW-WzeC9W2hcF5xIBBlOTuvac4ZVKhRC6-CWurBCLJD3UZWLgIIIVgKxa0TSSc8R22foLHAOZJsCPB-zIwBuZ4_BGLPIlmIBgdMpsEcArU/s1600/5bd913d4230c22c51db42fb9c4ba9ece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpleIiFTj5UazZejlp69CCXSmTajLFJsHi5VW-WzeC9W2hcF5xIBBlOTuvac4ZVKhRC6-CWurBCLJD3UZWLgIIIVgKxa0TSSc8R22foLHAOZJsCPB-zIwBuZ4_BGLPIlmIBgdMpsEcArU/s1600/5bd913d4230c22c51db42fb9c4ba9ece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpleIiFTj5UazZejlp69CCXSmTajLFJsHi5VW-WzeC9W2hcF5xIBBlOTuvac4ZVKhRC6-CWurBCLJD3UZWLgIIIVgKxa0TSSc8R22foLHAOZJsCPB-zIwBuZ4_BGLPIlmIBgdMpsEcArU/s1600/5bd913d4230c22c51db42fb9c4ba9ece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpleIiFTj5UazZejlp69CCXSmTajLFJsHi5VW-WzeC9W2hcF5xIBBlOTuvac4ZVKhRC6-CWurBCLJD3UZWLgIIIVgKxa0TSSc8R22foLHAOZJsCPB-zIwBuZ4_BGLPIlmIBgdMpsEcArU/s1600/5bd913d4230c22c51db42fb9c4ba9ece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /> winter chills and spills and thrills 1. Blinky Palermo, 1969 painting 2. Catch, is a collection of floor, wall and suspension lamps which... Read more » 2:54 PM
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><i><b>Bruce Conner: CROSSROADS</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"In an untitled work from 1963 a labyrinthine and dense series of black lines simultaneously resembles a thumbprint and a black hole of space; in an inkblot drawing from 1995 the small mirrored shapes recall the self-reflective quality of fleeting images of inner thought." </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXroy13A5gwf5FGsE4p5na_yzR_N8uG96BhVy9M1TR0ZL1Q-QVeFnEnjie9LU0SaqWIfZ1mFCeop0oOd-yd1D52pdYKq6DfUiKsZPfytfZzdAj1h4KlcT6swPYn8iZ8lDEdlO7mYdiy_73/s1600/conner_7733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXroy13A5gwf5FGsE4p5na_yzR_N8uG96BhVy9M1TR0ZL1Q-QVeFnEnjie9LU0SaqWIfZ1mFCeop0oOd-yd1D52pdYKq6DfUiKsZPfytfZzdAj1h4KlcT6swPYn8iZ8lDEdlO7mYdiy_73/s1600/conner_7733.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"<b>Kohn Gallery </b>is pleased to present <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bruce Conner: CROSSROADS</b></span>, on view November 8 through December 20, featuring the iconic 1976 short film of declassified footage of the first underwater atomic bomb test, The fully restored 36-minute film, with original music by Patrick Gleeson and Terry Riley, was last seen in a single screening last fall at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the exhibition at Kohn gallery returns the film to the west coast. In addition to the film, a selection of Conner’s drawings focused similar themes of destruction and resurrection, created between 1962 and 2004. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Accompanying CROSSROADS is a group of works on paper that date from 1955 to 2004 by Conner. These drawings not only relate symbolically to the film, as in MUSHROOM, 1962, but also in the range of emotional depth of the varying works. The mushroom image recurs in a number of drawings from the early 60s, most likely because of the artist’s admiration for the secret, complex growth of this fungal form. <b>The notion of great knowledge and wisdom contained within, be it a fungus or a nylon-veiled assemblage, is a consistent theme in Conner’s works.</b> In an untitled work from 1963 a labyrinthine and dense series of black lines simultaneously resembles a thumbprint and a black hole of space; in an inkblot drawing from 1995 the small mirrored shapes recall the self-reflective quality of fleeting images of inner thought. Other drawings in the exhibition from the FALLING LEAVES series, created soon after 9/11 in 2001, show the fragility of nature in the face of human borne disaster. The pathos of these works on paper is poignantly close to that elicited by CROSSROADS."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaNXL8U0YxxADASVKzuGOv8SrvhqEQA6WNNoklAkQ12XIWail48tGGNzAolHXbkhKPdcOPWN_FaypZpXT9Xsw_JGHPBLswuzi986s4bzSNepZJiQsB4vgJkvAQ12OoChR-VrExwXY2kq5/s1600/conner_7736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaNXL8U0YxxADASVKzuGOv8SrvhqEQA6WNNoklAkQ12XIWail48tGGNzAolHXbkhKPdcOPWN_FaypZpXT9Xsw_JGHPBLswuzi986s4bzSNepZJiQsB4vgJkvAQ12OoChR-VrExwXY2kq5/s1600/conner_7736.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i>"Born in 1933, internationally recognized American artist, Bruce Conner is best known for his assemblages, surrealist sculptures, avant-garde short films and detailed paintings and drawings. Conner’s innovative film works, often utilizing montaged shots from pre-existing footage and incorporation of pop music for sound tracks, have inspired generations of filmmakers and considered to be precursors to the music video genre. He was a central figure in the San Francisco Beat scene of the 1950s and remained an active proponent of the counter-cultural movement, at large through his death in San Francisco in 2008. "</i> <a href="http://www.kohngallery.com/conner-exhibitions"><i><b>(text taken from here) </b></i></a><br /><br /><br /><b><i>Kohn Gallery</i></b><br /><i>1227 North Highland Ave </i><br /><i>Los Angeles, CA 90038</i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">-----------</div> Bruce Conner: CROSSROADS "In an untitled work from 1963 a labyrinthine and dense series of black lines simultaneously resembles a th... Read more » 7:46 AM
<i>new plumbing by </i><br /><i>the watermark collection </i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jhOpXilZYvuATPGl4qeyi1a0P2uOWp51dMF6ZcwvYAAJqRT-cSbrfB6vG9QdLGvUkrT9Oex2l2Ec4Kepct0gUgDniMcSOeEO9dRlyi26i7efwrDuQB1bAQD5L3G0r1agnXI4vtvVvCTY/s1600/Zen_003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jhOpXilZYvuATPGl4qeyi1a0P2uOWp51dMF6ZcwvYAAJqRT-cSbrfB6vG9QdLGvUkrT9Oex2l2Ec4Kepct0gUgDniMcSOeEO9dRlyi26i7efwrDuQB1bAQD5L3G0r1agnXI4vtvVvCTY/s1600/Zen_003.jpg" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><i>"Back in ’76 when Herman Abel formed <a href="http://www.thewatermarkcollection.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Watermark</b></span></a>, it was out of a passion for metal finishing – a passion that still remains at the heart of the company today. Over the years we’ve learnt to apply his secret formulas to Brassware, employing a melting pot of artisans and craftspeople from across Brooklyn to help us in the creation of our unique statement products. Our inspiration comes from the architectural details and engineering structures around us – selecting elements that are infused into our designs which are often created in partnership with the architects and designers of our famous borough. Everything we make is produced in our factory with a care and attention to detail that only hand manufacture can bring - resulting in a quality of product that has seen us selected by some."</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7U1npjFnpK3OV54q20tw_1LJo9e3ymPBF-q-ODv5__4aIwNi8UiIhPd05KMjxMViMGH3oeTkLQ7n4khU_WyztmEXw_W5R60At9zBb85rU156k0XgBHkrS79IlpgVyjx4KvlilXio4Uyk/s1600/Zen_007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7U1npjFnpK3OV54q20tw_1LJo9e3ymPBF-q-ODv5__4aIwNi8UiIhPd05KMjxMViMGH3oeTkLQ7n4khU_WyztmEXw_W5R60At9zBb85rU156k0XgBHkrS79IlpgVyjx4KvlilXio4Uyk/s1600/Zen_007.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">------------</div> new plumbing by the watermark collection "Back in ’76 when Herman Abel formed Watermark , it was out of a passion for metal finishing... Read more » 12:48 PM
<i>the cabinets of </i><br /><b><i>JALLU Ebénistes</i></b><br /><br /><b><i> </i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbA_8Ir2q4o7rctVp3-Aotz_S4QNSN7aJn6UY8-IguOosH3S-5S1D5tHQhtvdK5nQRLCh_rvhLs0B73LFkCz50HvVUyA1NQzx2XNWhaF7J2vKLDaBopQFlUbgex8h7z1Yakl9clrf_CgU/s1600/3Gypse&PalmwoodCabinet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbA_8Ir2q4o7rctVp3-Aotz_S4QNSN7aJn6UY8-IguOosH3S-5S1D5tHQhtvdK5nQRLCh_rvhLs0B73LFkCz50HvVUyA1NQzx2XNWhaF7J2vKLDaBopQFlUbgex8h7z1Yakl9clrf_CgU/s1600/3Gypse&PalmwoodCabinet.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i>"Jallu Ebénistes creates museum quality furniture, one of a kind pieces and bespoke commissions, using straw marquetry, gypse, mica, vellum/parchment, shagreen, precious wood veneers and fine metal work. We strive for excellence using the highest quality materials and craftsmanship. We are the only furniture making workshop in Europe that has mastered ALL of the finishes that were developed in France during the Art Deco period. We have been honored by the French Government in recognition of the excellence of our work, our innovations with these materials and our respect for the history of the trade. My goal is provide the highest quality custom made furniture possible and I personally oversee each piece, from concept to completion. Our precision, attention to detail and professional service have been appreciated by Interior Designers and Architects for more than 18 years . We are fully fluent in English having worked for many years in New York City before returning to Brittany France to open our own workshop in 2006."</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp9L59P1KBQyw49Uk5gwlSliASxsyF1Jt52dYY0UgkKyr7IcMF8_OfCPLlT9tdxvkewktBdKPdfCvtaDFrffby5zPQrecc4TnQuEzGi8RvnOW95LLYEqDBH_KmFBX_zxe1LdqbpEYa4Wk/s1600/classic+Gypse+Cabinet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp9L59P1KBQyw49Uk5gwlSliASxsyF1Jt52dYY0UgkKyr7IcMF8_OfCPLlT9tdxvkewktBdKPdfCvtaDFrffby5zPQrecc4TnQuEzGi8RvnOW95LLYEqDBH_KmFBX_zxe1LdqbpEYa4Wk/s1600/classic+Gypse+Cabinet.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cabinet en gypse, laiton chromé & marbre thassos gypse, chrome plated brass & thassos marble cabinet (photo by Anais Wulf)</i><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dcyamD1Va0Qra3yeQmjYqD5wfbBvOsPwXMF0ZlvKHbXYM9jafPOGHfCqmcWpLDNplhhyphenhyphenljLDKBKfUmfkj3ZECaWJK2A8JDNQQ-WjrQezyFXlyuncr22IHH855ZtomNhcIyFKOIKSoXr6/s1600/DM+nightstand+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dcyamD1Va0Qra3yeQmjYqD5wfbBvOsPwXMF0ZlvKHbXYM9jafPOGHfCqmcWpLDNplhhyphenhyphenljLDKBKfUmfkj3ZECaWJK2A8JDNQQ-WjrQezyFXlyuncr22IHH855ZtomNhcIyFKOIKSoXr6/s1600/DM+nightstand+copy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>chevets en gypse, placage "snow white" et laiton patinée gypse, snow white veneer and patinated brass bedside cabinet designed by Douglas Mackie</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yannjallu.net/"><b><i>more info here..</i></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">------------</div> the cabinets of JALLU Ebénistes "Jallu Ebénistes creates museum quality furniture, one of a kind pieces and bespoke commissions, usi... Read more » 7:35 PM
<i>the new </i><br /><i>lighting </i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG2_glDFDQ6CxLZX2uOX1lqUiB-_K8LkJG_bF-oAHVxhWfQhANIdSpy-f1wg5yc03-fIvkNQ-UFsGzCZ34uPscv9q-LQPZ8nQViHtDeENDBsPa3qAB7WNCqb_1WTYNtAoAm0dEZ76aIBR/s1600/BA10531_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG2_glDFDQ6CxLZX2uOX1lqUiB-_K8LkJG_bF-oAHVxhWfQhANIdSpy-f1wg5yc03-fIvkNQ-UFsGzCZ34uPscv9q-LQPZ8nQViHtDeENDBsPa3qAB7WNCqb_1WTYNtAoAm0dEZ76aIBR/s1600/BA10531_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Table Light Cylinder</i><br /><br /><i><b>Michael Anastassiades</b> has created a series of products exclusively for Svenskt Tenn in which he plays with the concept of sincerity, through a reinterpretation of selected objects designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>------ </i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRQ4E1tFwEzDcb0lR51_81qqv18IwJXDoAwX8ciuqZsaCJvW9bPkH-3yR24hwzGEaWv7Hws5dB5pyhC7ng3l6ziYZZ7y84NyDFqcvu8Nl291vjoEs5PStVtSHaQI5xsdJMmCcN4uq7Poq/s1600/662a7559992d162fd5b21744a7a14df2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRQ4E1tFwEzDcb0lR51_81qqv18IwJXDoAwX8ciuqZsaCJvW9bPkH-3yR24hwzGEaWv7Hws5dB5pyhC7ng3l6ziYZZ7y84NyDFqcvu8Nl291vjoEs5PStVtSHaQI5xsdJMmCcN4uq7Poq/s1600/662a7559992d162fd5b21744a7a14df2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> the new lighting Table Light Cylinder Michael Anastassiades has created a series of products exclusively for Svenskt Tenn in which he pla... Read more » 5:56 PM
<u><b><i> </i><i>The Answer is Yes</i> </b></u><br /><br /><i>"With a fantastical design sensibility that resulted in a long and storied career as Disneyland’s Senior Art Director, Graham is expert in creating otherworldly environments, which he demonstrates at the Craft & Folk Art Museum</i> "<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRlCvfwvJzHFgBPfExds0hJuAKSOVMMrYSqwG3f7XlVwoZ_wUzL5H-BQ5t6kZowAbJv-4dJ0IpBaHK7BEXA2UNFVlj3KEiNHKfgbNuRDFeDbo3aCPSxd5BGFVHwSk-ykD6gNXREWP3s_8/s1600/clare+graham+craft+musem+LA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRlCvfwvJzHFgBPfExds0hJuAKSOVMMrYSqwG3f7XlVwoZ_wUzL5H-BQ5t6kZowAbJv-4dJ0IpBaHK7BEXA2UNFVlj3KEiNHKfgbNuRDFeDbo3aCPSxd5BGFVHwSk-ykD6gNXREWP3s_8/s1600/clare+graham+craft+musem+LA.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i> a cabinet of curiosities filled with large balls of string expertly arranged, as if floating...</i></div><br /><br /><b><i>Clare Graham & MorYork: The Answer is Yes</i></b> <br />September 13, 2014 - January 4, 2015 <i> </i><br /><br /><i>"The first solo exhibition of Los Angeles artist Clare Graham highlights the richness and complexity of nearly 40 years of his collecting and artmaking from found materials. The exhibition simulates the density of objects found in Graham's 7000 square foot Highland Park studio MorYork, a human-scaled diorama populated by his own work and a collection of curiosities that would rival the most historic wunderkammer. Staggering quantities of dominoes, soda-cans and their pop-tops, Scrabble tiles and puzzle-pieces, and other disposable items have been transformed by Graham’s refined touch into large sculptural objects that evoke forms like totems, flora, fauna, architectural fragments and furniture. <b>Their power lies in the straightforward presentation of a formal singularity, constructed of one, two or three materials at once in repetition and in their remarkable scale</b>. </i><br /><br /><i>Curated by Brooks Hudson Thomas."</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszrQH4xR2HzvyUVyXHEHvY6mwrhwNO4MgX1Tx6AoJTVNcGKxWA-pcXBdDFuJhndloAFqsN5pTc5ADKgOzW3QZVONBE0_zKHZk1GrkiHO8ocVsUUMKjvD2DfRoTD-F_zppTcwd3QLyJ-xt/s1600/clare+garaham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszrQH4xR2HzvyUVyXHEHvY6mwrhwNO4MgX1Tx6AoJTVNcGKxWA-pcXBdDFuJhndloAFqsN5pTc5ADKgOzW3QZVONBE0_zKHZk1GrkiHO8ocVsUUMKjvD2DfRoTD-F_zppTcwd3QLyJ-xt/s1600/clare+garaham.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>a wall of mirrors created from teddy-bear eyes...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Graham’s refined touch has transformed staggering quantities of dominoes into cabinet doors, soda-cans and their pop-tops into furniture, scrabble tiles and puzzle-pieces into architectural forms, and buttons into organic sea-form chandeliers. </i><i>"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> <a href="http://www.cafam.org/exhibitions/"><b>more info here..</b></a><b> </b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Craft and Folk Art Museum </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>5814 Wilshire Boulevard </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Los Angeles, CA 90036</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>-------------- </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> The Answer is Yes "With a fantastical design sensibility that resulted in a long and storied career as Disneyland’s Senior Art Dire... Read more » 8:12 AM
<i>“In painting, everyone </i><br /><i>positions their pawns”</i> –<b> Claude Rutault </b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYXFe0FVxS9KgTwLBgoMjIlaYRUuXZr5csCZyWCL5bAQ4AdcEgkWYWlSgDGU7qqwIPDVVWIzhIarf4L6TVFKwwnKcvr7XNNpZnPHTcDYV5urckcHdilzOvoUthxeAIlkKU7HNTVE9ZfxG/s1600/xy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="607" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYXFe0FVxS9KgTwLBgoMjIlaYRUuXZr5csCZyWCL5bAQ4AdcEgkWYWlSgDGU7qqwIPDVVWIzhIarf4L6TVFKwwnKcvr7XNNpZnPHTcDYV5urckcHdilzOvoUthxeAIlkKU7HNTVE9ZfxG/s1600/xy.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><b><i>Claude Rutault</i></b><br /><b><i>20 November, 2014 – 3 January, 2015</i></b><br /><a href="https://www.perrotin.com/"><b><i>Galerie Perrotin, New York </i></b></a><br /><i><br /></i><i>“In painting, everyone positions their pawns” – Claude Rutault </i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Galerie Perrotin, New York is pleased to present a collection of works by Claude Rutault, the artist’s first solo exhibition in America following four-decades of prominent and influential practice in France. Rutault’s work, beginning with a 1974 show staged at the office of a Parisian psychoanalyst, has consistently approached painting as a social practice embedded in the living relationships between artwork, artist, gallery, collector, museum and auction house. The present exhibition features eighteen de-finition/methods, including early works such as “positive/negative 2” 1975 and “formats at the limit 2” 1974 (shown at the artist’s studio during a residency at PS1, New York in 1979), as well as four new pieces: “charity begins with others”, “painting against the wall, front and back”, “the exhibition” and “suicide-painting 11” (all 2014). <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Claude Rutault describes himself as a painter; and indeed, viewing any one of his pieces is uncontroversially an encounter with paint on canvas. Rutault, however, does not paint his pieces himself; and neither is he in the business of overseeing their production on the model of a producer, designer, or director running a factory, studio, or workshop.</b></span> Instead, the mainspring of Rutault’s practice is the writing and issuing of a set of rules, caveats, instructions and procedures called “de-finition/methods,” according to which a gallery, collector, or institution—known as the “charge-taker”—agrees to “actualize” a given work.</i><br /><br /><br /><i>photograph Antoine Cadet </i><br /><i><a href="https://www.perrotin.com/">more info here..</a> </i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">-----------</div> “In painting, everyone positions their pawns” – Claude Rutault Claude Rutault 20 November, 2014 – 3 January, 2015 Galerie Perrotin, New ... Read more » 8:01 AM
<i>"I've never seen a diamond in the flesh </i><br /><i>I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies </i><br /><i>And I'm not proud of my address, </i><br /><i>In a torn-up town, no postcode envy" </i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ivrWm2e0saYU7rkoEy9HAaf1VbppLm5vVBRhLgeGrpr7Lxp8jZXbW02RnojbiC1xZlZjE4Td8lx4eWrXfiok_arGS5tStfjcNWqJJ_NMKkHUJbmT2elIbe4rGQPsEY5KAlYavBgYb5l2/s1600/kachadourian_zigzag6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ivrWm2e0saYU7rkoEy9HAaf1VbppLm5vVBRhLgeGrpr7Lxp8jZXbW02RnojbiC1xZlZjE4Td8lx4eWrXfiok_arGS5tStfjcNWqJJ_NMKkHUJbmT2elIbe4rGQPsEY5KAlYavBgYb5l2/s1600/kachadourian_zigzag6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsz0sBtMhP-8ynzdNbxci54pFCGaRTw9F7Cx-NLdjNcZ1aEn0KQ1_Ra1lO_dmKmYAGCKpIk-QTzuKso6ltBMbdwcY1bDyJBoWX4h6symsiNG4NKKrPDQJZHj2n5LKPT267rFK8Dq3toZk/s1600/kachadourian_zigzag1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsz0sBtMhP-8ynzdNbxci54pFCGaRTw9F7Cx-NLdjNcZ1aEn0KQ1_Ra1lO_dmKmYAGCKpIk-QTzuKso6ltBMbdwcY1bDyJBoWX4h6symsiNG4NKKrPDQJZHj2n5LKPT267rFK8Dq3toZk/s1600/kachadourian_zigzag1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i>Jason Kachadourian grew up in Baltimore and now lives in Brooklyn. He is cofounder of an art space called The Bakery. He makes art and furniture. <b>jasonkachadourian@gmail.com</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">---------------</div> "I've never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies And I'm not proud of my address, In a ... Read more » 7:54 AM
<b>DISC Interiors :</b><i> "A Bright and Modern Santa Monica Space"</i><i><br />featured on Domaine Home </i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVK3xpZ66tJrRJyUZ-9Z1qXkP3NWwdgif9la_NtIB1oHd052cETZ30qUzyBXbwQ8WwljeuUVr6y5WutffHqQ3ok9jOPuE5xFbFnJ3AUImLp7KlOu_kbyI2XN6Y3DJK25fYomM4JRK2BXr/s1600/DISC+Interiors+23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVK3xpZ66tJrRJyUZ-9Z1qXkP3NWwdgif9la_NtIB1oHd052cETZ30qUzyBXbwQ8WwljeuUVr6y5WutffHqQ3ok9jOPuE5xFbFnJ3AUImLp7KlOu_kbyI2XN6Y3DJK25fYomM4JRK2BXr/s1600/DISC+Interiors+23.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Thank you Domaine Home!</b><br /><br /><i>"Giving an ultra-modern home a rustic, comfortable vibe can be a daunting task, but DISC Interiors, skilled at creating California-cool spaces, is just the team to do it. David John and Krista Shrock, the designing duo behind the firm, were hired by a family of four to make their modern home, built in 2008 by JFAK Architects, more family-friendly and hip. <b>“They wanted to pull the spaces together and balance the modern architecture with some rustic yet refined elements</b></i><b>." </b><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.domainehome.com/disc-interiors-santa-monica-home"><b>full story on Domaine here.</b></a></i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzbh2fhBZF8ojb-96Xu-7BuCMW3rZHWPYQY-YSphiivnBh1QqUUOnfTYGGxD18c0cdgCtc9Vg7k8U4UltYYvGbnMle7_JHipsm2Tvlebt9nnEI9JW3vVaY7PUGcjQNt3OPXwmwaTZPK-h/s1600/DISC+Interiors+24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzbh2fhBZF8ojb-96Xu-7BuCMW3rZHWPYQY-YSphiivnBh1QqUUOnfTYGGxD18c0cdgCtc9Vg7k8U4UltYYvGbnMle7_JHipsm2Tvlebt9nnEI9JW3vVaY7PUGcjQNt3OPXwmwaTZPK-h/s1600/DISC+Interiors+24.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The guest room: custom DISC bed with with vintage rug and blanket by Hollywood at Home</i></div><br /><br /><i>Looking to the home’s many skylights and vast windows, the designers played off the surrounding greenery and colors of the ocean for the color scheme. <span style="font-size: large;"><b>“We like to bring the exterior colors inside, and the windows are a main feature of this home, so this played heavily in our design,</b></span>” they say. To balance the home’s many white walls, the designers incorporated a lot of black elements, too. “We try to keep it minimal and not mix too many colors. We usually pick one or two colors over the neutral colors, blacks and whites.”</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qj5-SnrJ9L9HQ8-LsSx3D_Uwww0w_p4prAOMCNtydo4y52YDqCERGPDa0Uw_EMlzb58OrlV-UrNiqDTze-iCSW3FJ3ZCCNdDP4WT0PtgBHUk7kgwU_va11I-LVWnx_rdYIBCJKuhm6lc/s1600/DISC+Interiors+25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qj5-SnrJ9L9HQ8-LsSx3D_Uwww0w_p4prAOMCNtydo4y52YDqCERGPDa0Uw_EMlzb58OrlV-UrNiqDTze-iCSW3FJ3ZCCNdDP4WT0PtgBHUk7kgwU_va11I-LVWnx_rdYIBCJKuhm6lc/s1600/DISC+Interiors+25.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the kitchen with bar stools by Thomas Hayes and lighting by Robert Lewis Studio</i></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30m1FwZLpeTFKrHT3DNSi50Rh0DCqyK-sGmwZ-igmXSujUEYMKgSHQGR2z2UdkWJ7cPVa2GHiDKLRbEEfgpTCvBwh9TAV7ws7lpymvF4fL5Zzbqvjixt4ScDWRZZxoxfwq6qYcFy2l0SK/s1600/DISC+Interiors+26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30m1FwZLpeTFKrHT3DNSi50Rh0DCqyK-sGmwZ-igmXSujUEYMKgSHQGR2z2UdkWJ7cPVa2GHiDKLRbEEfgpTCvBwh9TAV7ws7lpymvF4fL5Zzbqvjixt4ScDWRZZxoxfwq6qYcFy2l0SK/s1600/DISC+Interiors+26.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Custom coffee table by <b>Lawson Fenning,</b> vintage rug, and brass accessories by Carl Aubock</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------</div> DISC Interiors : "A Bright and Modern Santa Monica Space" featured on Domaine Home Thank you Domaine Home! "Giving an ultra... Read more » 7:44 PM
<i><b>"A Frame for Life"</b> </i><br /><br /><i>"<b>Design can be a powerful force.</b> I have never understood why interior design is often so underestimated, misunderstood and trivialised. It is too often dismissed as something superficial, without intrinsic value. An ‘add-on’. It’s a mistake that it is considered a luxury to be applied if there is money left at the end, rather than an integral part of making and shaping new realities from the outset."</i> <i>- Ilse Crawford, taken from "A Frame for Life"</i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknPk3Kglh1lkweV1_Io0PZuQWev8fYxYfb1FqZPJ6BIEnuE5AjfQZNZOw1deHvmvVQPUG0lPHDsFLgr1KM44-yH5Sqvlens9zUQokORmmgizX3N0o2SL79EodGDcL_oPxmGexlCRPNlTq/s1600/IlseCrawford_COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknPk3Kglh1lkweV1_Io0PZuQWev8fYxYfb1FqZPJ6BIEnuE5AjfQZNZOw1deHvmvVQPUG0lPHDsFLgr1KM44-yH5Sqvlens9zUQokORmmgizX3N0o2SL79EodGDcL_oPxmGexlCRPNlTq/s1600/IlseCrawford_COVER.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"I consider myself a quiet revolutionary.</b></span> <i>My design puts the human being at the centre. I am fascinated by what drives us, brings us together and ultimately makes us feel alive. At Studioilse we address changing times and values in our mission to promote good, sensible design and its power to improve the way we work and live. The studio manifests this through design that makes buildings, spaces, brands and furniture that are warm, not ‘cool’. We are interested in how design affects us rather than in the image, integrating design with human behaviour, starting from the point of view of the individual. <b>We look at a project from physical and emotional perspectives, practical and poetic, individual and social before creating a design that engages us physically, emotionally, subliminally and sensorially, so as to make a place that enhances life and enables us to thrive.</b> A place that people love. You can design the most incredible place and yet it requires people to make it a reality. Buildings and their interiors are made to be used. From the outset, the people who will live there, use it, operate it, adapt and adopt it are as much a part of our understanding of the context we are working with as the financial facts or the physical possibilities. </i>" <b>-<i> Ilse Crawford</i></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_v4jqIRKnkfTzgY9UjTuTYOpAtX5CxUKF0k2MlMvjWHnIOWimM56U03KGs3HGAtCOfLzQVXMCrw5NdtKLz3P6NGBnJPDMoZoMqW6LxxDugnJiAt-MlW9g_YTnTbmh8ukdZnOQvTPxk6i/s1600/IlseCrawford_p072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_v4jqIRKnkfTzgY9UjTuTYOpAtX5CxUKF0k2MlMvjWHnIOWimM56U03KGs3HGAtCOfLzQVXMCrw5NdtKLz3P6NGBnJPDMoZoMqW6LxxDugnJiAt-MlW9g_YTnTbmh8ukdZnOQvTPxk6i/s1600/IlseCrawford_p072.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxaC2QpS83FoTCUi1_ZbDA7wyJvj_Vgq1HZ6jNJsHwp44LqzB3fMdXOq8PlAOrR4Bi85K0U5h0OXvt-2OiMyZ7bJbae6zSKe_nImRe64YNj0xvFI0MZYYzIWRmC7MsCeCgUOeVedZTwsS/s1600/IlseCrawford_p058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxaC2QpS83FoTCUi1_ZbDA7wyJvj_Vgq1HZ6jNJsHwp44LqzB3fMdXOq8PlAOrR4Bi85K0U5h0OXvt-2OiMyZ7bJbae6zSKe_nImRe64YNj0xvFI0MZYYzIWRmC7MsCeCgUOeVedZTwsS/s1600/IlseCrawford_p058.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>"For us interior design is about so much more than choosing furniture, and it is our mission to change this perception. Good interior design is always about more than the way things look (although that is certainly an important part of the toolkit).<span style="font-size: large;"><b> It is about making sure the human experience is prioritized when we build. It is about human happiness and well being. It is about making life better. After all, inside buildings is where we live.</b></span> "</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvXlyOg-j5LgSfICD6_yOEoUZh1v4NgrlcJgJMLFaexOTLp99NlarOFIHK5hIIwWVBjxrWDj6dwRXZIjzrcl7HL9hLuO3SgUT0vPtBv_R0c3G3Axk4iCmQ2KbzaCKykVJ2ZTi4itTcy_8/s1600/IlseCrawford_p096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvXlyOg-j5LgSfICD6_yOEoUZh1v4NgrlcJgJMLFaexOTLp99NlarOFIHK5hIIwWVBjxrWDj6dwRXZIjzrcl7HL9hLuO3SgUT0vPtBv_R0c3G3Axk4iCmQ2KbzaCKykVJ2ZTi4itTcy_8/s1600/IlseCrawford_p096.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847838578"><b><i>go to Rizzoli here for more information.</i></b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>---------- </i><b><i><br /></i></b></div> "A Frame for Life" " Design can be a powerful force. 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<i>"In the cities and buildings,<b> the value and life is in the Void.</b></i><br /><i> Not as a left over, rather as a crafted human space." </i><br /><br /><i>an afternoon at a home designed by Sebastian Mariscal in Venice California. </i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1GjwfvVrdvus_8njfLUIPJE9fg4xjh787P2j3fRyoQJpq6mpLNVdbLPSFhTaZ2RjNAEG2VcfLNngdVdZ2eqgRzlaF4_SoeVACVETTFmd3-hPqIByfpDQ2ucCNIPTcV27frIpSK5xR5sF/s1600/photo+1+(64).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1GjwfvVrdvus_8njfLUIPJE9fg4xjh787P2j3fRyoQJpq6mpLNVdbLPSFhTaZ2RjNAEG2VcfLNngdVdZ2eqgRzlaF4_SoeVACVETTFmd3-hPqIByfpDQ2ucCNIPTcV27frIpSK5xR5sF/s1600/photo+1+(64).jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAHKJ1XVvt1Tnh_QxKMWYLe2k5n2mFQZ1evA2918Mkb6oUvdk3HYGSAWLpbs0iqVtysSr-MDlRrtejhqaNZyuwlLDnjJ_LkH15jzgth43VO3E-vQ_lwT0TcbPyxzEfm6WkFCWIyrEnFya/s1600/photo+2+(37).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAHKJ1XVvt1Tnh_QxKMWYLe2k5n2mFQZ1evA2918Mkb6oUvdk3HYGSAWLpbs0iqVtysSr-MDlRrtejhqaNZyuwlLDnjJ_LkH15jzgth43VO3E-vQ_lwT0TcbPyxzEfm6WkFCWIyrEnFya/s1600/photo+2+(37).jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://sebastianmariscal.com/"><i>more information on Sebastian Mariscal's site.</i></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">----------------</div> "In the cities and buildings, the value and life is in the Void. Not as a left over, rather as a crafted human space." an after... Read more » 6:29 AM
<i>"Simplicity is the glory of expression." - Walt Whitman</i><br /><b><i> </i></b><br /><i> a new book<b>, </b></i><b>"The Impossible Collection of Design"</b> by Frédéric Chambre<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mbIaNizO5LLy8oBI8ctGUHnslpR2hrFnz_icF9AtCnicF_siYTe0dQk57qULkj-HPl-mxTCtgjfogzewz4YcqQoOjpmuybHhC2dbY7ElMdtLKubfVQkpbWwuTELfVYtS4y5F7I72ff-I/s1600/Impossible-Design-clamshell-book-cover-LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mbIaNizO5LLy8oBI8ctGUHnslpR2hrFnz_icF9AtCnicF_siYTe0dQk57qULkj-HPl-mxTCtgjfogzewz4YcqQoOjpmuybHhC2dbY7ElMdtLKubfVQkpbWwuTELfVYtS4y5F7I72ff-I/s1600/Impossible-Design-clamshell-book-cover-LR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><b><i>"The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, </i></b><br /><i><b>and, ironically, the more real." </b>- Lucian Freud </i><br /><br /><i>"In recent years, the decorative furnishings niche has become of tremendous interest to collectors, causing a surge in the auction market and bringing record sales. Chosen by design expert Frédéric Chambre, this selection of furniture designs unspools like the frames of a film, an epic picture composed of one hundred years of creative innovations in form, materials, and techniques.<b> As in art history, themes can be traced across changing trends: design versus the machine, design versus craft, design versus art—a story that continues to unfold. </b>This hand-bound oversize luxury edition traces the development of twentieth-century design from the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements through Bauhaus and Art Deco, Pop Art and the Memphis school, to today’s digital age, illustrating the dynamic story of a groundbreaking century through the evolution of everyday human objects. With degrees in law and art history, Frédéric Chambre became a partner at the Calmels-Chambre-Cohen auction house in 1996. Chambre co-founded Pierre Bergé and Associates in 2002, and became vice president and partner in 2005; he was co-organizer of the February 2009 sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé collection at Christie’s in Paris."</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.assouline.com/shop/impossible-collection-of-design.html">more info here.. </a></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R5m1Et7u3VeqHoA6m34_5si3QWrAE849dXDVwdA19JRDbJP0mNYeLmH7a7B7GVMdjkoeH-a9WSRGfC2XCXYiiktJK9BBwbUhI36fmjORST-6hPeGSiJP9eKNz5p7UhyphenhyphenMRGp7HOhlJJ62/s1600/%C2%A9+Thierry+Depagne+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Patrick+Seguin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R5m1Et7u3VeqHoA6m34_5si3QWrAE849dXDVwdA19JRDbJP0mNYeLmH7a7B7GVMdjkoeH-a9WSRGfC2XCXYiiktJK9BBwbUhI36fmjORST-6hPeGSiJP9eKNz5p7UhyphenhyphenMRGp7HOhlJJ62/s1600/%C2%A9+Thierry+Depagne+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Patrick+Seguin.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>SERGE MOUILLE (1922–88), </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>France. Saturne ceiling light. Metal, aluminum, brass. H: 385.8 in. (980 cm), W: TK. Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris. </i><i>© Thierry Depagne – Archives Galerie Patrick Seguin </i><br /><br /><br /><b><i>"Is Serge Mouille a manufacturer of lighting systems, a collector of mollusk shells, a transcendent sculptor, like Calder, or an aluminum maniac?" </i></b><br /><i> Madeleine Fuchs, Décor d’aujourd’hui, December 1954 </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIIy8BCWUCIFVDdAm7PzzEdDQMwLWdOrY3FwKXK-zaUC8J5rAwObseCMSUmlDM2TxX7rnCYduTGybWgiGUsAXmge8Uz7QDMCmBCnvXrSLI6EmZn5bmREhYSmdpLoiH5HydHT-DKkBVrcd/s1600/%C2%A9+Arnaud+Carpentier+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Vallois+Paris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIIy8BCWUCIFVDdAm7PzzEdDQMwLWdOrY3FwKXK-zaUC8J5rAwObseCMSUmlDM2TxX7rnCYduTGybWgiGUsAXmge8Uz7QDMCmBCnvXrSLI6EmZn5bmREhYSmdpLoiH5HydHT-DKkBVrcd/s1600/%C2%A9+Arnaud+Carpentier+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Vallois+Paris.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><b><br /></b></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895–1941)</b>, France. Lamp. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ivory strips on bronze base. H: 20.47 in. (52 cm). Private collection, Galerie Vallois, Paris. © Arnaud Carpentier – Archives Galerie Vallois Paris </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>------------------------------ </i></div> "Simplicity is the glory of expression." - Walt Whitman a new book , "The Impossible Collection of Design" by Frédér... Read more » 7:20 AM
<i>DISC Interiors in this </i><br /><i>month's Sunset Magazine!</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bjelM9W4bYustREtrerRqPKxqs_TgH_NvMS4GIv4AyekmFvGcz44L-7TJOIhwafyAsQ2h1f8CenldhgeAVOvOGrsEjUECwqUzvMnja1JT06fsF432s8eFDSCMccs_lFItSYXQHb7hShE/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bjelM9W4bYustREtrerRqPKxqs_TgH_NvMS4GIv4AyekmFvGcz44L-7TJOIhwafyAsQ2h1f8CenldhgeAVOvOGrsEjUECwqUzvMnja1JT06fsF432s8eFDSCMccs_lFItSYXQHb7hShE/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Lounge</b> with DISC floor pillows, furniture by Lawson Fenning, rug by Woven Accents, drapery and window covering from the DISC Collection for Smith & Noble </i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU921N89mYRJkg7vO0SnLzmz2EyZiqVmK7pk03BLoORr4WOXPeipnySHRWpe8h1v4UzQ1Sp9FU4bftUPGkSNDuNP_OCmS2VjT8zTOMfwRgu8UanP_25kBgM7MbXEJn4MTe2FQ4dQk6n0hF/s1600/1IMG_7960+-+photoshopped+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU921N89mYRJkg7vO0SnLzmz2EyZiqVmK7pk03BLoORr4WOXPeipnySHRWpe8h1v4UzQ1Sp9FU4bftUPGkSNDuNP_OCmS2VjT8zTOMfwRgu8UanP_25kBgM7MbXEJn4MTe2FQ4dQk6n0hF/s1600/1IMG_7960+-+photoshopped+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Entryway:</b> Furniture by Cisco Home, ceramics by Heather Rosenman, ceramic wall hanging by Heather Levine, lamp by Arteriors, staircase design by DISC Interiors.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHk5GsSrnvUPPhrJk_KUIT_y6dUFokhJd5sGMI5-aCplVwsaGL8HKifZzFX8tvR4ui9aKxob_o3RTe5ad8TEYIlHIK8P5MjrUbR39Zc7qRqInnWYMtLtHDjkBI7K5ZPCqSLvn7ZKwbWEQ/s1600/SunsetCover_1114_Subscriber_LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHk5GsSrnvUPPhrJk_KUIT_y6dUFokhJd5sGMI5-aCplVwsaGL8HKifZzFX8tvR4ui9aKxob_o3RTe5ad8TEYIlHIK8P5MjrUbR39Zc7qRqInnWYMtLtHDjkBI7K5ZPCqSLvn7ZKwbWEQ/s1600/SunsetCover_1114_Subscriber_LR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Our first magazine cover! </b>We are excited to be featured in this month's Sunset magazine! We worked on the design for this home for almost a year, and it is such a great feeling to look at the images, and think about all people who worked with us on this home with us. We were able to incorporate so many ideas that we have been playing with (black cabinetry in the kitchen, neutral color palettes, the "imperfect vs the "perfect", as well as collaborate with so many artists, furniture desiners, carpenters, painters, and photographers throughout the 4,500 sq ft home in Manhattan Beach. We are so grateful to have worked with Lawson-Fenning, Heather Rosenman, Jason Koharik, Brett Cody Rogers, Cle Tile, Sabine Hill, Filmore Clark, Woven Accents, Cisco Home, Krane Wallpaper, Londubh Studio, Heather Levine, Mimi Jung, Zak + Fox, Marcia Prentice, Brooke Woosley, Jock McDonald, and MidCentury LA. A huge thank you to Sunset Magazine for asking us to design this home! We are so appreciative to all that worked with us on creating our version of a modern beach house! - David John</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHvTDSy2pbOKOMuwC8H2gxSav2DIjiWDOxXjxajdxOWEELTAod-luo4S1j_xZ4yuxZDCLGGqTbM2EJP-y4xZX19VrAOqPW7Q7B_ZSIlrHHc76QCSqpGcKbQiQKEPDL9gptLF6cwM0e107/s1600/1IMG_7915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHvTDSy2pbOKOMuwC8H2gxSav2DIjiWDOxXjxajdxOWEELTAod-luo4S1j_xZ4yuxZDCLGGqTbM2EJP-y4xZX19VrAOqPW7Q7B_ZSIlrHHc76QCSqpGcKbQiQKEPDL9gptLF6cwM0e107/s1600/1IMG_7915.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><b>Master Bathroom</b> : Custom Vanity by DISC Interiors, cement floor tile by Sabine Hill, Carl Aubock Hooks, window coverings by DISC Collection for Smith & Noble, sconces by Visual Comfort, Mirror by Made Goods, Hardware from Schoolhouse Electric, ceramic by Heather Rosenman</i><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>------------</i></div><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><br /><br /> DISC Interiors in this month's Sunset Magazine! The Lounge with DISC floor pillows, furniture by Lawson Fenning, rug by Woven Accents,... Read more » 8:41 PM
<i>new book:<b> The Artisanal Home : Interiors and Furniture of Casamidy</b></i><br /><i>By Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada</i><br /><br /><i>"I'm from Paris but I am a Mexican at heart...." </i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJs6StWmsgSzbV3NhYFkw2b2hcYq-ChoAfz1coRWUJilWonTkUfh6OtR66s5yGF5A6Ge6PHwaznAOb-l0dgjeq-jDSbaKeQy3x1zlqAIa_BDILFrb84wTCFZVfSFXV3gbGXWB5opFszig/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p196_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJs6StWmsgSzbV3NhYFkw2b2hcYq-ChoAfz1coRWUJilWonTkUfh6OtR66s5yGF5A6Ge6PHwaznAOb-l0dgjeq-jDSbaKeQy3x1zlqAIa_BDILFrb84wTCFZVfSFXV3gbGXWB5opFszig/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p196_01.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i> Casamidy's Mexican Ranch, Jamo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Since the guest room is small, we hung a few of our mirrors on the wall in a pattern resembling puzzle pieces; the reflections help to give depth to the small room."</i><br /><i><span class="tx" style="border-width: 0 86pt 1pt 11pt; height: 11.6pt; top: 16.3pt; width: 353.6pt;">photograph by Jorge Almada</span> </i></div><br /><br /><i>The furniture designs and works of <a href="http://www.casamidy.com/index2.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Casamidy</b></span></a> have always made perfect sense to me. Perhaps it is their rugged simplicity meets old-world elegance, or their finishes of </i><i><i>of oak, saddle leather, and iron that </i>immediately show the "hands" that made them. Their work feels familiar and distinct at the same time, balancing function with the decorative. The homes they have created feel as if they have always existed, yet are distinctly the work of Casamidy. We've often incorporated their works into our own design projects, as their work is perfect for the California climate, a true blend of indoor and outdoor living.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i><i><b> "The Artisanal Home : Interiors and Furniture of Casamidy"</b></i> is their newly published book by Rizzoli that tells the story of Anne Marie and Jorge, husband and wife team of Casamidy, from their early days in New York (Anne Marie works as an art director at Martha Stewart Living) to their current projects and homes in Brussels, Paris, and their Mexican Ranch. Their homes are extensions of themselves, their families, and the artisans they collaborate with on their designs. This book offers a glimpse into not only their creative life, but their total vision and bits of their family history. - David John</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJZCTzKDvoZ4Dx2feBn20nYQO0gKbvjbQ5SzdyDane0aFMZGoR16l4ga0n1zAZkhdN8nJ732MlCJ8K6gi_gztMOJPaxdQfv8HB70DG_SugtBHNfN4DLBsHcnZo-erVNjghDDI3XFaftxI/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p068_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJZCTzKDvoZ4Dx2feBn20nYQO0gKbvjbQ5SzdyDane0aFMZGoR16l4ga0n1zAZkhdN8nJ732MlCJ8K6gi_gztMOJPaxdQfv8HB70DG_SugtBHNfN4DLBsHcnZo-erVNjghDDI3XFaftxI/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p068_01.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Hospicio" their original design laboratory in San Miguel de Allende </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>photograph by <span class="tx" style="border-width: 0 94pt 0 11pt; 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text-align: center;"><i>Casamidy's Mexican Ranch, Jamo</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"The hand hammered copper bathtub has a jewel like quality, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>especially when we light the candles in the candleabra, which came from a church. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The material seemed apt since Sonora has a tradition of copper mining."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="tx" style="border-width: 0 86pt 1pt 11pt; height: 11.6pt; top: 16.3pt; width: 353.6pt;">photograph by Jorge Almada</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<i><b>new works by Lesley Vance @ Xavier Hufkens</b></i><br /><br /><i>"In Vance’s canvases, <b>the background no longer surrounds the object, but breaks through it </b>– by opening and closing these spaces in the pictorial plane the artist is able to create the illusion of a three-dimensional space. "</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFggAYzSOwjWH2xkYwq006qQmYCUp2le8MbD21lciyZc-b52LHQVpFQ-wGP011DPtahdUSo28R8CU6oqoOiSyEtOfxfdOPqOm6KsA61fded6uBAepyXg8Ud5RhlNtZvHK9EUh63iggXimx/s1600/427_website-0x502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFggAYzSOwjWH2xkYwq006qQmYCUp2le8MbD21lciyZc-b52LHQVpFQ-wGP011DPtahdUSo28R8CU6oqoOiSyEtOfxfdOPqOm6KsA61fded6uBAepyXg8Ud5RhlNtZvHK9EUh63iggXimx/s1600/427_website-0x502.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>"Sweet thing I give you what I reach </i><br /><i>taken what I had to teach</i><br /><i> and re-rendered it with such with such with such." (will oldham)</i><br /><br /><i>"Each painting by Vance can be considered an object in its own right, the result of an intense period of engagement with not just the physicality of her subject, but also the medium of painting. Working intuitively, the artist translates both the fixed and mutable qualities of a singular object or grouping before her – shape and form, texture, colour, shadows and highlights, the play of light across a surface – into abstract compositions that evoke a specific atmosphere. <b>While grounded in reality, her most recent works exude a great sense of freedom and are not obviously tethered to their original starting point. </b> Vance often works wet-on-wet, a technique that allows her to experiment with the painted surface, but which only allows a limited window of opportunity for expression. Vance’s canvases thus result from a concentrated period of addition and subtraction, construction and deconstruction – a process that is as deliberate as it is spontaneous, as considered as it is open to chance. As Vance’s work has become more enigmatic, her paintings employ a brighter and more luminous colour palette."</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.xavierhufkens.com/exhibition/2014-10-lesley-vance">more here. </a></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">---------------- </div> new works by Lesley Vance @ Xavier Hufkens "In Vance’s canvases, the background no longer surrounds the object, but breaks through it ... Read more » 6:32 AM
<b>A <i>C</i>onversation with Troscan Design + Furnishings</b><br /><i><br /></i><i>"I think there is a real appetite for things really made still in America by truly skilled craftspeople and sadly this is a dwindling trade. It is harder and harder to find skilled makers who can work to a high level.<b> We make our own pieces because so few workrooms can really achieve the goals we set out for the pieces. We are now working with musical instrument makers because it is one of the last places makers devote years of practice to acquiring skills in making. </b>" - Deirdre Jordan of Troscan</i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGScO98x_yG76NXGYq_GCAc5mxr9RsCEcPaZ-695ZB0g3MECWZfFppPf8r7NkJHy3rOwejAMqAE7zsDLA9Kd0_y3mWD_bPFROo4oymA98B5Ux4WCvyc64b-m9RvdbKv2Klqb6G5Efaud2/s1600/IMG_2912+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGScO98x_yG76NXGYq_GCAc5mxr9RsCEcPaZ-695ZB0g3MECWZfFppPf8r7NkJHy3rOwejAMqAE7zsDLA9Kd0_y3mWD_bPFROo4oymA98B5Ux4WCvyc64b-m9RvdbKv2Klqb6G5Efaud2/s1600/IMG_2912+copy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Shadow rises and you are here </i><br /><i>And then you cut, You cut it out, </i><br /><i>And everything goes back to the beginning" (Hollow Talk) </i><br /><i>(photo by Jim Warych)</i><br /><br /><b><br /></b><i><a href="http://www.troscandesign.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Troscan Design + Furnishings</b></span></a> is husband and wife team, Deirdre Jordan and Bob Robinson, who together over the past 12 years have created a stunning collection of modernist furniture from elemental materials of wood, stone, bronze, and clay. South of Ukranian Village in Chicago, a 19th-century building houses their workshop on the first floor, and on the second floor is the concept gallery and showroom, simply called "Room406." In late 2012, Dierdre and Bob created Room406 to highlight the work of American and international makers, designer vintage furniture, handcrafted accessories and rare artifacts. Currently at Room406, the galley is hosting <a href="http://room406.com/blog/transcendent-objects-opens-september-19/"><b> “Transcendent Objects,”</b></a> an exhibition that explores how "vessels, textiles and designed objects become communicators of ritual and meaning," which includes ceramic artist Ryota Aoki, Portland-based ceramicist Lilith Rockett, photography by Scott Fortino, and textiles by artist Sarah Nishiura. A huge thank you to Deirdre and Bob for this conversation on their work, their backgrounds, and their personal reflections on American furniture making. - David John</i><br /><br /><br /><b>Tell me more about Deirdre Jordan and Bob Robinson, and why did you decide to start Troscan? </b><br /><br />Deirdre Jordan: I began my career as an interior architect but found that I enjoyed architecture on a smaller scale – the scale of furniture and product design where I could realize a design much quicker than the large projects I worked on. Before starting Troscan I was design director at <a href="https://www.hollyhunt.com/ShowShowroom.aspx?ShowroomID=1"><b>Holly Hunt in Chicago</b></a>. Bob is a master craftsman and luthier. In addition to his work for Troscan, he has a passion for making guitars. We are very different in our work talents and focus and yet perfectly complement each other in what we each bring to the collaboration.<br /><b><br /></b>I think there is a real appetite for things really made still in America by truly skilled craftspeople and sadly this is a dwindling trade. It is harder and harder to find skilled makers who can work to a high level. We make our own pieces because so few workrooms can really achieve the goals we set out for the pieces. We are now working with musical instrument makers because it is one of the last places makers devote years of practice to acquiring skills in making. We are also focusing on working with some craftspeople regionally in rural areas to fill in our production gaps...we can't make everything and so we look to support craft manufacturing where we can.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGFunQ3DA8_1PMrzyubNe5oMMr2y8Uj_izbC3nyCvgSngaHramrrIv04VqQ9YiDvhmMqKgHAjPvz5TyLmDA4X6RTuYBwkQYI0zumTVQG8_lqBitr-qdf1UtbDF8esN3HKMSAls2_bb6tt/s1600/IMG_3290.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGFunQ3DA8_1PMrzyubNe5oMMr2y8Uj_izbC3nyCvgSngaHramrrIv04VqQ9YiDvhmMqKgHAjPvz5TyLmDA4X6RTuYBwkQYI0zumTVQG8_lqBitr-qdf1UtbDF8esN3HKMSAls2_bb6tt/s1600/IMG_3290.jpg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Gus stool and barstool, design by Deirdre Jordan</i></div><br /><br /><b>Your approach of "discovering luxury in simplicity." Can you explain this further, and define what is luxury to you? What elements of luxury are you interested in (materials, comfort, finishes, etc.). </b><br /><br />It is pretty easy to use luxurious materials (fancy finishes and surfaces like Macassar) to convey a kind of style people understand as luxury. That is not what I am talking about. To do really refined work that has simple lines, like the work of Mies van der Rohe for example, requires such a high level of skill to realize or else you see all the flaws. <b><i>To realize super high craftsmanship with simple lines is it's own kind a kind of luxury. </i></b>We also spend a lot of time on where surfaces join, change, marry. They get a kind of focus on how that is resolved. Sometimes those details take time to emerge for the person looking at it...they are not apparent at first glance. Sometimes it is the way a thing feels in your hand or the surface touch. We know it intimately and labor and fuss over those quiet details. An example I use is a limited-edition bronze cocktail table called the Granada. It has a deep returning bevel that is actually a different patina surface texture than its polished face, which exaggerates the line where it recedes. It is actually really hard to cast bronze large and get a great surface polish without pits...so this takes a time commitment and skill level by the maker. It is kind of like when a painter uses certain painting techniques to convey space or surface ...we care about that stuff and that is a luxury.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgXJonL2JwIgl1-O6yV-_fcvmrb3TKgUEzTCLDkotdaXvulGTq9t1kwZ9XoC-ktM9mr2ZbwE0aAI5hr9UX8MLI5kZ0UU3dk8iVjqASEYTgYMFrBJkVRxFNO4XKRiW3OY1wmCBIEUysxSL/s1600/Troscan+Interview+Holly+Hunt+Chicago+Furniture+Design.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgXJonL2JwIgl1-O6yV-_fcvmrb3TKgUEzTCLDkotdaXvulGTq9t1kwZ9XoC-ktM9mr2ZbwE0aAI5hr9UX8MLI5kZ0UU3dk8iVjqASEYTgYMFrBJkVRxFNO4XKRiW3OY1wmCBIEUysxSL/s1600/Troscan+Interview+Holly+Hunt+Chicago+Furniture+Design.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0q6414RSs5nnuB5j-eKX4bfvC0-dhUiOIBD_BY_O2AT35kxtZbtWJ8UGgkbrwmFROlcPebnCsFy5dg5tGPZV9TeI0Fa5CM4gvbRQR0sFDKzCe1E1MCRp7mKfbFZlvG72VrVt8Xscjf-0k/s1600/Troscan+Interview+Holly+Hunt+Chicago+Furniture+Design+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0q6414RSs5nnuB5j-eKX4bfvC0-dhUiOIBD_BY_O2AT35kxtZbtWJ8UGgkbrwmFROlcPebnCsFy5dg5tGPZV9TeI0Fa5CM4gvbRQR0sFDKzCe1E1MCRp7mKfbFZlvG72VrVt8Xscjf-0k/s1600/Troscan+Interview+Holly+Hunt+Chicago+Furniture+Design+2.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bob Robinson at work in the studio </i><br /><i>photo by Janet Moran </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><b>What do you see the reasons for your success? </b><br /><br />We have maintained a kind of authenticity to our goals, our quality and our aesthetic. Hopefully the designs evolve over time and we continue to challenge ourselves with new materials, processes etc. Our work is a natural extension of who we are and so hopefully that translate into what others see as success. We just do what we seem to have been born to do.<br /><br /><br /><b>I am interesting in hearing you talk about materials further<i>.</i> Any materials that just get you beyond excited to work with? Or a material you thought you could not work with but eventually found a way to work with? Any materials that are local to the Mid West that you are proud to have in your work? The most sublime material? </b><br /><br />We have worked in a lot of materials that sometime initially excited us but proved difficult to maintain quality over time. We respond often to our clients’ needs but love to work in new processes and combine materials. For example we had a request from a great client to do a large reception desk for a 5 star hotel project in Shanghai using real tortoise. We could not ethically agree so we proposed the material used by luthiers on guitars called "pic guard" which is a cast resin to look like tortoise that we used as tiles. It was beautiful but challenging. We did explore using on some limited-edition pieces, but it never really had enough response for us to get into major production. Clients love the beautiful natural wood surfaces, the hand and feel of a thing with soul. I think all our work that has been most successful has been with pieces were you can see the texture, the surface with a hand rubbed or burnished surface.<br /><br />We are exploring a range of cast porcelain to combine with bronze and wood for lighting and bronze with large wood turnings. I also super interested in formed leather and combining that with wood and bronze. I am very in love with opaque white glass at the moment but it is another material with its own hurdles because not many people work with it and sourcing workrooms is a challenge.<br /><br />I think bronze is a material that particularly resonates with us because of its longevity and it's tactility. We work with an art foundry and the learning curve on producing the desired results has been really exciting. We see its use for so many different forms combined with our wood processes as a growing part of our collection.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYoK_HsbYt0DcQp7PwGT11TNu2sa5h-KVBSyCzZFeTpkiuaClezI-05tXV1U0DpM7l_xKQgHKSIipAi96T98BuuWBbGd5bMBAjGhRcpo8jemA1SqjbFxkP1zvWteBey427yaY0Hmfz_EK/s1600/BasiWalnutWithTray.fn.1235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYoK_HsbYt0DcQp7PwGT11TNu2sa5h-KVBSyCzZFeTpkiuaClezI-05tXV1U0DpM7l_xKQgHKSIipAi96T98BuuWBbGd5bMBAjGhRcpo8jemA1SqjbFxkP1zvWteBey427yaY0Hmfz_EK/s1600/BasiWalnutWithTray.fn.1235.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Basi Table</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />In regards to wood, Bob has a very deep knowledge of this material as a master craftsman and maker of fine guitars. We always find a way to try to push this fundamental material – for example we were interested in developing large-scale wood turned tables that could translate into a more refined and less rustic spaces. Since it’s physically impossible to dry solid-turned wood without cracking, we invented a proprietary technique for hollowing the core of the table. After the initial turning, the wood is dried over time in a custom-built kiln and drying room. It can take up to six months to dry each piece depending on the wood species and inherent humidity. Each piece needs to have multiple turnings to keep the table round. Our hollowing out makes the piece inherently more stable and holds the form without the cracks becoming a surface detraction. It’s a very sculptural final form, which we call the Basi. We love rustic turned pieces, too, but a lot of folks do that and we wanted to remain true to our personal history and aesthetic<br /><br />Another great thing about the Basi, which is representative of what we do, is that is that we are able to source wood that is typically overlooked. For this piece, we like highly figured pieces like tree crotches because we believe it gives more character - this is the stuff typically rejected by loggers and turned into firewood or pulp. So our interest in materials often results in a more sustainable solution. We source the wood directly form the logger locally and so have a truly green process...not just the appearance of a sustainable product.<br /><br />If you are interested in learning more about how we source our wood and how it impacts our design we wrote a blog post about it. We always support small sawmills and go to the source as we find this makes a huge impact on the heirloom quality of our product.<a href="http://room406.com/blog/where-our-wood-comes-from/"> (more here) </a><br /><br />Another thing I would add is that we seem to be moving away from some of the more exotic woods to rediscover some of the beautiful native woods. Our customers are requesting this as well. And this is exciting for us as it means that we can go to the forests and sawmills where our wood comes from and truly be a part of the very origin of the design process.<br /><br />As far as Midwestern sourcing goes, we also source from a family-owned tannery in Chicago. It might be fun to go there when you come! When Chicago was the meat-packing capital back in the day, there were lots and lots of tanneries. Sadly our tannery is one of the last in the country. All that industry has gone to Asia in a rush for lowest possible price. Our local tannery is a great source for us and has beautiful, old, hand-applied and secret processes that make them the coveted source for real cordovan leather for premium men's shoes. We have them make leather for some of our chairs since the type we want is not really commercially available for upholstery.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5md9VSzmutQU7hP1CVsuerYBa2yr3LbQoZhWtqGg61MjVnqG81xMUthl9wIkt4KGDFpI5hM7oS7KberonnRXXKks6cgVD0U02o2HAAzSgvtoFK5I9zjdm-CseBub4Rd1mtZkPVHu9qk3/s1600/TabulaOcc_detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5md9VSzmutQU7hP1CVsuerYBa2yr3LbQoZhWtqGg61MjVnqG81xMUthl9wIkt4KGDFpI5hM7oS7KberonnRXXKks6cgVD0U02o2HAAzSgvtoFK5I9zjdm-CseBub4Rd1mtZkPVHu9qk3/s1600/TabulaOcc_detail1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUOC7Mxseuf-JjULyHGYjDX91EisdGYA3vXv6zSXLK9Ac7sP2q0wD_z7ucxy_yErLaWLgLbyIgeashaol65v0JwvnyWsU2ISQpJQAsREbztJG7JO1WkKdDLD8xTPpaWBql16iBHo5NZvV/s1600/IMG_3094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUOC7Mxseuf-JjULyHGYjDX91EisdGYA3vXv6zSXLK9Ac7sP2q0wD_z7ucxy_yErLaWLgLbyIgeashaol65v0JwvnyWsU2ISQpJQAsREbztJG7JO1WkKdDLD8xTPpaWBql16iBHo5NZvV/s1600/IMG_3094.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ferros Table designed by Deirdre Jordan</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pTruFXvirmz3yUCYPCJzWlaoalRGGZty0bb7CTcQnwmynFJHUQQsHVqbYjyrjTvQIAD80FCbEKLpSEGcRtY9FM3NJX_AXBLHDhNYz9XVJDMxwc-XQ3VHfa6pxr0AaAwkwJt_bjaBbed6/s1600/IMG_3285.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pTruFXvirmz3yUCYPCJzWlaoalRGGZty0bb7CTcQnwmynFJHUQQsHVqbYjyrjTvQIAD80FCbEKLpSEGcRtY9FM3NJX_AXBLHDhNYz9XVJDMxwc-XQ3VHfa6pxr0AaAwkwJt_bjaBbed6/s1600/IMG_3285.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>What were the early days of Troscan like, and how quickly were you able to find success? </b><br /><br />We were represented right away by Holly Hunt and within the first year Tiffany & Co. became a primary client for their stores worldwide...so we were off and running from the very first day.<br /><br /><b>At what point were you picked up by Holly Hunt, and how has they helped their business?</b><br /><br />We introduced our first pieces at a show called Chicago Design, which was intended to compete with ICFF. It only lasted two or three years but it was a great platform for us to present a collection. Holly came to us at the show and offered us Chicago representation, and it grew from there. It was a natural extension of my work I did with Holly and she was very supportive of us. She has been a recognized force in our industry and helped us to define a client base for the level we wanted to work at. We were very fortunate to have her support and she has been an advocate of ours for many years<br /><b><br /></b><b>Were there any specific growing pains, and stumbles that felt too big to tackle?</b><br /><br />We opened our doors right before 9-11 and those were scary times only because the world didn't seem to be focused on design, and our sort of industry seemed not that much a part of the zeitgeist, which was totally what we expected. Luckily things picked up and we stayed very busy ...really too busy at times when we grew faster than we wanted. We had to learn how to manage a large group of woodworkers and that wasn't always easy.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0QYgR0sN4zwYn23ID3EmdmiTAKWnuJXL-zC_WMUfTQmUUBGpL_kQ0ZlNj6oqEzbToLdJN2sD1qnjCEt977FC39g0Y6S5TH5aOcRM0P476ag3YNKttxJEBIKSrxHFErjFEXlGRVM9Emwq/s1600/Room+406+Troscan_Cairn_0037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0QYgR0sN4zwYn23ID3EmdmiTAKWnuJXL-zC_WMUfTQmUUBGpL_kQ0ZlNj6oqEzbToLdJN2sD1qnjCEt977FC39g0Y6S5TH5aOcRM0P476ag3YNKttxJEBIKSrxHFErjFEXlGRVM9Emwq/s1600/Room+406+Troscan_Cairn_0037.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb46481eD5PSSr2Z9zKFIFojjGTIGEpf4nK0MGh2tIz0NhgRl1raDg_OuqIKIJrskigurPLEgVAibPCfaLuwQsixqk4HZp2mnJzuT10zAf2gSl_AMYPa4se8E6jutRoku5Nl5VAU6O9V2/s1600/Chicago+Design+Gallery+Ukranian+Village+Room-406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb46481eD5PSSr2Z9zKFIFojjGTIGEpf4nK0MGh2tIz0NhgRl1raDg_OuqIKIJrskigurPLEgVAibPCfaLuwQsixqk4HZp2mnJzuT10zAf2gSl_AMYPa4se8E6jutRoku5Nl5VAU6O9V2/s1600/Chicago+Design+Gallery+Ukranian+Village+Room-406.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the interior of Room406</i><br /><i>photos by Brian Guido and Julia Stoltz </i></div><br /><br /><b>What is the concept of Room406, the Chicago design gallery you opened up in late 2012? </b><br /><br />Room406 is a new concept venue and gallery for furniture and accessories. We highlight the work of American and international makers, designer vintage furniture, handcrafted accessories and rare artifacts. We also showcase the Troscan Design furniture line. The gallery is our home base and is located just south of the city's Ukrainian Village. We are next door to a boxing studio and across the street from a maker of pierogies and borscht... So the true Chicago experience!<i><b> </b></i> Our 19th-century building houses our workshop on the first floor. On the second floor is Room406. The gallery space has high ceilings and natural skylights and exposed brick walls. The feeling is intended to be very residential with a fireplace and open kitchen – most often people come in and think it is our home!<br /><br /><b>What is the goal of this space? </b><br /><br />There are several goals but probably the overarching theme is to be able to interact with people in a way that we haven’t been able to through the traditional showroom model. We are able to truly show who we are and our vision for how our spaces can reflect our interests, passions and personalities. Also, we are also able to offer support to other makers in this space and create a community. I also think the model for aspirational spaces that typical showrooms present isn't necessarily how people live and I wanted to show how one might truly live with design where things with texture and patina mix with new materials and forms.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-rJk6nnoKCj8iAClbWcKlF0O-DORHgXR1GAIrJoCqYryJvqXIw-Tgm2xnn8wYVKWc_uUbbEclsjpsD00fs70br4jtFcbmgZC6_bLr5FHGM9X-h7lD7LY7Lam_7eR9Ku-fOZQnSLna4QQ/s1600/IMG_3017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-rJk6nnoKCj8iAClbWcKlF0O-DORHgXR1GAIrJoCqYryJvqXIw-Tgm2xnn8wYVKWc_uUbbEclsjpsD00fs70br4jtFcbmgZC6_bLr5FHGM9X-h7lD7LY7Lam_7eR9Ku-fOZQnSLna4QQ/s1600/IMG_3017.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ryota Aoki pottery at Room406</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5Yolgl1EmxEM4U6ZzvRKXu3kbgeUTugAAwgPEE2INoilJfPHxoJBzdzhWlPubUgSpfzdDIW9qRm8jMueRLjJtgHeoy-4gMtv80XtolKArn45oX2VqwYyyYqxLwXYTW4suyzK_23gdvnl/s1600/IMG_2996+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5Yolgl1EmxEM4U6ZzvRKXu3kbgeUTugAAwgPEE2INoilJfPHxoJBzdzhWlPubUgSpfzdDIW9qRm8jMueRLjJtgHeoy-4gMtv80XtolKArn45oX2VqwYyyYqxLwXYTW4suyzK_23gdvnl/s1600/IMG_2996+copy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>photos above by by Jim Warych</i></div><br /><br /><b>What collections does Room406 carry, and what are the plans in the future? </b><br /><br />Exclusive offerings include merino and cashmere throws by Brooklyn weaver <b><a href="http://www.hirokotakeda.com/">Hiroko Takeda</a></b>, a former designer for Larsen, hand-thrown luminous white porcelain vessels by Oregon potter <b><a href="http://lilithrockett.com/">Lillith Rockett</a>,</b> gorgeous recycled sari and silk, nettle and wool rugs by Germany’s <b><a href="http://jan-kath.de/">Jan Kath</a></b> and colorful handspun twill blankets and textiles by <b><a href="http://www.studiodonegal.ie/">Studio Donegal</a></b> from Kilcar County, Ireland. We also will soon have a variety of new ceramics from <a href="http://www.tortus-copenhagen.com/"><b>Tortus</b></a> Copenhagen, and some new <a href="http://www.sophiecook.com/"><b>Sophie Cook</b></a> porcelain. We are working on a collection of new bronze, porcelain and leather objects branded Room406 products that is currently in development including lighting and domestic accessories. I’m extremely excited about the new line that will most likely be launching in spring 2015. We of course also have the great vintage and antique pieces that vary from Japanese iron "Tsubas " which are gorgeous sword handle shields, kashigata cookie molds and vintage axe heads...all sharing a thoughtfulness by the way they were crafted or designed.<br /><br /><br /><b>Who designed the space, and what was the space before Room406?</b><br /><br />It was originally a machine shop and we designed and built out the space to be our home base, design studio and entertainment space. The ground floor is still functioning as a working making space, but the upstairs was a complete renovation resurrecting the skylights, adding light bleached oak floors and restoring what we could of the windows.<br /><br /><br /><b>How do you find the artists for the gallery shows? </b><br /><br />I look for artists and designers whose work I would (and do!) love enough to have in our own home. These are artists whose work we have personally admired and who in most cases have become our friends through Room406. I also work closely with a few curators we admire and who have introduced to both local and international artists, so we have been lucky really to find great artwork through our network. The artists have all expressed how they love having a chance to step outside of the white box and to have their work seen in context as to how people might live with it. Collectors also love this new context for seeing what I will call "real art" in a domestic sort of environment. Mostly showroom art can tend to toward the kind of work with really broad appeal that is not that interesting and is more decorative...that is not what we are about.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOTptyMgAoiLJqtQug6LIIDQYU3zzSKeFsv9sicEJf09dGi9M1VBE0qciIF8Dn6ub3o7k_D1MeiCuoEmEY3wf_72h01QhNsj1QuYJaXlPdYicECnYzjGYvTzLPEex6vQx7AtJAweiXAuK/s1600/Troscan+Workshop+Chicago+Furniture+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOTptyMgAoiLJqtQug6LIIDQYU3zzSKeFsv9sicEJf09dGi9M1VBE0qciIF8Dn6ub3o7k_D1MeiCuoEmEY3wf_72h01QhNsj1QuYJaXlPdYicECnYzjGYvTzLPEex6vQx7AtJAweiXAuK/s1600/Troscan+Workshop+Chicago+Furniture+3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAzZzglucAz1xyWrtj7bK5xVN8-a7YdCOjKekw-GORHohU1BuO8Ty_1eVFBzT-lRII8qvkrUPvnj6cZuxgOT_HCtI_fg_v1ZydhtrsR03I19ZYcTqjL6eM2SQgZlDeMQIcRs-Pc5_JHP6/s1600/Troscan+Workshop+Chicago+Furniture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAzZzglucAz1xyWrtj7bK5xVN8-a7YdCOjKekw-GORHohU1BuO8Ty_1eVFBzT-lRII8qvkrUPvnj6cZuxgOT_HCtI_fg_v1ZydhtrsR03I19ZYcTqjL6eM2SQgZlDeMQIcRs-Pc5_JHP6/s1600/Troscan+Workshop+Chicago+Furniture.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>Can you share some advice for beginning furniture designers attempting to grow their business. A furniture design business can be extremely difficult to launch, and I would be very interested in hearing your perspective. </b><br /><br />1.Though it is hard to do if you are a creative person, establishing a routine and organizational method for capturing and retaining ideas is super important. Simply sketching away in notebooks works for some of us but not all of me! I really need defined design problems and work best when I have parameters. It somehow fuels my creativity more than having ALL the possibilities in front of me. Bob works best as a focused problem solver, so for us that kind of defined design with organization helps us be much more prolific.<br /><br />2. Create a collection where the scale of the pieces works together. Many designers look at doing only type of thing or working in limited palette of materials, but for us we wanted a certain feel, weight and refinement of details that maybe would not work great with different scale or less refined lines and materials. The pieces don't have to be realized as full working prototypes but can be 3 d modeled to show a complete thought. I think then designers or clients can see how to use the pieces instead of just as isolated moments or ideas.<br /><br />3. Learn about the market, the business, the industry. Often would-be furniture designers get seduced but the star designer that has that cult "it " design and then works to emulate that success with their own hoped for rock star moment. It is work to make beautiful pieces with design longevity and staying power and not like a lottery.<i><b> It sometimes takes a lot of bad ideas to get to a well resolved, thoughtful and beautiful piece...and at is work much like a musician practices their music or a dancer works out...albeit it is pleasurable work for us but it is work. </b></i><br /><br />4. One more thing....learn from the makers wherever and whenever you can! Design is not an aesthetic concept. Design is the verb of making the thing come to life after the concept and the people who make the pieces can SO bring much to the final outcome. <br /><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Furniture designers of the top of your head that you look to for inspiration? </b><br /><br />Poul Kjaerholm, Joaquim Tenreiro, Prouve, and Eero Saarinen. The anonymous vernacular designer is usually the best. Christian Liaigre really figured that out and made it his own aesthetic. The best designers can see the beauty in the simplicity. That is inspiration in its self.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEEhrS6-JCH5xF1D7LtHV8Nq7jN5aYtErPisqZLCbnOv1vQ02gW42DGEWcsM5p5XmjF3vecaZSMZpnYINgb9aTgeqAr0wGEKd2LsDLxuXOyOsO1VhL37NdpXkdJqnazf4WKuzglpKXpFR/s1600/Room406_Troscan+0838_HR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEEhrS6-JCH5xF1D7LtHV8Nq7jN5aYtErPisqZLCbnOv1vQ02gW42DGEWcsM5p5XmjF3vecaZSMZpnYINgb9aTgeqAr0wGEKd2LsDLxuXOyOsO1VhL37NdpXkdJqnazf4WKuzglpKXpFR/s1600/Room406_Troscan+0838_HR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>What has been the most successful piece of Troscan Collection, and is there a signature piece in your collection? A personal favorite is the Sumo Table</b>.<b> I think this table is such an incredible statement of how rusticity can be in full harmony of modernity, and inform the other</b>.<br /><br />We are working more in the vein of the Sumo. It is definitely our favorite kind of work we do. We have many more in that collection coming out in the next 4-6 months if we can keep ahead of orders on the Sumo!<br /><br />Sometimes the most successful pieces are the bread and butter...but they support the other work so it is all good. <a href="http://www.troscandesign.com/bella-arm-chair/BLC-01.php"><b>The Bella chair</b></a> has been our single most successful piece. It fits all body types and has a sort of classic appeal, I suppose. The Weekend Ottoman too. It is an easy piece to live with and people tell us they love it because its one unusual feature is that you can put your feet on it and the tray top moves. I never imagined that years alter we would still be selling so many of those! I have dogs and a young child so we have one too because it is also family friendly!<br /><br /><br /><b>Where is your work sold? National and international? </b><br /><br />We are sold nationally through <a href="https://www.hollyhunt.com/"><b>Holly Hunt </b></a>and <a href="http://www.desousahughes.com/"><b>Desousa Hughes</b></a> and Town. Our projects live all over the world and include 5 star hotels, high end retail like Tiffany & Co, restaurants and private residences . We consider ourselves primarily a residential furniture company but more than 30% of work ends up in commercial projects where the clients require a certain level of design and quality atypical of contract projects.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBNlQAeXungt3FBXmTDdDo_q7lLZJG5bUKVOQYgueSGrYPv-cpajlBTKD_GiHo8Rim_NbX8__8FRnontc-wR1dXSAIvQobeNo-79qxVk-D1oLm9yaUsoZQcJbUrETlDzPN0CqpySF50Xf/s1600/Room406_NolanTable_0053_HR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBNlQAeXungt3FBXmTDdDo_q7lLZJG5bUKVOQYgueSGrYPv-cpajlBTKD_GiHo8Rim_NbX8__8FRnontc-wR1dXSAIvQobeNo-79qxVk-D1oLm9yaUsoZQcJbUrETlDzPN0CqpySF50Xf/s1600/Room406_NolanTable_0053_HR.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.troscandesign.com/"><b>Visit Troscan Design + Furnishings here. </b></a><br />Thank you Deirdre Jordan and Bob<b> </b>Robinson!<b><br /></b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------------</div><br /><br /><br /> A C onversation with Troscan Design + Furnishings "I think there is a real appetite for things really made still in America by truly ... 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