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Different designer’s experiments with new materials have marked important, turning points in the history of design. Gaetano Pesce never stopped experimenting with them – in particular with residence. As one could infer fro its name, 1984’s Pratt Chair (3) is one of nine he produced as part of a project for the Pratt Institute, are renowned art, and design school in New York. Continue reading Eye On Design: Gaetano Pesce Pratt Chair (3)
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It’s always a good day when I wander into R & Company on Franklin Street, because there’s no telling what kind of design sorcery will be waiting inside. During a recent visit, one piece in particular caught me eye: a towering, fur-covered illuminated sculpture by artist and designer Rogan Gregory that looked less like a lamp and more like a benevolent life-form that drifted in from a warmer, softer dimension.
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Snake Mirror II is a mesmerizing sculptural mirror by French artist and glass alchemist Nathalie Ziegler, and part of her ongoing series of serpentine mirrors. Born in Paris in 1970 and entirely self-taught in the demanding art of glass sculpture, Ziegler has carved out a singular niche in contemporary design by fusing traditional craftsmanship with a highly personal, nature-driven mythology. Continue reading Eye On Design: Snake Mirror II By Nathalie Ziegler
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French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has long blurred the line between art, science, and nature — and his sculptural pendant lamp Guernica is no exception. Inspired by the organic beauty of a flower, Lehanneur began by 3D-scanning an iris blossom, digitally manipulating its form, and then realizing the piece in ceramic. The result is a luminous object that appears to bloom midair, its soft, petal-like curves both delicate and defiant. Continue reading Eye On Design: Guernica Pendent Lamp by Mathieu Lehanneur
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In the early 1970s, the future was shiny, sleek, and full of promise. Few designers captured that hopeful, otherworldly energy quite like Serge Mansau with his Space Age Low Table (1973) — a sculptural masterpiece in steel and nickel that feels equal parts furniture, spacecraft, and dreamscape.
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