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A member of a wealthy banking family and sophisticated patron of the arts, Thomas Hope (1739 – 1861) set out to influence and improve contemporary taste through the publication of his own collection in Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807).
Installation Views Continue reading Eye On Design: Gilded Wooden Bench by Thomas Hope
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Claude Lalanne (born 1924) is a French designer known for her eccentric works, which are often animal themed. She also worked with her late husband, Francois-Xavier Lalannne (1927–2008), under the name Les Lalannes.
Continue reading Eye On Design: Crocodile Banquette By Claude LaLanne
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Why was Bird Bird sitting alone on this bench in Central Park on Monday, February 20th as we walked through the park from Fifth Avenue to Central Park West, on the way to the Not My President’s Day anti-Drumpf Rally? I bet I know. To make a donation to PBS here in NYC, you can visit This Link.
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As the Velvet Rope indicates, this Park Bench is exclusive and not for losers!
Photographed at the NYBG on Saturday January 7th, 2017.
Billet 1: Extrusion 1 Bench, 2009 (All Photos By Gail)
Can you squeeze a chair out of a machine, the way you squeeze toothpaste out of a tube? Extruded aluminum, commonly used for double-glazed window frame systems, is made by squeezing heated metal through a shaped hole, or die. Intrigued by the warped lengths that occur during this process, the studio sought to make seating, formed in single extrusions, that makes imperfection part of the design.
Bench Viewed from its Right Side
The Heatherwick team worked with an Asian factory whose extrusion machine, used to make aerospace-industry components, can exert 11,000 tons of pressure. The result is a series of seats in which straight, clean lengths contrast beautifully with raw, disfigured ends.
Bench Viewed from its Left Side
This electroless-nickel-plated, aluminum bench was designed by Thomas Heatherwick in collaboration with contemporary art gallery Haunch of Venison.
Extrusion Bench, Rear View
Photographed in the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City.