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Eye On Design: Comedia Chair By Christian Germanaz

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comedia chair installation view photo by gail worley
Installation View With Maria Pergay’s DeerLamp (All Photos By Gail)

Christian Germanaz is a French industrial designer and maker of furniture who studied, and still works, in Paris. Created in 1982, his Comedia Chair is comprised of foam over a metal frame construction, with a seasonal/interchangeable slipcover in bright red. The chair’s dimensions are 29 inches tall by 35 inches deep by 40 inches wide.

comedia chair detail photo by gail worley

We understand that it sits as comfortably as you would expect by the look of the sumptuous, multitudes of pleats and folds in the chair’s slipcover. Comparisons to the appearance of the wrinkly puppy known as the Shar Pei are not unwarranted.

comedia chair photo by gail worley

Perfect for curling up with a good book, or your iPad!

Photographed at Demisch Danant, Located at 30 West 12th Street in the West Village, NYC.

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Eye On Design: Foscarini’s Lumiere Table Lamp

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lumière table lamp photo by gail worley
Photos By Gail

Foscarini, a leading Italian design and manufacturing company that produces masterful and innovative decorative lighting, is one of my favorite showrooms to visit in NYC’s SoHo design district. The company was founded in 1981 on the famous glass-blowing island of Murano in Venice, Italy, and their award-winning and iconic designs are the results of passionate collaboration with world-class designers. To create light is the central vision of each Foscarini project, never losing sight of the connection between the form and the function of illumination.

One of my favorite designs of theirs is the Lumiere Table Lamp, which was created for Foscarini by Milanese architect and designer Rodolfo Dordoni. The Lumiere has an elegant gradation of tones in the glossy finish of its blown glass shade contrasted with the finish of the characteristic tripod base.  This light is both beautiful and beautifully crafted. It has a elegant look and emits a soft light. Each of the elements, the glass shade and the metal stand, are well made and have a nice weight — which, with a table lamp, is a desirable. This is a classic lamp that will complement the decor of virtually any room. The blown glass shade comes in your choice of colors that include Polished Cherry (shown), Polished Turquoise and Warm White, with metal-base finishes of Champagne (shown), Aluminum, and Black Chrome. The Lumiere comes in small and large sizes, with this small size lamp retailing for $727.00.

lumière table lamp by foscarini photo by gail worley
Shown Here with The Lumiere XX Table Lamp

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Pink Thing of The Day: PolArt Pink Modern Victorian Ottoman and Sofa

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Polart Pink Ottoman and Sofa
Photos By Gail

Every year without fail, my favorite exhibitor at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is PolArt Designs of Mexico. Each piece of their Victorian style furniture is custom-made to the end-user’s specs of finish color and fabric type, to make these pieces suitable for either indoor or outdoor use. At ICFF 2018, I was particularly smitten with this Modern Victorian Ottoman and Sofa created in a pale pink finish with complementary pink velvet fabric upholstery.  Simply breathtaking.

Polart Pink Ottoman
Pink Ottoman, Detail

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Eye On Design: Daybed By New Tendency

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Daybed By New Tendency
All Photos By Gail

When I first saw this minimal-yet-gorgeous modern Daybed, I thought I might choose it as a Pink Thing of the Day, but ultimately its functionality swayed me towards the week’s featured design post. Spotted as part of Chamber Boutique’s latest collection, Berlin-based design practice New Tendency has developed a daybed made from honed stainless steel and hand-selected, pure vegan tanned leather. I’m not sure if the cushion is available in other colors, but I think the pale pink looks just perfect against the silver-toned, brushed metal finish. You could build so many looks around this piece. Continue reading Eye On Design: Daybed By New Tendency →

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Eye On Design: Glass Armchair by Shiro Kuramata

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Glass Armchair
Photographed By Gail in the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

In the mid-to-late 20th century, an atmosphere of innovation and a desire to question the tenets of modernism led some designers to explore a variety of ways in which to shape space. American Architect and Designer Alexander Hayden Girard utilized color and pattern in textiles, particularly in this colorful abstract, or folk art-inspired work for Herman Miller.

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