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Eye On Design: Tropicalia Chair by Patricia Urquiola

tropicalia chair 2 photo by gail worley
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Spanish Designer Patricia Urquiola’s Tropicalia Chair, created in 2008 for Moroso, is a stunning exploration of color, material, and form. As part of the Tropicalia collection, this chair exemplifies Urquiola’s talent for transforming everyday objects into sculptural statements.

At first glance, the geometric steel frame — a minimalist tubular structure — recalls a traditional lounge chair. However, it’s the woven polymer threads, arranged in intricate patterns, that bring the chair to life.
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Eye On Design: Multicolor Stripe Rayon Dress by Stephen Burrows

striped sleeve dress by stephen burrows photos by gail worley
Photos By Gail

In 1970, fashion critic Bernadine Morris wrote that  designer Stephen Burrows maintained “an absolute disregard for all the established laws of color. Does a dress have a red top? He’ll make the sleeves lime, the middle peach – and he’ll add orange stockings for good measure.”
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Eye On Design: Multicolored Checked Cotton Dress By Pauline Trigère

multicolored dress with extended long sleeves by pauline trigere photo by gail worley
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Pauline Trigère (1908 –  2002) was a Franco-American couturière. She was most famous in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, and designed novelties such as the jumpsuit, the sleeveless coat, the reversible cape and the embroidered sheer bodice. She reinvented ready-to-wear fashion, matching form to function with bold prints and architectural silhouettes to create a distinctly modern female aesthetic.
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Eye On Design: The Pixel Fire Sofa By Cristian Zuzunaga

Pixel Sofa
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After four hours at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), we were still looking out for that one Wow! piece of the show. We knew we had found it when we spotted the Pixel Fire Sofa: part of the Pixel Series from Cristian Zuzunaga. I’ll say it now: Wow!
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