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The Out Land Side Table is a creation by French artist and designer Eric Schmitt, showcased by Ralph Pucci International. Born in 1955, the designer relocated in 1997 to the edge of the Fontainebleau forest near Paris, where he established his workshop. There, he designs and shapes his pieces before entrusting their production to skilled French craftsmen.
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A stand-out feature of ICFF in both 2023 and 2024, the Dear Dr. Spock chaise lounge by Sunshine Thacker is available for this weekend’s downlink into a Groovitational K-hole. If that doesn’t do it for you perhaps the integrated ceramic side table will?
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Hélène de Saint Lager is a French artist and sculptor, based in Paris, who is particularly known for her furniture made of resin. This trio of Petite Fleur Tables are a perfect exmaple of her works, of which no two are alike. A Saint Lager table is typically made over the course of a week, using a hollowed-out bed of sand. The artist forms that hollow to represent the mass of the table when it is filled. A canvas sheet then lines the void before Saint Leger pours a layer of resin a couple of inches deep onto it. Her next task is to decide how industrial dyes lend effects of opacity or transparency, depth or brilliance.
Table Surface, Detail
Metallic strips or iridescent drops or streaks might be added as the material is built up in each stage, with 24 hours needed for each layer to cure. Sometimes, mother of pearl or broken ceramics are added, and Saint Lager encourages personal effects to be entombed in her bespoke designs.
Photographed at The Salon Art and Design. Available from Twenty First Gallery in NYC.
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The Swiss-born designer Mattia Bonetti is known for his irreverent, eye-grabbing, and (often) dazzlingly shiny functional objects. Bonetti enjoys playing with both organic and geometric forms rather than adhering to a consistent style.
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Swiss designer Mattia Bonetti scores again with Lucky (2013), a stainless steel Di (get a second to make proper pair of dice) which measures 18.62″ H x 18.6″ W x 18.62″ D and can be used as a stool or side table. Available in an edition of 100.
Photographed in the Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC.