NEW YORK: Design Week – Collective
Design. At Starlight Clarkson Sq. the Collective Design exhibition is on view
until May 17. Collective Design is dedicated to exploring the
significance of design across creative disciplines and everyday life; from
mid-century furniture, to contemporary design, from glass object to jewelry,
across a range of styles and materials that form an appealing eclectic
selection of works. Through its annual fair, Collective Design illuminates both
the design process and the diversity of today’s material culture, originating a
robust series of conversations and education programs to foster dialogue,
encourage the exchange of ideas, and build a growing audience for collectible
design.
Above.
The front and back of the 1953 Daring Design LeMans Concept Convertible Cadillac. Cadillac is the
Exclusive Automotive Sponsor of Collective Design fair; it also presents the
First-Ever ATS-V Coupe. The two iconic
vehicles exemplify Daring Design, featured in the special installation, which celebrates
Cadillac’s rich design history, artistic integration of technology, and
commitment to craftsmanship.
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Design – Special Exhibitions - Collective Focus: Italy.
Each year, Collective Design’s Focus presentation features
influential design from a particular country or region. In 2015 the special
presentation highlights the enduring impact of Italian design on artists and
designers from across the globe, and features objects from fair exhibitors. Stefano
Tonchi, editor-in-chief of W magazine, curated this year’s Collective Focus:
Italy exhibition, which enhances understanding of the significance of Italian
design on the field at large.
Above.
Stefano Tonchi editor-in-chief of W.
Michele De Lucchi – Kristall Side Table –
Italy – 1981.
Carlo Zen (attributed) - Satinwood Armchair – c.1900.
Carlo de
Carli – Model no. 82 Lounge Chair – Italy – 1954.
Michele De Lucchi – Polar
Side Table – Italy 1984.
“When
I look at the last century of Italian design, I find it impossible to see clear
boundaries between style and genres, schools and movements. In Italy the past is always present. ….
Accumulation and layering are the language of Italian design more than
elimination and revolutions: in Italy, design is a dialogue between past and
present that simply never stops.” Stefano Tonchi writes.
Ettore
Sottsass – Sirio Vase – Italy – 1983
Max
Ingrand – Pair of Wall Scones – Italy - 1959
Photograph
by Adrien Dirend, 2015, Owenscorp courtesy LMD/studio
Collective
Design – LMD/Studio
Rick Owen – Alchimist Chair – 2015 – bronze with
Brutalist finish
Collective
Design – Special Features – Dana Barnes Studio. Dana Barnes’s Endolith Casts is
a new seating series that extends her explorations of textural composition and
incorporates spontaneous knotting and meticulous shearing techniques. The
presentation references lichen and its complex relationship with the unyielding
materials it colonizes to produce quiet explosions of unexpected, texturally
intricate forms and color.
Dana
Barnes
Collective
Design – Friedman Benda
Installation
with pieces by Wendell Castle and Micha Kahn
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Design – Friedman Benda
Wendell Castle
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Design – Friedman Benda
Michal
Kahn and his Saturday Morning Series - 2013
Collective
Design – Friedman Benda
Barry
Friedman and Marc Benda
Collective
Design – Ornamentum
Jaydan
Moore
Photograph
courtesy Ornamentum
Collective Design – Ornamentum
Jiro Kamata – Bi necklace
– 2014 – oxidized silver, biochromatic glass
Collective
Design – Ornamentum
Susan
Grant Lewin with gallerists Stefan Friedemann and Laura Lapachin
Photograph
courtesy Modernity
Collective
Design – Modernity
Hans Wegner for Getama, Denmark, 1950 – flag halyard,
chromed steel, white lacquered steel – first edition – wooden feet
Collective
Design – De Vera
Andreas Caderas – Rabbit Kogo Box
Collective
Design – De Vera
Federico de Vera – Bib necklace
Photograph
courtesy Memphis-Post Design Gallery
Collective
Design – Memphis-Post Design Gallery
Ettore Sottsass – Casablanca – 1981 –
sideboard – plastic laminate, internal shelves
Collective
Design – Memphis-Post Design Gallery
Alberto Bianchi Albrici
Photograph
courtesy Nicholas Kilner
Collective
Design – Nicholas Kilner
Carlo
Zen (attributed) – Italy 1900 – satinwood armchair – veneer satinwood, brass,
mother of pearl, upholstery.
Collective
Design – Gallery Loupe
Attai
Chen
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Design – Gallery Loupe
Eva Eisler
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Design – Gallery Loupe
Patti
Bleicher and Eileen David
Collective
Design – Kinder Modern
Italian
Chairs – 1960 – enameled metal, plywood, leather like backing
Collective
Design – Todd Merrill Studio Contemporary
OLEK - Swivel Thrones: #You #Ribcage # Regret
#Risk – 2015 – hand crocheted – unique
Collective
Design - Todd Merrill Studio Contemporary
Todd
Merrill with Shari Mendelson – Assorted Plastic Vessels – 2014-15 – plastic,
hot glue, acrylic polymer, resin and paint - unique
Madeline
Weinrib Atelier
Madeline
Weinrib
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