From the category archives:
Chaise Longue No 4 by Tom Raffield
Price Realized £2,250 ($4,039) includes buyer’s premium
Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,606 – $5,409)
Sale 5340
Interiors – 20th Century Edition including Modern Design, Art, Fashion & Prints
16 September 2008
London, South KensingtonLot Description
TOM RAFFIELD CHAISE LONGUE NO.42007, for Sixixis, oak bentwood 210cm. long
via Christie’s.
Update March 27:
Price Realized £2,250 (including buyer’s premium)
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I featured Emeco’s Tuyomyo Bench by Frank Gehry earlier, but got a special from Emeco after I had asked for a photo of Frank Gehry and Emeco’s owner together on the Tuyomyo Bench. That was published in a Wallpaper* issue of last year. Alas it was copyrighted, but now I have a second best: The Tuyomyo Bench with the daughter of the owner as a model:-)
Update
Oops forgot a title for this post….
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Estimate £15,000 – £20,000 ($22,740 – $30,320)
Sale 7838
20th Century Decorative Art & Design
21 April 2010
London, King StreetGAETANO PESCE (B. 1939)
GOLGOTHA CHAIR, 1972
limited prototypic production by Bracciodiferro SRL., Dacron-filled and resin soaked fibreglass cloth
39½ in. (100 cm.) high; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide; 66 in. (26 cm.) deep
ink stamp to underside Golgotha Gaetano Pesce Prodotta Da Bracciodiferro SRLProvenance
Alessandro Mendini, Italy; Galleria Colombari, Milan; Private Collection, France; Wright, Utopia, Lost and Found, Works from an Important Private Collection, 1st April 2008, Lot 810; Private Collection, EuropeLiterature
Gaetano Pesce: Le Temps des Questions, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, July – October 1996, p. 70 (related examples illustrated)Lot Notes
Fashioned from a rectangular panel of fibreglass cloth, the form of the chair is determined by the actions of the individual production operator. The supple resin-impregnated cloth is suspended from wires or cables to suggest the basic form of the chair, whilst the impression of the seat itself is determined by the contours of the operative's own body. The mass then hardens to an individually-determined form. Bracciodiferro was a studio product line of Italian furniture manufacturer Cassina, responsible for a brief series of objects intended to underscore the contradictions between designers and industry.
via Christie’s.
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As I saw Eric Ku (see for his chair Mission no 2) do, I see designers and artists present their portfolios online using Indexhibit from Index and Exhibit, which is
A web application used to build and maintain an archetypal, invisible website format that combines text, image, movie and sound.
Originally it was developed by Daniel Eatock in collaboration with Jeffery Vaska who resides at tatiret.
They estimate the web application has been applied over 10,000 times already. It is a cheap way of promoting your portfolio for a designer.
Ah and here is another user: Tom Higgs
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Pantonic 5010 Chair in Black by Verner Panton
Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,032 – $4,548)
Sale 5533
20th Century Decorative Art & Design
24 March 2010
London, South KensingtonVERNER PANTON (1926-1998)
‘PANTONIC 5010′ CHAIR, DESIGNED 1992
for Studio Hag, laminated and stained beech
35 in. (89 cm.) high
Via Christie’s.
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Eons ago I asked permission to feature this cool chair related T-Shirt and then forgot about it until now…
Classic Chair Design
Sometimes function over rules style.
Eames Lounge Chair by Charles and Ray Eames – 1956
Old Sparky Electric Chair by Huntsville Inmates – 1924
Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio – 1966
via “Take A Seat!” T-Shirt Design by rubyred [1122590-6] – RedBubble.
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Some Background
Rather than copying and pasting other peoples finds in this blog and making it an online scrapbook only, I like to produce my own content. However, as a busy hotelier in Haagsche Suites and busy blogger at Happy Hotelier I don’t have enough time to do this as much as I would like. In addition I’m easily distracted by new finds, repairing wrong posts (finally most work is done with now) and merging my Tumblr log into this Blog. So I took a look in my 100 drafts for posts.
In September 2008 I was able to roam London Design week during 1.5 day and was able to visit Phillips the Pury’s Gallery, Tent London and 100% Design. I’ve published some posts in my category London Design Festival. I’ve many more posts in my sleeve yet.
This is also a caveat for some people who have send me material and are wondering: “Why the hell isn’t he publishing what I’ve sent him?” Have some patience with me.
Meet Rupert McKelvie
who I shortly met at 100% Design London in 2008. He was kind enough to demonstrate his extraordinary folding chair for me and my camera. And you know what? He intrigues me, because he is also a boat builder Like Matthias Pliesnig….. I have said once: “If I ever retire, I want to become a Venetian retro speedboat water taxi driver”. Yes, I keep on dreaming. Moreover there is another coincidence: I started this blog with a post about a folding/puzzle chair.
About Ruppert McKelvie
Rupert trained as a classical boat builder in Dorset for two years gaining a wealth of knowledge and discovering a true affinity with the making world. He then went on to build two 1950’s wooden Venetian speed boats currently moored in Devon. Following this, he continued his passion for design at University College Falmouth, completing a BA (hons) in 3D Design and Sustainability.
The marriage of these two disciplines is evident in his work, as elements of the maker and designer combine to produce furniture that is appealing, yet always practical.
About the In.Fold Chair
Take a flexible material and glue pieces of multiplex board against it in a clever way. Color the two sides with a different color and you can put the chair away without it taking much storage room, but also you have two chairs in one. A blue or a white one.
Clever piece of work Rupert and sorry it took me so long to publish this.
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Via Kult Objekte I discovered this Rare Armchair designed in 1955 by Luciano Grassi, Sergio Conti and Marisa Forlani.
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Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,002 – $4,503)
Sale 5533
20th Century Decorative Art & Design
24 March 2010
London, South Kensington
'TUBE' CHAIR, DESIGNED 1969
for Flexiform-Prima, plastic cylinders, steel clips now lacking rubber balls, replacement upholstery, original worn upholstery now detatched and retained
23 in. (58 cm.) wide
Via Christie’s.
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Beamon XL Chair by Matti Klenell and Peter Andersson
Beamon
Year: 2006
Description: Upholstered easy chair and seating system.Designed in collaboration with Peter Andersson
Manufacturer: Miljöexpo
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