We do know and appreciate how lucky we are that we have the time and resources to jet from Milan, to New York, to Berlin and the like just to look at designer furniture.
And we are thankful.
We are also thankful that dutch design house moooi will be showing their complete new collection as of 12.06 in the moooi gallery, Amsterdam.
Now if that isn’t worth a trip to Holland….
Eurlanterns by moooi works for moooi - As seen in Milan
Premiered at Milan 2008 but still great.
OClock by Anthony Duffeleer for van Esch
Obviously Dutch anarcho-collective droog heard of our approval of minimalist stands…. they didn’t even bother turning up.
Nice.
ICFF droog (not) in New York
Absolutely not our thing…but if you have a log cabin, a fetish for axes and can’t stop listening to “The Lumberjack song”, this may be just the thing for you.
Available in range of furs – according to Shimna, coyote is the most versatile – the frame is solid walnut.
Fur Lounger from Shimna
Call it Japanese minimalism if you want but we were very taken with the stand from the Noguchi Museum: One product
Given the genial Noguchi died in 1988 new products would have been a bit much to expect, but we did like this re-issue of the 1AS and we’re once again reminded that although yes you can buy cheap copies of Noguchis work everywhere, the originals do offer an awful lot more and are worth the investment.
Akari 1AS by Isamu Noguchi
Why should children suffer just because they are small and powerless. American designers iglooplay produce a lovely range of plywood furniture specially for little people.
iglooplay - plywood furniture for children
New York design week – not as big as Milan, but can be just as clever.
For example the Magino stool from Umbra.
Somewhere to sit and properly stow your reading material. Perfect for balcony, garden or shed.
Magino Stool by Karim Rashid for Umbra
After months of apparent inactivity Hella Jongerius has suddenly reappeared on our radar – just you’ll either have to be in New York to experience her or wait a little.
On May 15th the film portrait “Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes” from Deign Onscreen opens in New York, and in the same week the film Objectified by Gary Hustwit is showing in New York , which also features an appearance by Hella Jongerius.
And because only seeing films can be dull, next week also sees the opening of the Nature Conservancy exhibition Design for a Living World at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in, you got it, NYC. For the exhibition Nature Conservancy sent 10 designers to unconventional locations and challenged them to create new products using local, sustainable products. Sent to Mexico, Jongeriusproduced a range of pots and other products from chicle.
Hopefully most of these events will tour eventually, we will keep you updated.
Hella Jongerius mixes Delft with chicle
My house is my castle 