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This past January, Larry Gagosian, an art-world kingpin, showed a collection of limited-edition Marc Newson furniture at his Chelsea gallery in New York City. Five years ago the big names everyone was talking about were Jean Prouv?? and George Nakashima, but today a raft of living designers--many of them industrial designers by trade--is catching the wave of the booming contemporary-art market. Their success may have to do with their uniqueness, but their work has also been called sexy and easy to like. "Newson has married technology to creative ideas, and he has captured a look...
Krakoff got into collecting 20 years ago when he was a design assistant at Ralph Lauren. He started with Mission-style pieces like Stickley furniture and Tiko and Hampshire art pottery, and then moved on to the furniture of French architect Prouv??. After visiting one of Philippe Starck's hotels in the mid-1980s, Krakoff fell in love with the French designer's work. That led to an interest in French contemporary furniture designers like André Dubreuil, Olivier Gagnère and Eric Schmidt...
...trends come and go, but the cultural appetite for great design, specifically 1950s style, doesn't seem to wane. Companies as diverse as KitchenAid and Balenciaga are delving into their archives and revisiting mid-century colors and curves. And a host of famous furniture companies are reintroducing classics--from Prouv?? to Parzinger...
...something that is going to look like 2004 three years from now," says company co-owner Michael Maharam. George Nelson's oversize Eye Clock became an instant best seller when it was reintroduced last fall at the Museum of Modern Art store. And Vitra worked closely with Jean Prouv??'s family to reproduce the French designer's complete collection of mid-century furniture, down to the trademark lacquer finish...
...exhibit includes a chair by architect Jean Prouv??©, who designed a sanitarium for recovering World War I veterans. Each room in the building was equipped with a bed, table and chair, and each chair was a chaise longue. In the context of Prouv??©â€™s art, the chaise longue is a tool of recuperation, intended for relaxation out on the porch and in the open...
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