Great news!!! Girl/Crailtap decided to reissue the iconic Modern Chair boards by artist Tony Larson. I got myself the full serie, I guess X-mas comes early this year...!!!!
Check this interview of Larson's at his studio in San Diego.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEfm-LxFoVQ
Sometimes I fly across the globe to source the best vintage modern design... Sometimes it s almost in my backyard...
Niels Olsen Moller, Kofod Larsen, Ole Wanscher, Rastad & Relling were some of the few names I picked up in a single haul last week, LUCKY ME!!!
Stay Tuned...
Multicoloured slippers & T-shirts decorated with Wire chair prints feature in Uniqlo's new collection, which is dedicated to American design couple Charles and Ray Eames.
With its Sprz NY Eames collection, the Japanese high street brand wanted to celebrate the contribution designers Ray and Charles Eames made to 20th century design, architecture and culture.
Unisex garments, including T-shirts, blankets & slippers, are decorated with pieces of Eames-designed furniture, or patterns reminiscent of their style.
"Among the most influential designers of the 20th century, Charles and Ray Eames transformed how people experienced and observed the world through furniture, architecture, public spaces, and films," said Uniqlo, which worked alongside the Eames Office to produce the collection.
"Like Uniqlo, Charles & Ray believed that good design and quality objects should be available to all," the brand continued. "This belief underpinned their work with innovative materials to celebrate the uncommon beauty of common things and to uplift people in their everyday lives."
Some of the Eames' most famous chair designs feature on one T-shirt, in a print that sees the likes of the Wire, lounge and plastic chairs arranged in a circle.
Another T-shirt depicts a group of Wire chairs – designed by the duo in the 1950s – while a further has multicoloured drawings of the lounge chair spread across the chest.
As well as literal depictions of iconic furniture pieces, the collection includes garments pattered with the Eames' textile designs.
Women's shawls are decorated with both the Dot Pattern, designed by Ray in 1949, and the Circles print – which she created for a 1947 competition at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
The collection is the latest in Uniqlo's Sprz NY collection, which sees items designed in celebration of influential artists and designers. Those featured in the past have included Andy Warhol, Corita Kent, and Keith Haring.
Charles and Ray Eames are considered to be two of the most influential designers of the 20th century, having produced some of the most famous furniture pieces in modern design history.
But the late designers' works are also some of the most widely replicated.
Last year, Dezeen reported that discount supermarket chain Aldi was selling pairs of replica DSW Eames Plastic Chairs for £39.99 – a fraction of the £339 it costs to buy a single authorised version by Vitra.
From DeZeen.com
We are pleased to announce we are now sourcing vintage mid century modern furniture from the UK for our shop in San Diego.
This beautiful Royal Heritage credenza, amongst many other goodies, will be in our container currently in the work. Stay Tuned!!!
I was glad Yoaska reached out to me for her store design project in NYC about this gorgeous pair of Model #341 Chairs by Arne Vodder I swagged at the Lauritz auction house in Copenhagen.
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We’re thrilled to have interior designer Yaoska Davila guest curating an exclusive collection of art as part of our ongoing Guest Curator series. Read on to discover the role art plays in her life, first piece of art she bought, the artists she’d most like to meet, and the last great exhibition she attended.
Yaoska Davila. (Image: Tony Adams)
Yaoska Davila is an interior designer based in Los Angeles. She is constantly seeking out curious objects, artists, and furniture from all eras for her projects. She enjoys creating sophisticated seductive atmospsheres with a devil-may-care approach. Her style is California-centric, deviant, with touches of bold masculine drama. Her clients are young, creative professionals, as well as eco fashion brand REFORMATION in Soho NY and TENOVERSIX in LA.
What was the first piece of art you bought?
I bought an oil painting in Cuba when I was 19.
How would you describe your taste in art? What are you most drawn to?
I am most drawn to sculpture and painting. My taste varies, but I definitely love large scale art. Things that make me feel small. I must have a reverse-Napoleon complex.
Interior design by Yaoska Davila. (Image: Tony Adams)
What role does art play in your life?
It’s everything.
What do you collect?
My favorite part of interior designing is shopping for accessories. I collect small vintage objects along the way. I mostly keep my eye out for German studio pottery and sculptures. As for fine art, I recently bought a painting by Alika Cooper and a sculpture by Mitsuko Ikeno.
Interior design by Yaoska Davila. (Image: Anna Elledge)
How would you describe your personal style?
My style is a mix of masculine and feminine. My style has been pretty consistent throughout my adulthood. I can’t live without boys oxford shirts and bold accessories. I try to aim for a Lapo Elkann-in-heels look.
If you could only have one piece of art in your life, which would it be and why?
I would most like to have one of Henry Moore’s open air bronzes because I love monumental sculptures.
A Peek at Brendan Lott at TENOVERSIX. (Image: Yaoska Davila)
Which artist would you most like to meet?
Living: Jiri Georg Dokopul and Tracey Emin.
Dead: Max Ernst and Louise Bourgeois.
What books are on your bedside table?
Stand Still Like the Humming Bird by Henry Miller. I never tire of this book because it sparks in me a certain creativity and vitality. I first read it in my teens, and it never fails to inspire. Recently, I was given Cy Twombly’s exhibition catalogs. I can’t wait to go through them with a nice bottle of wine.
Brendan Lott at TENOVERSIX, curated by Yaoska (Image: Yaoska Davila)
What was the last great exhibition you went to?
I was excited to see “Henry Moore: Late Large Forms” this past November at the Gagosian in NY, and it exceeded my expectations.
Do you have a favorite museum or gallery?
Palazzo Grassi in Venice and Musee Rodin in Paris.
If you could paint, draw, sculpt, photograph, etc., which skill would you most like to posses?
I would sculpt!
Yaoska Davila for REFORMATION in NYC (Image: Yaoska Davila)