The exhibition, ‘Próteses e Enxertos’ (Prostheses and Grafts) assembles tables, chairs and stools that Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan encountered at his building sites in Brazil. The basic foundations of the furniture was constructed anonymously by civil construction laborers in Brazil. Each piece then underwent specific interventions by the MK27 team. The collection, initially presented at Micasa VolB in March of 2010, is comprised of 16 pieces.
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Jamie Gray of Matter
In New York it is often hard to catch up with people who are even just a couple blocks away. For this week’s interview, we decided to keep it local, and talk with Jamie Gray, the man behind Matter, the high-end furniture and design store right around the corner from Base’s New York office. More than just the proprietor of Matter, Jamie is also involved in the design of the store’s own furniture line, Matter Made. With an eye peeled for a bigger Manhattan space, Jamie took time out of his increasingly busy schedule to answer a few of our questions about how he got where he is today, and how he’s going to get where he wants to be tomorrow.
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1/1 DESIGN es una empresa basada en Santiago de Chile que tiene representación exclusiva de marcas europeas de muebles y decoración, y que además ofrece servicios de asesoría en decoración y diseño de interiores. Luego de haber diseñado su nueva identidad, acabamos de completar su sitio web. … more
Artistic collaborations do not always generate revolutionary results, as evidenced by Frank Gehry for Heller
The furniture industry has had a drab and uncomfortable few years. To be sure, the global recession hasn’t encouraged people to shell out for new sofas or kitchens, but even before the crisis many furniture companies seemed to lack strategy and focus. The standard and now exhausted trend has been for a company to contract well-known architects and/or designers to develop individual pieces or entire collections. In some cases this approach has yielded gems (Piero Lissoni for Boffi; Antonio Citterio for just about anyone) but in many others it’s turned out lemons (Frank Gehry collection by Heller, anyone?).
Pierro Lissoni for Boffi (photo courtesy of Boffi)
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