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Yesterday’s News Tomorrow
As connoisseurs of fine furniture – and fine
wine – we, of course, paid a visit to see what’s
going on…
allels between the functionality and elegance
of Prouvé’s designs and the Dutch brand’s
clothing. This collaborative collection revived
a series of furniture and lighting that the man
himself designed for a French industrial company back in the forties. The new RAW office
series now sports a bespoke palette that’s inspired by the greens used in industrial machinery and comes with a few hidden mod cons,
because let’s face it, we do like our creature
comforts…
For the second time Vitra and the Dutch fashion giant G-Star RAW collaborated to revisit
the designs of Jean Prouvé, playing on the par-
Made only from steel and timber, with leather
and premium fabric finishes, this collection’s
minimalist aesthetic is a nod to the original
Prouvé design and identifies strongly with
the Dutch fashion heavyweight’s identity and
philosophy.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2015 has come and
gone. For those not in the know, the CDW is
when creative businesses and architects flock
to the Clerkenwell area and use the exhibition
of their wares and designs as an excuse to
come together and drink wine.
By Wessel Stoltz
From day one (the design festival ran from
Tuesday 19th of May through to Thursday
21st) it was evident that a certain trend was
emerging amongst the bigwigs in the furniture
world: No less than three of the major players,
Vitra, Cassina and SCP all decided to dig up and
update some of their successful designs from
years gone by or to flesh out some of their
older prototypes.
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To meet the needs of the modern office, the
new desks are made modular, complete with
cable gutters and power fittings and boasts
the all-important height adjustable legs. The
chairs, on the other hand, now feature a more
stable five-prong base.
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On the other hand SCP used their 30th anniversary to re-issue pieces from their early days,
including the Tom Tom and Tam Tam tables by
Konstantin Grcic. They chose the pieces either
on their previous popularity or on their unfulfilled potential, with the SCP founder, Sheridan
Coakley, saying some of the pieces might have
been a tad too avant-garde back in the day.
Lastly, Cassina chose the 50th anniversary of the
launch of the LC50 range – as well as the anniversary of Le Corbusier’s death – to commemorate the legendary designer with a re-issue and
extension of the original 1960’s LC50 range.
Being before their time, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret and Perriand realised how important the
environment was and incorporated sustainable
techniques in making furniture. In celebration
of this, Cassina is using totally organic leather
and a microfiber that’s produced without any
solvents.
What these three manufacturers managed to
do was proof that good furniture, much like fine
wine, just gets better with age.
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