No idea
Friday, 6 May 2011
No, no idea who designed it, what it's called, how old or new it is, etc. Just like it. Like the shape, like the colour, like the texture. Just like it, that's all.
Images: le boeuf
watch the birdie
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
The Flamingo chair by Ernest Race for Race Furniture is a post-war British classic. We stumbled upon this Flamingo over at Orange & Brown, who not only delighted us with their images of this inspired chair, but also captivated us with their succinct narrative about the designer himself ..... "Race - a textile and furniture designer, manufacturer, retailer – was one of the most inventive and challenging exponents of mid-century British design. Race's highly personal design vocabulary, at it's height in the immediate post-war period and at the Festival of Britain of 1951, was a fluid, skilled, and at times eccentric synthesis of Modernism with Victoriana, and of mass-production with intelligent improvisation. Race's single most important contribution to modern furniture design was his articulation of the transition from the theoretical rigour of pre-war Modernism to the accessibility and optimism of post-war Contemporary."
Credits/Images: Orange & Brown
Credits/Images: Orange & Brown
Two threes
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
These plywood lounge chairs by Cor Alons for Bas van Pelt dating from the 1950s would have been perfect for inclusion in our three threes post. Why, oh why, did we not know about them sooner? Why?
Images: Furniture-Love
