2/29/12

Pierre Charpin 1998





Mostra di Mobili, at the Milan 'Memphis' sanctuary; Post Design Gallery.

2/28/12

Josef Albers in America














Painting on paper feb 8- april 30, 2012. Centre Pompidou

2/24/12

2/22/12

Fire Update and Interior Tour of Le Corbusier’s Unité d’ Habitation in Marseille







here

Matthew Marks Gallery







Peter Zellner has designed a 3,000 square foot exercise in restraint, which also stands as an example of California minimalism. Matthew Marks
via

2/18/12

Wall Atlas


Eduardo Souto de Moura: Wall Atlas. Images of Method, (144 pp, €29,50). via Domus.

2/10/12

La Cité radieuse de Marseille ne flambe plus


The fire in the building designed by Le Corbusier is finally out. Eight apartments were totally destroyed, along with four hotel rooms.
See A de T 's tour of the building before the fire here and here.

2/9/12

How to Construct Rietveld Furniture


Rietveld seated in his armchair in front of his workshop (How to Construct Rietveld Furniture, ed. Thot, pg. 29) here.
Thanks Nathan of haw-lin.

2/7/12

A “Primus” chair






designed by the architects J.O. Wladar and V. Mödlhammer in 1953 for Karl Fostel Sen.’s Erben, Vienna, steel wire, red and yellow lacquered perforated sheet iron, height 86 cm, width 46 cm, depth 55 cm, height of seat 46 cm. A chair, c. 1928/29, presumably manufactured by J. L. Quittner, black lacquered iron tube, striped sailcloth, height 84 cm, width 49 cm, depth 62 cm, height of seat 46 cm.
Austrian design at Dorotheum.

2/6/12

2/2/12

Mike Kelley 1954-2011


Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #34 (The King and Us/The Queens and Me) (Harem), 2010 Wood, acrylic paint, found objects, silicone, metal, video, 2 monitors and EAPR #34 Dimensions variable