Collectible Design
Articles focused on collectible design around the world.
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Firedup4 / Auction 2022: 61 works for sale by contemporary ceramicists, raising money to create pottery studios for young people in disadvantaged areas of the UK.
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Paris Design Sales: Les Lalanne collection of French curator Daniel Marchesseau at Sotheby’s, and Charlotte Perriand’s personal collection at Christie’s – some of the highlights of this spring’s sales.
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COLLECTIBLE 2022: Anna Sansom reports back on new work from designers including Voznicki, Objects with Narratives, Thibault Huguet, Moure / Studio and Studio Roso.
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Laura Ellen Bacon: TDE speaks to the sculptor as she finishes weaving two large willow installations for the Abbaye de Maubuisson, near Paris.
People
Bea Bonafini: “I was trying to understand how a pictorial space of a painting could become all-embracing and give you that sense of comfort – so you would want to spend time with the work, rather than confront it at a distance.”
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Venice Biennale 2022: Max Ingrand, Isamu Noguchi, Grégoire Scalare – Astrid Malingreau reports on the wealth of design on offer.
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COLLECTIBLE 2022: Five unmissable works at this year's Brussels fair for contemporary collectible design.
People
Jan Ernst: Inspired by the Stadsaal Caves of the Western Cape, a South African architect turned to clay over lockdown – resulting in a series of sculptural lamps and furniture.
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Sheila Hicks: “Textile is a universal language. In all of the cultures of the world, textile is a crucial and essential component.”
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Héritages: Newly commissioned collectible design staged in La Cité Radieuse, a modernist housing block designed by Le Corbusier, in Marseille.
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