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A personal collection from the French polymath designer, well known for his rope-wrapped furniture and tribal-inspired sculpture.
The Design Edit picks out ten exceptional pieces sold at auction this year.
Two designers and collectors, founders of Oitoemponto, offer for sale a selection of glamorous work – their own and others.
A mixture of high hopes and some sensational sales – but also some disappointments.
Ten contemporary design works inaugurate Christie's Middle Eastern Design sale.
Well-known talents mix with upcoming designers, in a sale to support Lebanese arts.
As auction houses have embraced the new world order of virtual tours and e-catalogues, before opening live sales this month, their clients have discovered a new appetite for history and provenance.
The Design Edit enjoys a virtual tour and picks some highlights from the wide range of collectible design on offer.
175 design lots are on show and ready for auction, after a three-month hiatus.
With the fair postponed until this autumn, an online preview is serving to whet appetites and expand audiences.
Without the usual flow of international visitors, the fair started on an anxious note, but galleries reported some strong and surprising sales before lockdown.
Designers showed their flair for upcycling and innovation, visitor attendance was up, and the organisers held their nerve under the cloud of coronavirus.
As the world's premier fine art and antiques fair opens, The Design Edit reports on some of the collectible design masterworks on offer.
Textile sculptures, felted baskets, carpets and tapestries rub shoulders with sleek pieces of furniture, glass and ceramics at the third Swiss edition of NOMAD.
Will 2020 sustain the recent momentum of collectible design sales? Romina Provenzi discusses last year’s results with the experts.
The sales reveal a cooling off for midcentury modernism, but the appetite for Les Lalanne continues to grow.
Put together in three months, the soft launch of the first commercial platform dedicated to collectible design in China was deemed a success by the international galleries who attended.
The collectible design market continues to generate strong interest, but in a competitive market, only the exceptional pieces hit the high notes.
TEFAF and Salon Art + Design: the former reported healthy sales to its loyal core audience, while the latter skewed towards younger collectors and new design.
Sales were strong across the board, with many pieces outperforming their estimates – but the Sotheby’s Les Lalanne sale in Paris smashed all expectations.
Two leading Milanese design galleries add pizzazz to Piasa's autumn Italian Design sale, headed up by a Gio Ponti commode.
Traditionally inspired by nature and functionality, Nordic design is becoming increasingly eclectic and multisensory.
In a restored gothic palace, Nomad presents collectible design in tune with The Venice Glass Week.
Brooklyn-based design team, Chen Chen and Kai Williams, show their latest work at Future Perfect’s new exhibition space – a townhouse in New York’s West Village.
Impressive craftsmanship and extreme scale had the greatest impact, but skill and subtlety won the day.
A parade of carefully curated delights, with some stand-out pieces.
The fair distinguished itself with some strong contemporary work – and the largest audiences yet.
Contemporary artists are pushing the boundaries and producing some playful, original and unconventional designs.
Design sales regained strength, with twentieth-century Italian design leading the way.
Tiffany lamps and works by Les Lalanne were among the highlights of the sales.
