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4UDECOR - Maison & Objet Icono clash

Icono clash - Vicent Grégoire (Nelly Rodi)

A positiva subversão dos códigos, com humor e elegância. A decoração tem o prazer de reviver agitando os ícones do déjà vu. Épocas, estilos, folclores. A decoração questiona a tradição e o património, a fim de dar valor ao que existe. De uma forma lúdica, exercitando a liberdade e a fusão entre o arcaico e o sofisticado, o natural e o artificial, ao perto e ao longe, o meio urbano e o rústico.

Icono clash - Vicent Grégoire (Nelly Rodi)

A positive subversion is mocking the established codes with humor and elegance. The decorative revival takes pleasure in shaking up the icons of deja vu. Eras, styles, folklores. Decor is questioning tradition and heritage in order to give value to what has none and put what has too much back in its place . In a playful way, exercising freedom fuses the archaic and the technical, the natural and the artificial, the nearby and the faraway, the urban and the rustic.

4UDECOR - Maison & Objet Calligaris

Sala / Living room Calligaris

Varios ambientes / various environments

Nova cadeira Wien / New chair Wien

Na Maison & Objet, a Calligaris apresentou um stand fabuloso e apresentou a nova cadeira Wien.


At Maison & Objet, the Calligaris presented a fabulous stand and presented the new chair Wien.

4UDECOR - Maison & Objet Swarovski

A 4UDECOR esteve presente na Maison & Objet, feira de referência internacional. Com um pavilhão dedicado exclusivamente ao Design onde estiveram presentes algumas das inumeras marcas que representamos.

The 4UDECOR was present at the Maison & Objet, international fair of reference. With a hall dedicated to the design which was attended by some of the many brands we represent.

Vasos / Vases

Swarovski - Candeeiro / Lamp

Swarovski - Candeeiro / Lamp

Swarovski - Candeeiro / Lamp

Swarovski - Aparador / Multileg Cabinet Showtime

The Right Balance Between Order And Disorder....

Mr. Brock’s definition of aesthetic beauty made me reflect on how I put together the many pieces of the 'DESIGN PUZZLE,' that I call a beautiful and interesting room.

Horace Wood Brock may be a cutting-edge authority on the economics of uncertainty, but when it comes to art, he’s as traditional as they come.

“Beauty is back,” he said defiantly, discussing his collection, which is now on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. “Political correctness, move over.”

His collection includes a 17th-century Flemish cabinet-on-stand veneered with turtle shell, ebony and bone; an extremely rare Louis XIV Boulle longcase clock commissioned for the palace at Versailles; a Louis XVI fall-front desk by Jean-Henri Riesener; a George II japanned chinoiserie tea table; a garniture of floral Qing dynasty porcelain vases with Louis XV bronze mounts; and a Regency medals cabinet-on-stand veneered with precious woods. (His English Regency antiques have been promised to the Boston museum.)



Go here for the rest of the NYT article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/arts/design/30anti.html?_r=1

Mr. Brock’s definition of aesthetic beauty is based on a complex mathematical theory he developed. In the catalog he writes that beauty is present in an object “when the right balance is achieved between order and disorder.”

Go here to see collection:
http://www.curatedobject.us/the_curated_object_/exhibitions_boston/

*you may have to type in the above link and search for 'Splendor And Elegance' ( the name of his exhibit)

( enlarge any picture for more info and a closer look )

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her blog of her Adventures in Design

4UDECOR - Esteve na Exposição de Ron Arad, Paris

Uma explosão de pura exuberância acolhe os visitantes ao Centro Pompidou do novo espectaculo do trabalho do designer Ron Arad: exuberantes linhas e cores numa fantastica apresentação de Ron Arad desenhado por ele mesmo. Se esta exposição a entusiasma, nada fará.

O grande facto desta exposição é que ela é mais do que apenas uma simples colecção de móveis e objetos exibidos como jóias individuais. Este é um raro exemplo em que a concepção do espetáculo em si é quase tão interessante como os objetos em exibição, com o espaço ocupado pela variação de curvas de elementos arquitetônicos.

Mesmo só os projectos arquitectonicos de Ron Arad - irão ser alvo da abertura de um museo que irá abrir em 2009, em Holon, Israel, por exemplo - serão apresentados através de modelos, filmes e imagens em plasmas. Elementos serão reconstruídos dos seus projectos arquitectonicos, incluindo o saguão e escadaria da Casa da Opera de Tel Aviv (1994), também estão incluídos.

Mas é no seu mobiliário que Arad deixa seu humor e talento através do olhar: o tonto, bouncy espiral pendurado luzes; o relógio maluco que parece um insecto gigante mutante preto projetando agora na parede, os famosos em forma de caracol "Este Mortal Bobina "estante; bulbosa o" Big Easy "em uma variedade de poltronas (duro) materiais; o escultural balançar das chaise longues que são nada mais do que duas alças, e assim por diante. Muitas destas cadeiras, incluindo as chaise longues e as cadeiras de costas direitas de molas que possuem ângulos agudos que parecem sentar-se impossível, mas a exposição comprova essa impressão errada, permitindo que os visitantes se sentem à vontade para experimentarem essa sensação (outra raridade a mostrar num museu).

Ron Arad, nasceu em Israel em 1951, vive e trabalha agora em Londres, é infinitamente inventivo, e ao mesmo tempo ele tem, obviamente, uma tendencia para as formas arredondadas. Ele também está interessado no som: a exposição está cheia de efeitos sonoros, e uma de suas invenções mais divertidas é um sistema estéreo e um conjunto de oradores utilizando cimento e metal enferrujado. Arad executa constantemente experiências com os materiais e as mais recentes tecnologias e nossa necessidade de uma aparencia bonita exterior para esconder o funcionamento interno das coisas é especialmente pertinente no contexto da construção do Centro Pompidou, projectado "de dentro para fora" por Renzo Piano e Richard Rogers, com suas "entranhas" expostas.

Alice Rawsthorn, critica de design do jornal International Herald Tribune, levou o Centro Pompidou à tarefa para a escolha de Arad bem como o tema de uma exposição, uma vez que o seu trabalho está intimamente ralacionado com a estética "numa altura em que o design é dominado por complexos desafios políticos , como resolver a crise ambiental e capacitar os mais pobres 90 por cento da população mundial para quem os designers são tradicionalmente ignorados. "

Esta exposição vai viajar depois para o Museu de Arte Moderna de Nova York (28 julho-19 de outubro de 2009) e posteriormente para o Stedelijk Museum, em Amsterdam (primavera 2010).

Centre Pompidou: Place Georges Pompidou, 75004 Paris. Tel.: 01 44 78 12 33.

Aberto das 11h até às 21h. Encerra às terças-feiras e 1 Maio.

Metro: Rambuteau.

Entrada: € 10 - € 12. Até de 16 Março.

www.centrepompidou.fr/

An explosion of sheer exuberance greets visitors to the Centre Pompidou’s new show of designer Ron Arad’s work: exuberant swooping lines and exuberant colors in an exuberant presentation designed by Arad himself. If this show doesn’t bring a smile to your face, nothing will.

The great thing about this exhibition is that it is more than just a collection of furniture and objects displayed like individual jewels. This is a rare instance in which the design of the show itself is almost as interesting as the objects on display, with the space broken up by the sweeping curves of architectural elements.

Even Arad’s architectural projects – a handsome design museum set to open in 2009 in Holon, Israel, for example – are entertainingly presented through models, films and images on plasma screens. Reconstructed elements of his built projects, including the foyer and staircase for the Tel Aviv Opera House (1994), are also included.

But it is in his furniture that Arad lets his wit and talent shine through: the loopy, bouncy spiral hanging lamps; the crazy clock that looks like a giant mutant black insect projecting the time on the wall; the famous snail-shaped “This Mortal Coil” bookcase; the bulbous “Big Easy” armchairs in a variety of (hard) materials; the sculptural rocking chaises longues that are nothing more than two loops; and so on and so on. Many of his chairs, including the chaises longues and straight-backed chairs on springs that lean forward at acute angles, look impossible to sit on, but the exhibition proves that impression wrong by allowing visitors to actually sit in some of them (another rarity in a museum show).

Arad, who was born in Israel in 1951 and now lives and works in London, is endlessly inventive, and while he obviously has a penchant for rounded, amorphous forms, he does not limit himself slavishly to them. He is also interested in sound: the exhibition is filled with sound effects, and one of his more amusing inventions is a stereo system and speakers set inside crumbling concrete cases with rusty metal supports, a nice comment on our obsession with high-tech materials (Arad himself constantly experiments with them and with the latest technologies) and our need for handsome exteriors to hide the inner workings of things – especially pertinent in the context of the Centre Pompidou’s building, designed “inside-out” by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, with its innards exposed.

Alice Rawsthorn, the design critic for the International Herald Tribune, has taken the Centre Pompidou to task for its choice of Arad as the subject of an exhibition, because his work is concerned with aesthetics “at a time when design is dominated by complex political challenges, like defusing the environmental crisis and empowering the poorest 90 percent of the global population whom designers have traditionally ignored.”

This show will travel to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (July 28-October 19, 2009) and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (spring 2010).

Centre Pompidou: Place Georges Pompidou, 75004 Paris. Tel.: 01 44 78 12 33. Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed Tuesday and May 1. Métro: Rambuteau. Admission: €10-€12. Through March 16. www.centrepompidou.fr/

I will miss domino

: : just read the sad news on d*sponge that domino is closing down. it was my favorite interior design magazine, and the only one I subscribed to. is this yet another sign of our economy going downhill or is it a sign of the digital times where newspapers, books and magazines all struggle to stay alive? I can't imagine a world without books, newspapers and magazines!

every now and then, more and more frequently now, am I reminded of our terrible economy. I try constantly to distract myself from all the gloomy news, and pretend like things are the same. but then I hear of a friend who's lost her job, or see a favorite store that's closed down.....how much worse will it get before it gets better?

I will miss domino

: : just read the sad news on d*sponge that domino is closing down. it was my favorite interior design magazine, and the only one I subscribed to. is this yet another sign of our economy going downhill or is it a sign of the digital times where newspapers, books and magazines all struggle to stay alive? I can't imagine a world without books, newspapers and magazines!

every now and then, more and more frequently now, am I reminded of our terrible economy. I try constantly to distract myself from all the gloomy news, and pretend like things are the same. but then I hear of a friend who's lost her job, or see a favorite store that's closed down.....how much worse will it get before it gets better?

I will miss domino

: : just read the sad news on d*sponge that domino is closing down. it was my favorite interior design magazine, and the only one I subscribed to. is this yet another sign of our economy going downhill or is it a sign of the digital times where newspapers, books and magazines all struggle to stay alive? I can't imagine a world without books, newspapers and magazines!

every now and then, more and more frequently now, am I reminded of our terrible economy. I try constantly to distract myself from all the gloomy news, and pretend like things are the same. but then I hear of a friend who's lost her job, or see a favorite store that's closed down.....how much worse will it get before it gets better?

Dream Modern Kitchen Design and Pictures

I just came across my dream modern kitchen design that has most of the elements that I want should I be able to build in the future. The first thing that catches my eye in the pictures is the wine cellar storage underneath the island. I love the look it creates in the kitchen. If you are a wine fan, then this may be a nice touch. I will admit that there is quite a bit of storage so perhaps a scaled down version would be appropriate. One idea would be to put an ice maker or beverage cooler in one of the sections there. To the left of the wonderful Thermador refrigerator is a small station for a computer and cookbooks. What a nice idea! How often are you waiting for something to cook and have to stand in the kitchen? Here you can multi-task while spending your time there. You can also store all your recipes electronically which is a nice feature.

I do love the size of the kitchen island and the fact that there is a sink there. It would be easy to have barstools or furniture brought up on one side of the island for kids or guests. The stove and oven are beautiful. I love the size of this appliance and the amount of cook space it provides. I am not so sure about the cabinet color. I would maybe opt for a different color of kitchen cabinets. The sink along the right counter looks great with the window. I do like where the dishwasher is tucked into the space to the right of the sink. My favorite elements of this dream modern kitchen design are the wine storage, computer workstation, appliances, and size of the kitchen island. Pictures:

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Source: http://temi.repubblica.it/casa / via / http://freshome.com