Alexander Taylor at the ZonaTortona.TV + DeTnk.TV Studio – Milan 2009
British designer Alexander Taylor speaks with Max Fraser at our TV studio in Milan.
British designer Alexander Taylor speaks with Max Fraser at our TV studio in Milan.
As this year’s Milan Design Week comes to a close, Alice Rawsthorn summarises her thoughts on the event in her most recent article for the International Herald Tribune.
Discussing the general sentiments felt throughout the week, Rawsthorn highlights a number of trends seen, while offering her best pics from the, surprisingly, not so bleak lot.
Phillips de Pury & Company
Howick Place, London
Phillips de Pury & Company will be hosting their much anticipated Design auction, Thursday 30th April, 2009 at 2pm.
The sale will be offering works by the forerunners of contemporary design, including limited edition and one-off pieces by Ron Arad, Marc Newson, Arik Levy and Atelier Van Lieshout.
Via Bergognone 26, ZonaTortona
Milan Design Week, Milan
For the first time, DeTnk, in partnership with ZonaTortona, will be hosting ZonaTortona.TV + DeTnk.Tv – a live onsite purpose-built studio, in the centre of ZonaTortona.
The project will be one of ZonaTortona’s institutional and content initiatives for the 2009 Milan Design Week.
With 7 days of live interviews, on the spot editing, and daily uploads we are pleased to announce that the ZonaTortona.TV + DeTnk.TV Studio was a great success.
In partnership with ZonaTortona, to celebrate Milan’s Design Week, we took to the air to speak with over 50 key figures from the global design scene.
Produced by Estudio Campana, Brazil. From an edition of 35 plus five artist’s proofs and three prototypes. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Estudio Campana.
Lot# 88 – Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009.
Manufactured by Id Productions for Demakersvan, The Netherlands. From an edition of 20.
Lot# 84 - Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009.
Produced by The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands. Number three from an edition of six. Side incised with ’Ron Arad 3 / 6.
Lot# 82 - Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009.
Number one from an edition of four. Largest impressed with ‘ALEVY RWLW SET01’, medium impressed with ‘ALEVY RWMW SET01’ and smallest impressed with ‘ALEVY RWSW SETO1’ (3).
Lot# 80 – Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009.
Given the nature of the design concept utilising found drawers, each example from the edition of 200 is unique.
Lot# 77 – Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009.
Number four from an edition of ten. Underside with paper label with signature and '4/10/AVL 001749'.
Lot# 76 – Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009.
Limited Edition of 10 plus artist's proofs and one prototype. Underside impressed with 'BASECRAFT SYDNEY 12'. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Marc Newson.
Lot# 72 – Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009.
Lot #70 – Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30th, 2009
One-Off design
Lot #68 in the Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, April 30, 2009
There are two extant examples of the long 'Dolphin' chair, one which was the example exhibited at the Copenhagen Cabinet Makers' Guild exhibition in 1950 which is now in a private collection and the present lot. It is therefore believed there were only two ever produced.
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