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Guess What These Items Are?
These little acorn, leaf, and shell items may look like sculptures, and while in a sense they are, they also have a much more functional purpose. Their gray color should give it away, but just in case, I'll give you a hint: they're quite helpful in getting the word out. Do you know what they are?
Weird Furniture: Where There's Smoke by Maarten Baas
Dutch designer Maarten Baas's "Smoke" is a series of a charred furniture finished with an epoxy resin so that the pieces are preserved instead of destroyed. A 2004 exhibition called "Where There's Smoke" at Moss in New York showcased the collection of 25 one-off pieces, including iconic designs by Gaudi, Eames, Rietveld, Sottsass, and the Campana Brothers among others, which had each been burned with a blow torch and then salvaged with the translucent sealant. At the exhibit, the pieces were put in a timeline from antique to modern, grouping pieces like a grandfather clock and chaise lounge together, and a second stage of pieces like an Eames LCW chair and Noguchi coffee table from 1900-1950 together.
Weird Furniture: Chainsaw Rocker
Artist Christopher Chiappa's Chainsaw Rocker is a to-scale reproduction of a junkyard-find Honda Accord car seat that was chiseled to form by a chainsaw sculptor. Currently on view at Moss in Los Angeles, it's lowbrow artwork for the design elite. While its brass plated legs make it a delightfully functioning rocker, it's the chair's texture that really gets me.
Crave Worthy: Light Colors Chandelier
Otherwise known as "pastel," the Heiko Bleuel Light Colors Chandelier ($2,735) has the perfect color scheme for Spring. Of course, I'm not suggesting you switch out your chandelier come Fall. This aluminum, stainless steel, and laminated paper light fixture is just something to get excited over if the increasingly warm weather isn't doing it for you (which would be just plain silly).
Love It or Hate It? Vegetariana Tray
The Vegetariana Tray ($1,400) was designed by Italian artist and businessman Piero Fornasetti in 1946, and is constructed from printed and hand-painted wood. Each of these trays is crafted completely by hand. I love Fornasetti's designs, and this Vegetariana Tray is no exception, but what do you think?
Crave Worthy: Moss Cloud Chandelier
I'm a firm believer in the notion that it pays to dream. Just the thought of one day hanging this Cloud Chandelier ($40,000) in a high ceilinged foyer of my own truly has me floating on cloud nine. Yes, I know the thing costs more than a car or a down payment on a house.
This Just In: Moss Store Opens in Los Angeles
Moss is a swanky store in New York that toes the line between design mall and museum. Products by various designers are often displayed behind glass, and the mix of limited-edition creations is often quite bizarre. (The online store even has a section entitled Extreme Other.)
Now, founder Murray Moss is taking his sleek and cheeky aesthetic to Los Angeles.
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How-To: Create a Moss Chair
Last week, I introduced you to talented designer Kyle Schuneman, who's known for his innovative small space design. Kyle recently created this cool moss chair. Luckily for all of us, he also sent along directions on how CasaSugar readers can get the look of this awesomely garden-inspired seating option.
Designer Spotlight: Charlotte Moss
Although Charlotte Moss's “couture living” design philosophy resonates more with my mother’s décor routine than my own, she really has an appreciation for the small details, which I admire. Moss is an interior designer with a knack for making even the most displeasing, mundane objects seem elegant to the eye. She’s “good to the last drop,” you might say.
Home Library: Charlotte Moss's A Flair for Living
Designer Spotlight Charlotte Moss's sixth book, A Flair for Living will be published by Assouline this May. The full color, large format volume shares her ideas on gracious style, exuberant entertaining, refined glamor, and home couture. Chock full of images of her elegant interiors, it is likely to inspire traditionalists.
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