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Love It or Hate It? Jonathan Adler Peace Hand

CasaSugar — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:00:06 -0800

At last night's Moth Ball, an annual benefit for The Moth, a New York-based not-for-profit storytelling organization, Indian-British novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie was presented with a Jonathan Adler-designed Moth Award. Peculiarly, you can purchase the very same statuette, Peace Hand ($225), in Adler's stores or online. I'm all for harmony, but I think it's a bit taboo that anyone with the dough can take home their own Peace Hand statuette. Poor Rushdie.Source

Your Favorite Product Designer of 2008

CasaSugar — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:00:18 -0800

As part of our Best of 2008 polls, you named Jonathan Adler as your favorite product designer this year. I'm with you on this one; from pottery and pillows to furniture and rugs, Adler does it all, and fabulously I might add. He even designed the award statuette for this year's Moth Ball! And, he's got something for everyone, at prices high and low, so even the most cash-strapped of us can get in on the Adler. This year especially, I've been wowed by his updated needlepoint and cheeky pottery pieces.

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In the News: Political Humor at Home

CasaSugar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0700

The New York Times has an article and interesting slideshow showcasing the 1830 townhouse of director Roland Emmerich (10,000 BC, Independence Day) in London. When the German-born director moved into stuffy neighborhood Knightsbridge, he asked his interior designer to create a space that was “as nonfrumpy as possible,” that reflected "his predilection for art with a political edge." Especially during a national election, these days, political humor is rampant. But, most of us get our fill flipping through a copy of The Onion or turning on The Daily Show. On a tour through Emmerich's home though, you'll find Chinese propaganda posters, Mao sculptures, a desk made from the wing of a World War II plane, a life-size wax statue of Pope John Paul II reading his own obituary, and even a diorama depicting John F. Kennedy's assassination. Shown here is a bedroom decorated in traditional Brit fashion with "English rose" wallpaper and a chenille bedspread, but the designer took a light-hearted political jab by hanging a portrait of Princess Di giving the middle finger above touristy London statuettes and a pair of Princess Diana and Prince Charles dolls set in the fire place. Next to it is a bird cage shaped like the White House and a statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger inspired by Rodin's "The Thinker." I wouldn't feel at home in this space, but I'm wildly entertained. Are you impressed? Disgusted? Apathetic?
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