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Designer Spotlight: Eva Zeisel
You may recognize the name Eva Zeisel from the Crave Worthy coffee table we recently featured, but her name is synonymous with much more than a place to rest your drinks. Eva Zeisel is a world renowned Hungarian industrial designer known for her work with ceramics. She was born in Budapest on November 13, 1906, and is still designing to this day at 101 years of age.
New York Mag Honors Design Revolutionaries
The cover story of this week's New York Magazine is Design Revolutionaries, a thoughtful conversation with nine of New York's greatest living designers and a list of 25 other design innovators. The story pays tribute to those who changed the way we look at mundane, everyday sights—from subway maps and perfume bottles to mechanical dry cleaning racks and sofa fabrics. Not only obvious choices like the woman/brand/homemaker legend Martha Stewart and homeware visionary Eva Zeisel were included but also historian saviors of cast-iron architecture and big oil logomeisters.
Crave Worthy: Eva Zeisel Coffee Table
Award-winning designer Eva Zeisel has created this Eva Zeisel Coffee Table ($1,350) for Design Within Reach. Zeisel, who was born in 1906, is world renowned for her ceramics, and when she was in her early 90s, she started designing tables. This particular table is very true to her taste for whimsical lines and curved feminine forms, as opposed to many straight-lined designs endorsed by the MoMA.
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Crave Worthy: Worlds Away Bennito Side Table
What could be more glamorous than a combination of hand-applied gold leaf, a mirror top, and feminine curves on an Art Deco side table? Nothing seems to come to mind. The Worlds Away Bennito Side Table ($1180) is an Eva Zeisel-meets-Grace-Kelly furnishing for the modern woman.
Steal of the Day: Pottery Barn Cassandra Chandelier
The Pottery Barn Cassandra Chandelier ($299, reduced from $399) is a trompe l'oeil of sorts. Its frosted glass hurricanes give the romantic appeal of pillar candles, without the hazard of burning your house down. I'm loving its antique-inspired wrought-iron scrollwork, which reminds me of the balconies of New Orleans Creole townhouses.
Celebrate International Women's Day With CasaSugar
Today is International Women's Day. Annually on this day, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. Definitely look in your local paper to see if there are any events in your community celebrating this day, and for now, take a look at some of my favorite posts celebrating creative women here on CasaSugar.
Best of 2007: Designer Spotlights
This year, we introduced you to oodles of designers, including interior designers, furniture designers, ceramics designers, and industrial designers. Some were new to you, some not, and others you'd heard of but didn't know much about. In all cases, I was happy to learn more about their lives and experiences by researching them.
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