Books: Marcel Wanders: Behind the Ceiling

Marcel Wanders is the highly anticipated first monograph on one of the most influential, prolific and celebrated international designers today. Wanders’ designs are characteristically buoyant and imbued with his signature irony and quirky dry wit that evoke imagination; nevertheless all of the featured examples of furniture, lighting, interiors, textiles, tableware, decorative porcelain and ceramic vases as well as his personal art editions are unpretentiously urbane. This book showcases his body of work and stellar career through stunning photography, sketches, copious texts and quotes from the designer himself, offering a first-hand account of Wanders’ irresistible universe.

Lavishly printed, this book showcases Marcel Wanders’ work over the past decade. It features tableware for the renowned Dutch porcelain manufacturers Tichelaar Makkum and Royal Delft, as well as his personal art editions such as his acclaimed oversized ceramic bells, crochet seating and sculptures launched by his own studio. In addition, it presents textiles and furniture he has designed for an extensive client list including brands such as B&B Italia, Poliform, Moroso, Cappellini, Droog as well as Moooi, of which he is also Art Director and co-owner. An entertainer at heart, his theatrical performances and installations are also included, which prove his exceptional skill at amplifying experience with mesmerising environments.

Marcel Wanders: Behind the Ceiling, Author: Marcel Wanders, Editors: R. Klanten, S. Moreno, A. Mollard, 320 pages, full colour, hardcover

Buy it here: Amazon

Tress by Marc Sadler for Foscarini

Foscarini will launch Tress, a new lamp by Marc Sadler. Interwoven threads soaked in resin that recall the texture found in baskets. The light effect plays on walls floors and other surfaces. Available in black and white.

Tress, by Marc Sadler, for Foscarini

For Sale: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fawcett House

The southern edge of Los Banos [in the San Joaquin valley], where only dusty roads and distant silos interrupt the endless landscape of tilled Central Valley soil, seems an unlikely place to happen upon the work of America’s architectural icon. But past the cattle feedlot and leaning hay barn, deep in a field where winter wheat and cantaloupe mark the seasons, sits a ranch house designed by an aging Frank Lloyd Wright.

Fawcett House, 1961, Los Banos, California, $2.7 million, by Frank Lloyd Wright
Listing Agent: Crosby Doe Associates
Article: SF Gate

Skrepkus: Build a Better Paper Clip

Skrepkus:
three times prettier and three times more convenient than an ordinary paper clip.

Skrepkus, by Art. Lebedev Studio

Berker TS Crystal Ball

The heart of the Berker Crystal Ball, in turn, is a multi-faceted, polished Swarovski crystal under which a touch-sensitive optical reflection sensor is concealed. A gentle touch – and the Crystal Ball operates lights, blinds, shutters, the bubble machine… At the same time, it is a glimmering attention-getter in every sophisticated environment.

TS Crystal Ball, by Berker

Clash Lounge Chair by Samuli Naamanka

The streamlined Clash lobby chair is beautiful to look at and comfortable to sit in. What makes it especially comfortable is the revolving cup-shaped seat which conforms to the person seated. The chair has an automatic spring-back mechanism, which means that vacant chairs are cleanly aligned.
Interior architect Samuli Naamanka developed a new manufacturing process for the Clash chair in which the parts are attached by clashing them together, hence the name Clash.

Clash lounge chair, by Samuli Naamanka, for Martela

Come Rain or Come Shine by Gustafsson & Franzén

Swedish designer Marie-Louise Gustafsson has created a prototype lamp collection called Come Rain or Come Shine, in collaboration with the interior architect and designer Daniel Franzén.

Come Rain or Come Shine, by Marie-Louise Gustafsson, with Daniel Franzén
via: designboom

Cloud Chair by Richard Hutten

Dutch designer Richard Hutten will launch the aluminium Cloud Chair at Milan Design Week next month. The chair is polished, nickel-plated, cast aluminium. Produced in a limited edition by Ormond Editions of Geneva.

Cloud Chair, by Richard Hutten, Limited edition, for Ormond Editions

Luxury Vending Machine by Mari Balestrazzi

The automat — that ’50s-era icon of American ingenuity known for vending rubbery sandwiches from glass compartments — is back, and this time it’s boutique. Exhibit A: The most opulent and cheeky element of the Mondrian South Beach, a Marcel Wanders-designed hotel that opened in Miami in December, is a vending machine that now anchors the lobby. The Semi-Automatic was designed not by Wanders but by Mari Balestrazzi for the Morgans Hotel Group, to conquer the cliché of the gift shop.

via: The Moment, New York Times

Iittala Glassware by Tapio Wirkkala

Tapio Wirkkala is best known for designing the original Finlandia Vodka bottle, inspired by the elements in his native Finland. These fine examples of glassware from the period are up for auction at the upcoming Modern Design event on 24 March.

top: Inari bowl, model 3543, Made by Iittala, 1967, Estimate: $2,000–3,000
bottom: Alpina vase, model 3570, Made by Iittala 1966, Estimate: $1,000–1,500
Glassware by Tapio Wirkkala, Auction at Wright