“Second Lives” at the Museum of Arts and Design
“Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary”, where over 50 artists and designers “transform the ordinary into extraordinary works of art.”
As the title of the show explains, ordinary items like used record covers, plastic spoons & forks and phone books are given another life by these extremely creative artists. There are: a big pyramid created with 9,273 plastic spoons & 3,091 rubber bands, a gorgeous chandelier made with hypodermic needles, and exotic jewelries made with safety pins, steel handgun triggers and wooden rulers.
The exhibition includes works by well known designers, Ingo Maurer, Tejo Remy, and the Campana Brothers as well as internationally acclaimed artists, such as Tara Donovan, Xu Bing, El Anatsui, and Do Ho Suh.
Conolounge by Ricardo Vargas and Abi Jarkowiec
The Chilean firm founded by Ricardo Vargas and Abi Jarkowiec has taken the difficult to recycle cardboard tubes from the periodicals printer rolls and connected them using a steel support to create a nifty chair called the Conolounge. While this precious furnishing is still in the prototype phase, with any luck, it’ll be rolling hot off the presses sometime soon.
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SolarStore by Industrial Design Consultancy
Industrial Design Consultancy announces its latest product development; an inflatable solar collector called SolarStore.
The SolarStore could provide a cheap source of domestic hot water; with an initial cost of under £100 per product, trial data has shown that the system will pay for itself in only 6 months.This compares extremely favorably to conventional domestic solar hot water systems, which cost in the region of £2000-3000 and have payback times of around 10-20 years.
Fevzi Karaman’s Kitchen
This funny green kitchen which looks like an old school radio was created by Turkish designer Fevzi Karaman, who won the prize at silverline kitchen design competition ‘06. We hope that this project will be on sale one of these days.
Wax Desk by Frank Lloyd & Wright Johnson
Designed in 1936 for the S.C. Johnson Wax Company, this iconoclastic desk and chair still satisfy the needs of that person looking for a functioning work of art to place in their home or workplace. Brick-red metal frame with natural cherry wood accent top and arms. A pendaflex file drawer, waste-basket, and accompanying file rack complete this state of the art design.
Cassina is the exclusive licensed and authorized manufacturer of Frank Lloyd Wright designs worldwide. Every item in the Cassina Wright Collection bears the signature of the designer and a serial number. The serial number indicates the exact date of production and allows the article to be matched with its Identity Card. This item is available for 10 day Quick-Ship.