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Anyone for a Pie?

Claire Sullivan - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

   

Anyone hungry? These fleshy volumnous sculptures by artist Erwin Wurm would make the ideal corporate or delivery vehicle for McDonalds.



Martini Table by Volex Style

Claire Sullivan - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

  

New from New Zealand designer Paul Wilding from Volex Style is the Martini table. Constructed in steel in the classic shape of a Bond era martini glass, the table goes into production in the coming months.



Trash Art by Stuart Haygarth

Claire Sullivan - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

 

 

  

Artist Stuart Haygarth turns trash into treasure. In his new show at Haunch of Venison, pieces of debris scavenged from regular trips to flea markets, beaches and car boot sales, his found objects are meticulously sorted and graded by color and material and his resulting work invests seemingly banal, overlooked objects with a startling new significance, recalling the hidden stories and emotions they once held.



Alexander Wang's Studio by Ryan Korban

Claire Sullivan - Monday, March 01, 2010

 

 

 

  

 

  

  

Thanks to The Selby, here's a sneak peek inside the New York studio of fashion designer of the moment Alexander Wang. The interior design is by new young thing Ryan Korban, and while there is nothing super new about this look, it still manages to tick all the right boxes by using a well edited selection of furniture pieces that give the space a unique character.



Cabinet by Dimitri Vangrunderbeek

Claire Sullivan - Monday, March 01, 2010

  

  

  

 D&ALab (Design and Art Laboratory) invites artists to conceive works using new techniques that balance art and design. Brussels based artist Dimitri Vangrunderbeek is the latest in a slew of artists to collaborate with D&ALab - producing a cabinet scattered with fold out people, exhibited at Object Rotterdam earlier this month.



Shag Rug by Ron Arad

Claire Sullivan - Monday, March 01, 2010

    

Designer Ron Arad has extended his creative hand into the rug realm. The Shag is a Nepalese rug made from Tibetan wool.

Available here.



Maison Martin Margiela at Les Sources de Caudalie

Claire Sullivan - Monday, March 01, 2010

  

 

 

 

A year after we first introduced you to Martin Margiela's foray into interiors (launched at the Milan Salone in 2009) we have a completed interior project by the fashion design house. Les Sources de Caudalie is a luxury spa in the Bordeaux region of France. The "Ile aux Oiseaux" suite sits apart from the hotel in an idyllic stilt-mounted cabin. Filled with calfskin rugs, cracked mirrors and antique furniture, and amidst the typically Margiela white-on-white decor, a shocking flash of scarlet comes in the form of a giant pair of lips—a replica of Salvador Dali’s classic Mae West Sofa from 1936.