Bruno Mathsson Furniture Gallery Exhibit

Bruno Mathsson Furniture Gallery Exhibit
The retrospective exhibition “Bruno Mathsson: Architect and Designer,” opening today at The Bard Graduate Center, consists of approximately 150 examples of furniture, photographs, architectural drawings and models installed chronologically on three floors. It’s a show that starts strong but peters out halfway through, a strikingly accurate metaphor of Mathsson’s own unstable projection as a designer over the course of the 20th century.

For the most part, Mathsson’s designs are solid, though far from ground breaking. They split the difference between inspired form and dutiful function, between a traditionally trained cabinetmaker’s desire to tinker and perfect, with design ideas distilled from more radical pioneers such as Marcel Breur, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and the earlier example of Thonet. Mathsson was one of the main proponents of the Swedish Modern style that emerged in the 1930′s, and his pieces incorporate its distinctive characteristics, such as lightweight organic materials, use of clean simple lines, and a lack of overstyling — qualities echoed in the restrained, well-balanced, uniform nature of Swedish society itself. However, most of his designs fail to transcend the innovation of their construction, and are held firmly in the realm of technical prowess, disallowing them to become more essential design statements.

Bruno Mathsson Furniture Gallery Exhibit

Fold Out Corrigated Futon Bed

Fold Out Corrigated Futon Bed

Fold Out Corrigated Futon Bed

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Push and Grab Coffee Table Has Some Drawers to Hide

Push and Grab Coffee Table Has Some Drawers to Hide
The Push and Grab concept is a very useful coffee table for your living room. Besides acting as one of the focal points of the room it also comes with some secret functionality. Underneath the actual tabletop you’ll find a couple of drawers which are perfect to hold all that unnecessary junk you end up carrying with you in the living room. The Push and Grab has drawers that can be easily rotated and they seem ready to hide all your magazines, DVDs, remotes, and plenty of other items that were just hanging around the place before. Just make sure you remember you also dropped your car keys or reading glasses in one of those drawers and you’ll be fine. Are you ready for some Push and Grab? Via Yanko Design

Push and Grab Coffee Table Has Some Drawers to Hide

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Prooff’s EarChair Creates Space Within Space

Prooff’s EarChair Creates Space Within Space
The sculpturistic EarChair is all about creating a space within a space and epitomizes Dutch company Prooff’s penchant for designing furniture that encourages “intimate dialogue for public space,” . Apart from the expressive minimalism and the path-breaking form factor, the EarChair will offer stimulation to any given environment. The upholstered mammoth lounge chair is available in a plethora of sizes and though Prooff doesn’t use any complex techniques it still manages to look fairly ceremonial. The chairs are available in a number of shades and fabric choices and according to Prooff that diverse fabrics “allow for every room to take on its own personal character.”

Prooff’s EarChair Creates Space Within Space

The Retro Styled Boombox And Sub-Woofer Pillow Set

The Retro Styled Boombox And Sub-Woofer Pillow Set
Go retro and flashback to the good old days of boomboxes and cassettes with the Boombox Set. Don’t be fooled by the clever styling as this one isn’t actually a music player but a pillow set. The set is made up of three pillow pieces that are shaped like an old school boombox cassette player and two subwoofers. The pillows can be purchased separately for around $30 a pop but whats the fun in that? The entire collection will set you back $84.99 which is a small price to pay for such a fun and funky product and you can order it online from here (mine is already on its way).

The Retro Styled Boombox And Sub-Woofer Pillow Set

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