Great new book on Ettore Sottsass written by Phillipe Thome and published by Phaidon press. Get it.
Miscellanous Design
Artist Designed Jewelry
Artist Designed jewelry is one of the hottest collectibles in the design world right now. Many artists including Calder, Picasso, Jean Arp, Man Ray, Bertoia all designed and some even made the jewelry themselves. This is a Jean Arp pendant designed in 1965-66 and manufactured by Francois Hugo. This was made as an edition of 6 plus 2 artist proofs.
He took my breath away
Three times in my life have I been blown away by a designers work. Ettore Sottsass, Gaetano Pesce and now with Joris Laarman. I met Joris during his first exhibition of the Bone series at Design Miami 8 years ago. He had only created 2 prototypes at that time. I knew a star was born.