when furniture becomes art

the utter, instant pleasure, that comes with a SLOW DREAMY recline.

Maria Pergay 1972 vs Rick Owens 2010 vs Rafael Cardenas 2011

In general, everybody has a pinch of poetry inside. Not everybody gets to see that, and that is the challenge: to light the light inside. But they can discover something about themselves by looking at the pieces. If they pass by and they stop, that means there’s a connection between the piece and themselves. (from NYT interview here)

What is it about stainless steel that you love?

"Everybody is scared of stainless steel, but we have a link — there is something deep inside between me and stainless steel. This material which looks so strong, hard and cold is sweet and not sharp, and it matches with everything. It is a good contrast for colors and other materials.

(taken from NYT interview here)

"I probably think of lines first, before going to my fairly limited roster of materials: plywood, concrete, marble, leather, fur, and antlers. I’m using alabaster for the first time. I’m not trying to do anything particularly witty or startling. I’m just trying to make something I can live with that summarizes some of the experiences and touchstones that mean something to me and to our generation."

- Rick Owens (here)









What is it that you find interesting about angular shapes?

Rafael de Cárdenas: Well, I'm not only interested in angular forms; I'm interested in the contemporary state, and it seems the fashionable undulation of curved surfaces has given way to the prismatic effects of angles. I particularly like their facility for creating distorted sight lines. Such indeterminacy suggests a dream state and enhances a mood.....

The collection stems from an interest in painfully simple triangular forms and using surface treatments in various ways to adjust 'volume'. Each form in the collection has at least one other version treated differently in terms of color and surface, suggesting various moods for each.

(read full interview here via Dazed Digital)






the utter, instant pleasure, that comes with a SLOW DREAMY recline.

Maria Pergay 1972 vs Rick Owens 2010 vs Rafael Cardenas 2011








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Joseph Dirand
interiors + architecture

It is only when I don't have enough work
that I cannot sleep.











"One of the first roles of architecture is to answer to a function, but one of my obsessions is to try and create abstraction around this functionality and dissolve domestic functions into sculptural forms. My work is often composed in two different phases, the first is to create a frame according to the context and after to confront this space with a sculptural composition and to create a discussion between space and architectural objects."

J O S E P H D I R A N D

"During my studies I had the opportunity to start in 1996 working for private clients since I was 21 years old. I did a few shops, private apartments and houses in the same time as my studies. I can remember images and experiences when I was young that made be want to become an architect.

For example, about 20 years ago I visited a felt room by Joseph Beuys at Beaubourg, the visit of the Ronchamp Church by le Corbusier, a sculpture of light by James Turrell, the Versailles garden's of Le Notre, a picture of a traditional Japanese tea room, the Cistercian abbey of Thoronet and a chair from Gerrit Rietveld.

Your inspirations can come from anywhere and everything and your personality comes from your reaction when facing things and the way you transform your culture into your personal experience."
















"All projects have their own challenges and I feel that in general great projects come out of major constraints. One of the difficult things in minimal architecture is to make everything disappear. The important point is to never forget an idea because you think it will be too difficult to realize. Probably the only negative constraint is when we do not have enough time to realize a project the way that you want and when we need to change an original choice because we don't have the time to make it right."





Joseph Dirand
interiors + architecture


all text taken
from this interview.







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T W O S

Rick Owens
tables
and
lamps.

marble
lamps

bronze
tables...

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