‘Living in a Material World’ auction at Sotheby’s: the Wallpaper* edit
Ahead of the pre-sale exhibition (13-16 October) of Sotheby’s auction ‘Design: Living in a Material World’ (17 October), its curator and Wallpaper* brand and content director Tony Chambers picks his top 30 lots. From Ron Arad’s innovative ‘Blo-Void 1’ chair, to Fernando and Humberto Campana’s playful ‘Cake’ stool, discover the highlights below...
Cabinet from the ‘Perished’ collection, 2006, by Studio Job
‘Petit Jardin’ chair, 2006, by Tord Boontje
Unique ‘Chartres’ cabinet, from the ‘Aftermath’ Series, 2009-2012, by Studio Job
‘Flora’ bureau, model no 2131, designed circa 1950-1951, executed in 1952, by Josef Frank
‘All Light Long’ table, from the ‘Paperwork’ Collection, 2002, by Ron Arad
Unique ‘Wood’ chair, 1998, by Marc Newson
‘Porca Miseria!’ chandelier, 1994, by Ingo Maurer
‘Magoo’ chandelier, 2009, by Stuart Haygarth
‘Bone Rocker’ armchair, 2009, by Joris Laarman
‘Lectori Salutem’ desk, 2010, by Jeroen Verhoeven
‘Sitting Near Enigma’ chair, designed in 1987, executed in 2000, by Ettore Sottsass
Unique writing desk, 2008, by Michael Young
‘Extruded Table 3’, 2008, by Marc Newson
‘Ollo’ table and four chairs, from the collection ‘Alchimia-Ollo’, 1988, by Alessandro Guerriero and Alessandro Mendini
‘Blo-Void 1’ chair, 2006, by Ron Arad
Unique ‘Table of Tides’ and ‘Pot-Pourri’, , executed in 1993 and executed in 1981-1990, by John Chamberlain
Unique ‘Vertical’ bench, 2016, by Pablo Reinoso
‘Cake’ stool, 2008, by Fernando and Humberto Campana
‘Acrylic Stool (with feathers)’, 1990, by Shiro Kuramata
Two unique ‘Extruded MF’ chairs, 2007, by Tom Dixon
‘Ceiling light with type 4 4 ½ / 4 shades’, circa 1931, by Poul Henningsen
‘Wing-Nut’ chair, 1985, by Jasper Morrison
Pair of ‘Bent’ wall lamps, 2015, by Johanna Grawunder
‘Please Keep off the Glass’ chair sculpture, 2004, from the ‘Salviati Meets London’ project, by Thomas Heatherwick
Unique ‘Erosion I’ dining table, 2009, by Joseph Walsh
‘Liquid Carbon’ bench, 2007, by Ross Lovegrove
Unique vase, 2001-2002, by Gaetano Pesce
‘Mirror, Model no. 1929’, circa 1938, by Fontana Arte
Unique ‘Table 9 flaques’ coffee table, 2014, by Hélène de Saint Lager
Bench from the Palazzo Liviano, University of Padova, 1939, by Gio Ponti