Fig Leaf was also crowned ∽esign of the year 2008 in the Financial Times top 10 design pieces of the 2000s.īorn in the Netherlands in 1968, the London-based designer succeeded Ron Arad to the function of Professor and Head of Design Products at the Royal College of Art in 2009, a position he held for four years. In 2009, the wardrobe was exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and nominated the ∻est Furniture Design at the Brit Insurance Design Awards. The interior back of the wardrobe is lined with bespoke silk made by the Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company, pre-eminent English silk dyers. Its doors are encrusted with 616 hand-painted enamel leaves, perhaps the most ambitious enameling project known to date. No fewer than eleven ateliers across England and France worked on the wardrobe. Celebrating the best craftsmanship the world has to offer, Fig Leaf gracefully combines the designers poetic aesthetic with the 18th century tradition of fantasy furniture. The centre piece of the show is Tord Boontjes monumental Fig Leaf wardrobe a masterpiece of 21st century design. Today, his creations, instantly recognisable by their romantic and artisanal sensibility, have become prized collectors items and many of his seminal works feature in the collections of leading cultural institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Modern, the Design Museum in London, the MoMA and CopperHewitt Museum in New York and The Stedelijk Museum and The Groninger Museum in The Netherlands. ORIGINALS is the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to the work of Tord Boontje who is widely recognised as one of the most innovative designers of his generation. The stunning chandeliers for Swarovski, and the chair collection with Alexander McQueen were pure genius, but most remarkable was The Fig Leaf Wardrobe created for Meta in 2008 - an outstanding, stunning contemporary tour de force. I love and admire his innovation and diversity: a fairy tale world and the down to earth. Tord is a modern romantic although a lot his work is practical and functional. It was so unique it caught my eye immediately and I have followed her ever since those days. Her dramatic sculptural glass stood out from all the other students work.
I first spotted Emma at her graduation show at the Royal College of Art in 1993. Curated by Janice Blackburn, Britains most influential curator and promoter in the field of contemporary arts and crafts, ORIGINALS showcases the designers most celebrated pieces of furniture, lighting, jewellery and textiles, alongside sculptures and drawings by his wife, Emma Woffenden.Ĭommenting on the show, curator Janice Blackburn said: "I have known and admired Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden's work for many years. From 6th until 18th January 2015, Sothebys London is staging an unprecedented selling exhibition of works by internationally acclaimed designer Tord Boontje and sculptor Emma Woffenden in its New Bond Street Galleries.
0 kommentar(er)
