Sunday, May 13, 2007

What I've set my sights on

A number of shops in Far East and probably Heeren place the Starck + Kartell Louis Ghost Chair inside to what effect I am not reallly sure.



This was quite a hit. I remember when I was in Tokyo, there was a shopping centre that placed a number of these in a passageway that had a length of windows that ran alongside it. Asture x Zen? Commercial wabi-sabi haha...

Then came the armless and backless version: Charles Ghost Stool. There were two versions. Normal height and barstool height. More money more money!



All too masculine! Louis and Charles....no Louise and Charlize. Ok ok, so there were all British Royalty and not so much about masculinity. So there's got to be a celebration of the Queen. There's even a Edward Ghost Table



so there's got to be a Victoria something....

That where the armless Louis comes in as. A Victoria Ghost Chair.



Is it just me or does the Victoria Ghost Chair look more ghastly?
Ghoulish? Forlorn? There seems to be a certain regalness tied to the Louis. Edward looks nondescript on its own. Charles Stools look almost fun. But the Victoria Ghost Chair, given a cursory glance, looks more haunted, the arms linking the seat to the backrest look like a pair of arms slumped to the side. Just check out the clear version. It's almost like an apparition.
Ok, fuck. It's just me.

In contrast to the Ghost Series, John Bauer (no, not the long dead Swedish artist) adapted the appeal of clear furniture made from plastics and gave it a magical twist.

tadah! The Illusion Table!



The drapes formed reminds me of sculptures by Bernini. It's solid but yet looks so fluid. It's kinda looks like somebody threw an Invisibility Cloak over a side table and made everything disappear.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

the Tokyo shopping centre you were talking about is Roppongi Hills. tons of people sit there at lunch, eating their combini food from the ampm nearby or simply falling asleep

remind me to take picture, it is funny to see a whole row of people sleeping on those chairs n facing the window with shoppers walking behind them!

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haha....ampm. i remember that.

ok, take a picture. haha. it'll be a laugh.