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Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver is hosting its annual gala and benefit auction on Saturday, November 23, 2013. The items for this year’s auction are really interesting and best of all you can come see many of them ahead of time at the Inform showroom in Gastown.
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Some of Vancouver’s best artists, designers and architects have been asked to reinterpret and refashion Artek’s iconic Sedia 1 chair. This minimalist self-assembled pine chair, originally produced in 1974, is a model of modernist furniture design, noted for its elegance and modesty.
The pieces we’ve seen in the showroom so far have been thought-provoking and beyond creative. My personal favourite is Lukas Peet’s treatment of the chair, assembling the contents of the Sedia 1 box like a tanagram. Upon closer inspection you’ll notice the subtle painting of the edges of each piece.
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Lukas Peet’s Sedia 1
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Interpretation by Douglas Coupland
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Omer Arbel seems to have developed a love affair with the sand-blaster used to shape his chair. It has the appearance of something left over from a nuclear blast; something that would collapse if you looked at it the wrong way. (Image right)
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The event will be hosted at Secret Location at 1 Water Street in historic Gastown. Full details are available on the auction website.
In the meantime, follow Inform Interiors on Facebook, Google+ and Instagram to see more interpretations of Sedia 1.
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Participating artists:
OMER ARBEL
RUSSELL BAKER
PETER CARDEW
JAVIER CAMPOS AND ELSPETH PRATT
DOUGLAS COUPLAND
BEAU DICK
BABAK GOLKAR
BRIAN JUNGEN
CHRISTIAN KLIEGEL AND ERICA STOCKING
TIM LEE
AL MCWILLIAMS
STEVE MCFARLANE
JON AND PAT PATKAU
LUKAS PEET
GORDON SMITH
REECE TERRIS
JOHN WALL
INNES YATES
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This post was written by Arne Salvesen CKD, designer in our Kitchens & Bath department. View more posts by Arne on his blog, Useful Spaces.