Waste Not
We require a good deal of cultural inspiration to feel like ourselves here at Fair Folks.
Some days it feels like it’s easy to be spoiled of such things with Museum Mile and Lincoln Center and the other mainstays of New York City institutions of beautiful or historically significant objects or performances.
Inspiration is also easy to be found walking through the streets of Soho, Noho, and beyond, popping into one design shop or boutique after another, perusing the latest.
When we want to mix it up a bit, it’s nice to get ourselves over to events like the one at Fritz Hansen last week, the opening of a show entitled Kin Coda, conceived of by design collective We Are Familia. There’s a brilliant write up of the origin of the show, which has been a long time in the making, over at Cool Hunting, where you can see some fabulous shots of the space and the objects concerned with here, sans milling guests. Damaged pieces from Fritz Hansen’s production which would otherwise have been discarded were turned into high-design housing for fine art by a whole host of names in the contemporary design world, ultimately called “keepsake boxes.”
Milling guests, meeting and greeting and taking it all in.
I came away from the opening still thinking about it, well after dinner and my cousin’s amazing concert we went to later that night. What we saw there was neither design for design’s sake, nor art for art’s sake. Rather, it was design for art’s sake, or art for design’s sake. You want to take a piece home to sit by your sofa or next to your bed, to tuck in a corner for seating purposes, yet you are also compelled to dig into each box, to find out what treasures are stored inside, and why. Each feels like a narrative in a glance.
Anthony, checking out the piece by our friends Matthew Bradshaw and Sergio Silva.
Kiel Mead, telling an onlooker about the conception of his work.
If you’re interested – go, and soon. There are only two more days for this one, friends.
Until next time,
Aurora
Tags: American Design Club, Iacoli & McAllister, Marigold, Silva/Bradshaw
