Posts by Mary Little
A few tables
Attempting to keep all the balls in the air means that sometimes you have to throw one of those balls so high it stays up for a very long before you have to catch it. This is the latest of our sporadic entries – our latest ball to catch…….. We recently completed a lovely project [...]
SOFA New York
I’m off to SOFA New York tomorrow. I’ve been checking out galleries and artists showing this year. I can’t wait to see Scandinavian ceramicist Merete Rasmussen’s work at J.Lohmann Gallery. I’ve seen a lot online but seeing those sensual twisting forms in reality will be special. A real treat will be to just ‘be’ in the [...]
Staying with chair design…
Vita is a conference chair that can fit well in the office, hospitality environments such as hotels, and even the home. Vita 2010 We developed Vita with Tuohy, a Minnesota company specializing in furniture for the workplace. Vita looks so straightforward and simple, though this design took over a year of development before we and [...]
…and for the few
Two workshops at the Aldrich gave me lots of opportunity to accost art lovers as they wandered through the galleries. The brave—almost everyone—loved my offer and took home memories of being fitted for their dream chair. Some carried home a dimensioned drawing. It’s nice to think they can build a comfortable chair in their own [...]
Something for Everyone
Allan sitting in the posture we developed together as he relaxes reading his newspaper. I’m running a workshop Personal Spatial Design within artist Fritz Haeg’s exhibition, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. The exhibition is one of five new shows at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut. In the workshop I’ll encourage visitors to discuss how they [...]
With Characteristic Irony
Richard Slee. Yellow Trowel, 2007, Length 32 cm. Ceramic, enameled found metal, fabric. I’ve been a fan of Richard Slee since the 1980’s. I’m drawn to his craftsmanship and the compositions he creates combining forms, materials and colours. But above all I get his humour. He makes me smile. We’re lucky as we live with [...]
Naiad fits like a glove
Naiad, 2009 I recently went to the opening of Wendell Castle’s exhibition, Rockin’, at Barry Friedman’s gallery in New York. Wendell presented stack-laminated wood chairs, painted or oiled, which he created within the last two years. I fell for Naiad, a compact chair that’s bliss to sit in. To bius, ensuring a chair is comfortable [...]
Second Ottoman Collection
Zsa Zsa by the fireside We’re excited to tell you our second collection of ottomans was launched on biusboutique this morning. This brings the number of ottomans in our boutique to six, and there’s plenty of room for growth. The first collection is available in limited editions while the new ottomans are available in an [...]
Where has the week gone?
Detail of Landers Life isn’t going to plan this week. We aren’t ready to launch our second collection, as we’d to give other commitments priority. The sky isn’t falling in, though I thought it would. The photo above gives a hint of what’s to come. To see the new collection you can check on our [...]
Nearly ready for launch
Pinning brown prototype Pinning gray prototype Muslin toile We’ve finished the three ottomans for our second collection. We’ll photograph them next week and update the website, ready for launch on April 30. You can glimpse some development and final construction above. Our first collection was constructed using a variety of complex techniques we developed especially. [...]