Fab at Milan Design Week: Coil lamp, pink knives, cat t-shirt. Somehow makes sense.
via my homie Tim Liles
April 22, 2013
January 3, 2013
Coil Lamp DIY Kits are now for sale with Nøthing Major, the newly relaunched online journal and shop exploring new visual culture, all brought to you by the folks at Pitchfork.
I especially like their description:
The idea of Nøthing Major is exactly what it sounds like. Not a big deal.
We believe you can’t achieve real happiness through buying things, but that some amount of peace is found in knowing you’re sporting something made with care for quality and aesthetic integrity. At NøMa, we are collectors and advocates who celebrate emerging culture. We believe that collaboration with artists whose creative outlook both inspires and surprises is something worthy of being shared. We one day aim to fulfill all of your urban sprezzatura fever dreams, matching sartorial tastefulness with rakish irreverence.
Glad to be in such good company.
January 2, 2013
New Year’s card from the excellent Tim Lahan, who also draws the equally excellent, Today or Tomorrow.
November 29, 2012
October 31, 2012
Announcing Coil Lamp “Ghost Edition” — Limited Edition of 12
In the spirit of all things ghostly, there’s no better day than Halloween to announce the Ghost Edition of Coil Lamp. Perhaps the most minimalist rendition of Coil Lamp yet, the “Ghost Edition” is handmade from a limited supply of the often requested—yet highly rare & elusive—100’ white extension cord. Each lamp will be made-to-order by the designer, and will be ready for the holidays if ordered by early December. And like the apparitions for which it’s named, after the limited edition of 12, the Ghost Edition will fade away and return from whence it came.
(Photo: Michael Kiser)
(Source: Flickr / mpkiser)
June 17, 2012
June 11, 2012
May 17, 2012
Coil Lamp in Fab’s NY Design Week Pop-Up Shop
Recently accepted into the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection, Coil Lamp will be popping it’s head into Soho during ICFF this week as a part of Fab.com’s “Color” themed pop-up shop. This pop-up shop coincides with an online sale—so now’s the time to pick up a Coil Lamp for The Nice Price™.
More info on the pop-up show below.
fab:
Here at Fab we love color. Strong, happy, polychromatic hues are at the core of our company soul. That’s why it was the obvious theme for our first physical pop-up shop. Yes, that’s right, we will have a brief stint as a brick and mortar. From May 17–22, we invade New York’s SoHo neighborhood with the Fab Color shop, where we display a color riot in the form of 150 hand-selected items from our favorite designers. You’ll find candy-tinted treats like a pink 1964 typewriter, a yellow and purple banana skateboard, rainbow-colored knuckledusters and a special red lacquered version of Alvar Aalto’s classic Stool 60.
Why are we doing this? Because it’s NY Design Week! For five, ahem, fab days, the city is abuzz with design presentations, launches and parties, from the official International Contemporary Furniture Fair at the Javits Center to the abundance of independent off-site events all over town. Like ours. Which is not just ours, actually, as we got a little (a lot) of help from our friends.
Innovative modular carpet company FLOR has opened up its SoHo showroom to graciously host our Color Shop, along with a few other vibrant installations. Visionary Belgian design house Quinze & Milan has created an epic sculpture of mountainous proportions made of its iconic Pouf 01 seat. We’ll also display its newPilot Stool and the popular Jellyfish Chair and Primary Pouf collections. (These products will also be available in an online pop-up shop on Fab.com from May 17-31 at special prices.) But there’s more! Also, as a special treat to our visitors, we teamed up with AREAWARE and Quinze & Milan to introduce Big Red, a giant orange robot sculpture that’s based on award-winning designer David Weeks’ popular wood toy Cubebot. Quinze & Milan has recreated Cubebot in a ginormous version in comfy foam, so visitors can sit on his lap and rest their weary feet. And head. Big Red has really supportive shoulders, too.
But he’s not the only new friend you’ll meet. We decided that we wanted to get out in the real world and get to know our customers, so the Color Shop is staffed with Fab employees from our buying, marketing and supplier relations teams. Come and say hello! If you’re among the first 1000 visitors, we’ll give you a poster that looks like this:
And if you can’t stop by, don’t be sad. Our entire Color Shop will be available at Fab.com from May 17 to June 17.
May 17th-May 22nd
Thurs-Sat 11am-7pm Sun 12-6pm
FLOR, 142 Wooster St
Between Houston and Prince
March 20, 2012
March 14, 2012
I’m honored to announce that Coil Lamp is now in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is currently on display in the show “Rethinking Typologies” running March 3–July 29, 2012.
I simply cannot find the words to express the absolute reverence I have for the work that is surrounding Coil Lamp in the show—Wanders, Bouroullec, Grcic, Jongerius, Arad, Campana, Béhar—not to mention the master artworks that the 132-year-old institution has within its walls. I can only say that I am among absolute giants, and I am deeply honored to be there.
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