Tag: Furniture

Hej Rup! The Czech Avant-Garde

This show is full of revelations – cubism in furniture, a love for tubular steel designs and a self-sufficient village for workers are just a few of those that mark the Czech art world as presented here
Sam Stewart: ‘From a psychological perspective, working in someone’s home is a loaded experience’

For his first solo exhibition, artist-designer Sam Stewart transforms an unoccupied space within a New York townhouse by imagining the life of its mythical occupant
John Makepeace: Enriching the Language of Furniture

Collins Gallery, Glasgow 15 January–5 March 2011 Somerset House, London 16 March–15 April 2011 The Crafts Study Centre, Surrey 26 April–16 July 2011 Lotherton Hall, Leeds 25 September–20 November 2011
Gathering into gospel order: the Shaker approach to design

A consideration of Shaker-made architecture, furniture and commercial wares – items of remarkable beauty, durability, economy and practicality – inevitably leads to one conclusion: the story of Shaker design is inseparable from the Shakers’ identity as a distinct cultural group…