Neotenic Design
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Bring a cheerful, impish charm to your spaces with the chunky, anatomical curves of neotenic design.
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Kelly Wearstler Hume Marble Sculptural Chair
By Kelly Wearstler
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Uniquely carved from stone blocks and straddling the line between sculpture and functional design, the Hume chair can be used as both an indoor or outdoor decorative seating option. Each piece is hand carved from natural stone and is available in either nero marquina, big flower, or grey rainbow stone...
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2010s North American Modern Neotenic Design
Materials
Marble
"Untitled 'Navy Shroud'" 2015 Sewn Rope Sculptural Fiber Object by Doug Johnston
By Doug Johnston
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Untitled (Navy Shroud)", 2015
coiled nylon cord, sewing thread, urethane resin
"Untitled (Navy Shroud)" was made as part of a group of works exploring objects as shroud spaces. The pieces create a space, the contents unknown, upon which the viewer's understanding becomes one reality, while another reality of the object itself is in continuous withdrawal from the viewers' perception. The exploration was based on contemplations of "Schrödinger's cat" and Object-Oriented Ontology. The work was made by coiling nylon cordage and sewing it together on an industrial zig-zag sewing machine. In the process of coiling, irregularities are introduced that alter the overall form as it is being made. These irregularities are placed and responded to improvisationally, working towards a composition that appears as if a thick cloth is loosely draped over an object of indeterminate form. The interior of the nylon vessel was then coated by hand with a black epoxy resin, which solidified the textile into a rigid shell. The result is a free-standing shroud-like object, which is to be placed into a space as a sculptural object, to conceal other objects, unsightly architectural features, etc.
This work was first exhibited in 2015 at Patrick Parrish Gallery as part of my solo exhibition "what it is". It was later shown in 2017-2018 at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, as well as several other group exhibitions. It has also appeared in several design and art publications in print and online.
Since 2010 Doug Johnston has produced a wide range of functional and sculptural objects using a process of coiling and stitching rope using industrial sewing machines...
Category
2010s North American Modern Neotenic Design
Materials
Nylon, Epoxy Resin
"Untitled Vessel 6" Coiled and Sewn Cotton Fiber Sculpture by Doug Johnston
By Doug Johnston
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-Made in 2015
-cotton cord, and sewing thread.
"Untitled (Vessel 6)" was made in 2015 as part of a body of work for my exhibition "what it is." It is a sculptural vessel-form object made by coiling and sewing cotton rope with an industrial zig-zag sewing machine. The piece is not made with a specific form in mind when started, so its shape emerges somewhat organically during its making. Multiple smaller, individual vessels are made, then joined together. More rope is coiled and sewn onto the new form, and new parts are incorporated and built upon from there. This piece features a large base sewn with black-dyed cotton rope, which acts as a visual and physical anchor for the object. The form is simultaneously architectural and creature-like while retaining a conceptual and actual openness.
Since 2010 Doug Johnston has produced a wide range of functional and sculptural objects using a process of coiling and stitching rope using industrial sewing machines...
Category
2010s North American Modern Neotenic Design
Materials
Cotton
Gold Collection Vase by Andrea Branzi for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions, Andrea Branzi
Located in Milan, Italy
A beautiful vase in plexiglass with fragments of gold foil designed by Andrea Branzi e produced by Superego Editions. Limited editions nine pieces. Signed and numbered. Prototype.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Neotenic Design
Materials
Plexiglass
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