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Material: Blown Glass
Murano Sommerso Pink Glass Bowls by Flavio Poli for Seguso, Italy 1960
Located in London, GB
Glass bowls triangular shape by Flavio Poli for Seguso 1960's in soft pink. The bowl is hand blown, known as Venetian Sommerso, made in Murano, Venice, Italy.
The bowls a combinati...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Sommerso Blown Murano Cut Glass Vase Smoked & Clear Glass Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning Cut Crystal Sommerso Murano Art Glass and blown Glass Vase in smoked and clear glass made by Alessandro Mandruzzato.
Looks amazing from any angle.
No markings.
Measures:
Len...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Modern Italian Gold Honeycomb Murano Glass Round Conical Hourglass Double Vase
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian Decorative Arts gold vase, in blown Murano glass, worked with pure 24k gold, the bottom and top parts can both function as the base. The body is in textured gla...
Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
1930s Murano Centerpiece by Ercole Barovier
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A remarkable hand-blown glass bowl from the 1930s by the celebrated Murano maestro Ercole Barovier, created for Artistica Barovier. The organic shape of the bowl evokes stylized agav...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
1921 René Lalique Dishes Plate & Bowl Ondines Opalescent Glass Mermaids
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Plate and Bowl "Ondines" made in opalescent glass by René Lalique in 1921.
Molded signature on both pieces.
Perfect condition. Great opalescence. (Two very thin molding lines on bot...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Contemporary Crystal Blue Design Italian Art Glass Vase Baloton Murano Glass Jar
By Murano 5
Located in Murano, Venezia
Handmade blue Murano glass vase with internal bubble decorations and lateral crystal.
This fantastic Art Deco style artwork will add an extra touch of class to your environment.
Va...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cenedese Italian Pair of Iridescent Zebra Smoked Gold Murano Glass Modern Vases
Located in New York, NY
Dreaming of exotic shores? of Safari storytelling? Be inspired by this one-of-a-kind Italian contemporary pair of Art Deco design Murano glass vases, entirely handcrafted. The blown body in a unique sophisticated smoked amber transparent color worked with pure 24 kt gold inside the glass, decorated with an organic gray pattern of zebra stripes or feathers, whatever your imagination..., finished with an iridescence that adds a glow and creates movement of light. Signed pieces...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Seguso Mid-Century Modern Large Textured Italian Green Murano Glass Vase 1980s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Absolutely stunning and rare Seguso large, heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern textured Italian glass vase by Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, circa 1980s / early 1990s. Elegant in fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$3,767 Sale Price
30% Off
1970s Bertil Vallien Swedish Blue Green Yellow Art Glass Vase for Kosta Boda
Located in New York, NY
A fun and colored single-flower modern vase by Swedish glass master Bertil Vallien for Kosta Boda, limited Edition n.48on 75. Etched with the artist's signature and details under the...
Category
1970s Swedish Organic Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Graffito glass sculpture by Ercole Barovier
Located in Uccle, BE
Graffito glass sculpture by Ercole Barovier, Barovier & Toso.
This sculpture is made of clear glass decorated with gold dust,traversed by glass “laces” in shades of intense red and l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$2,989 / set
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Iridescent Modernist Art Glass Vase by Robert Eikholt
Located in Rochester, NY
Colorful iridescent Mid-Century Modern art glass vase by Robert Eikholt. Hand blown. Signed and dated 1977. A very early piece by the artist. Robert Eic...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
"Giova" Table Lamp + Flower Pot Designed by Gae Aulenti for FontanaArte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Giova" is a refined table lamp and flower pot hybrid piece of design, designed by Gae Aulenti and manufactured by FontanaArte, featuring a chromed metal base, a middle globe in transparent blown glass, an inner globe in polished white opaline glass, an upper half-sphere in pink blown glass with decorative bubbles, black power cable, plug and switch. Its lighting source is 1 x 100W 230V E27 (HA, FL, LED).
DIMENSIONS:
Ø 19.7", H. 23.2"
"Giova" marks the debut of Gae Aulenti in the field of lighting design. Available in two sizes, it is both a lamp and a luminous sculpture. Placed on a metal base, a transparent bowl containing a sphere of white opal glass, which in turn houses the light source. Placed above there's a smaller bowl in blown "pulegoso" glass, meaning "with irregular bubbles", which serves as a flower vase. Now also available with gray "pulegoso" glass and a gold finished base.
GAE AULENTI graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1953 and since 1956 has been working there designing for architecture, interior and industrial design and theatre scenery. In the early eighties she was the artistic director at FontanaArte, creating timeless lamps and furnishing elements for the company that are still in the catalogue. In particular: Giova lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold, Chrome
1930 René Lalique - Bowl Elephant Glass With Grey Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Bowl "Elephants" made in glass with grey patina by René Lalique in 1930.
Engraved signature.
Perfect condition. Extremely rare model!
Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 38.5 cm ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Striped Vase in Blown Murano Glass Green Orange and Light Blue, 1990s, Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
Striped vase in blown Murano glass green orange and light blue, 1990s, Italy.
This is a unique striped vase, with double colored sides, and stripes inside the blown technical. Half ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Lino Tagliapietra Signed “Mogambo” Vase
Located in CABA, AR
Presenting a collector's piece of extraordinary beauty and history: a masterfully crafted blown glass vase from the renowned island of Murano by the acclaimed Italian artist Lino Tag...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Marre Moerel Anatomy Series Signed Edition Gluteus Murano Glass Vase Covo, Italy
By covo, Marre Moerel
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Marre Moerel Signed and Numbered Limited Edition "Gluteus" Murano Glass Vase for Covo, Italy, ca 2001. This vase is part of her Anatomy Series and is numbered #5 of 29. The glass is a deep purple color (eggplant or wine) cased with white glass sandwiched with a pink/clear glass on the interior.
Marre has said that the shapes were in reference to the beauty of the human body and colors chosen to reflect the variety of skin tones. Highly evocative and intriguing, this design is beautiful and also evokes conversation and thought. A true piece of art!
This sculpture is part of a project named Smash, and curated by Emmanuel Babled for Covo in 2001. A group of famous designers (James Irvine, Jeffrey Bennet, Jerszy Seymour, Marre Moerel, Richard Hutten, Ritsue Mishima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2000's Emerald Green Twisted Murano Glass and Brass Picture Frame by Barovier
By Barovier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This beautiful vertical photo frame is purely in the vénitien glass manufacturing tradition.The technique uses to get this rich twisted rope effect is called "torciglione" and requi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vase by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Glasbruk, 1960s Sweden
Located in Berlin, DE
Vase by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Glasbruk, 1960s Sweden
Vase in blue and green with abstract birds.
Category
1950s Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Venetian Antique Murano Yellow Gold Fleck Italian Art Glass Dimple Squared Cruet
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique, early Venetian hand blown yellow and gold flecks Italian art glass cruet with original stopper. Attributed to the Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.) glasshouse...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian Modernist Black Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture in the Shape of a Head
By Ernesto Purisiol, Alfredo Rossi
Located in New York, NY
Amazing modern head in an ethnic design inspired by the Easter Island statues, very expressive mouth-blown sculpture in black Murano glass worked ...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Barbini Murano 1950s Orange Gold Flecks Quilted Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large vintage Murano hand blown orange and gold flecks, diamond quilted surface Italian art glass flower vase. Attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The vase...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Murano Art Glass Black Bird Mid-Century Modern, 1960's
By Barovier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful mid-century modern Murano glass black bird in wonderful vintage condition.
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bird in the Manner of Barovier.
Beautiful Murano hand blown black Italian art glass bird dove figurine...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Contemporary Short Facet Vase in Raspberry Peking Glass by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Short Facet Vase
Raspberry
Peking Glass
Hand Blown
Hand Carved
Contemporary
Limited Edition
Peking glass refers to the high-quality glass art produced by the imperial and
commercial workshops in Beijing during the Ching Dynasty, China 1644-1911. Since then, ‘Peking Glass’ has become synonymous with the Chinese technique of glassmaking. Robert Kuo glass...
Category
2010s Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier Murano Green Gold Fleck Italian Art Glass Seashell Ring Dish Sculptures
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced Per Item (4 available). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown green and gold flecks Italian art glass twisting seashell dishes / sculptures. Documented to the Barovier e Toso co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$335 Sale Price / item
33% Off
Italian Murano Venetian Vase Orange Swirl Freeform Handkerchief 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful Italian Murano Venetian style hand blown orange art glass decorative handkerchief vase.
Sculptural decorative bowl in an organic form with orange and white swirl on clear g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1933 René Lalique - Vase Cactus Frosted Glass with Original Black Enamel
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Cactus" made in frosted glass with original black heated enamel by René Lalique in 1933.
Stamped signature.
Perfect condition. Very nice enamel.
height: 14 cm.
Félix Marcilh...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
1924 Gabriel Argy Rousseau - Vase Thebes Glass Pate De Verre
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Thebes" vase in black, green and purple glass pate de verre by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau in 1924.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition. Very beautiful colors.
Height: 15.5 cm
Jan...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
1914 René Lalique - Vase Lutteurs Opalescent Glass with Blue Patina Wrestlers
By René Lalique, Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Lutteurs" made in opalescent glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1914.
Engraved signature.
Perfect condition. Very nice patina. Extremely rare in opalescent.
height: 14...
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1910s French Art Deco Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
A pair of extra large glass vases by Per Lutken for Holmegaard
By Per Lütken, Holmegaard
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of extra large hand blown glass vases by Per Lutken for Holmegaard, Denmark , Circa 1960th.
One vases signed and dated. Dimensions : H 15.75" x 12.5" x 11". (H 15.25" x 12.5" ...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Cenedese Italian Square Black & Clear Murano Glass Vase
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros for Cenedese large, heavy and elegant vintage Mid-Century modern Italian Murano tall, large and square glass vase, circa 1965-1975. This rare, large and heavy piece of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$1,841 Sale Price
30% Off
Murano Glass Vase by Carlo Nason, Signed '99
By Carlo Nason
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Murano glass vase by Carlo Nason, signed '99.
Triangle shaped, 3.25 in x 7.5 in high.
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
1980s Italian Colorful Murano Glass Set 3 Ballet Dancers for Cosulich Interiors
Located in New York, NY
These captivating Murano glass sculptures, signed Formia Vetri di Murano Glass Made in Italy, depict a graceful trio of stylized ballerinas in mid-dance, capturing both movement and ...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Mona Morales Schildt for Orrefors Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mona Morales Schildt for Orrefors bowl or vase. Beautiful design of 1/2 round circles polished all around. Signed bottom.
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Kelp in Ocean Blue & Sea Green, abstract glass sculpture by Enemark & Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Kelp in Ocean Blue & Sea Green' is a unique handblown and sculpted glass artwork by the Danish and British artists, Hanne Enemark & Louis Thompson.
The outer glass form contains a ...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
1970s Leucos Italian Design Crystal Clear Murano Glass Candleholder or Vase
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern very rare vase in blown Murano glass by Leucos of Minimalist design, the cylindrical body is decorated in the center by a succession of varied size "bubbles" that ...
Category
1970s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Boho Blown Glass Striped Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a vibrant pop of color to your decor with this Vintage Boho Blown Glass Striped Vase. Expertly crafted, this vase features swirling stripes in bold, eye-catching hues that bring ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Long 'Ikebana' Vase in Mouth-Blown Glass and Brass for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Glendale, CA
Long 'Ikebana' vase in mouth-blown glass and brass for Fritz Hansen.
Established in 1872, Fritz Hansen has become synonymous with legendary Danish design. Combining timeless craftsm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel, Brass
Costantini Diego Modern Crystal Pulegoso Made Murano Glass Vase with Butterflies
By Costantini
Located in Murano, Venezia
Handmade Crystal Pulegoso Murano glass blown vase with 16 transparent multicolored butterflies attached with magnet.
Modern vase ideal for a modern and rustic classic environment, ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2000's Saphir Blue Twisted Murano Glass and Brass Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This beautiful vertical photo frame is purely in the vénitien glass manufacturing tradition.The technique uses to get this rich twisted rope effect is called "torciglione" and requi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vase, Crystal, Baroque Style, Produced in Czech Republic, Tall Red Crystal Vase
By Artel
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hand engraved contemporary vase. The pattern is Baroque style. Made of crystal.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Baroque Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
2010 Modern Italian Gold Amber Crystal Twisted Murano Glass Brass Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
A sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical photo frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a amber orange gold color, overlayed in crystal. The elegant texture of the tightly ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Set of Murano Glass Ribbed Vase and Pitcher with 24-Karat Gold, Italy, 1980s
By Barovier
Located in Villaverla, IT
Set of Murano glass ribbed vase and pitcher with 24-karat gold, in style of Barovier, Italy, 1980s.
The masterpieces come in different shapes: one has an oval base and an undulated ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Millefiori Murano Blown Glass Swirling Mixed Color Bowl
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Millefiori Murano Blown Glass Swirling Mixed Color Bowl
Has silver flakes in glass.
No marks
Category
1990s Italian Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
$224 Sale Price
36% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Mosaic Antique Italian Art Glass Pitcher Plate
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown large Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass water pitcher and under plate. Documented to the Fratelli...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
$1,120 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Palatial French 19th-20th Century Allegorical Figural Cast Iron Group Torchere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th-20th century allegorical figural cast-iron group torchere - sculpture - fountain - representing spring and the harvest, probably cast by Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne. The charming four-putti sculpture with a front standing putto holding a pole amongst wheat stalks, another putto kneeling and collecting wheat, a third one wearing a hat and picking flowers for a wreath and the fourth kneeling putto holding a bird's nest, all below an elongated classical stem with a glass globe (Electrified), circa: Paris, 1900.
Overall height: 84 inches (213.4 cm).
Width: 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm).
Circular base diameter: 24 inches (61 inches).
Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought-iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...
Category
Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$34,850 Sale Price
59% Off
Three Modernist "Forato" Art Glass Vases by Jacqueline Terpins
By Jacqueline Terpins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
These vases comprise a set of three complimentary, organic, modernist vases by the noted Brazilian artist and designer Jacqueline Terpins.
Each vase has a pierced center and an light, almost striated color distribution. The pierced center design strongly references the design of Fulvio Bianconi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Organic Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Fasce Orizzontali Bottle Model #4399 by Fulvio Bianconi fo Venini
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown, incalmo glass bottle in green and blue. Venini label attached to bottom.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Blown Glass Amberina Tangerine Jug Designed by John Nickerson for Blenko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Blown glass jug designed by John Nickerson and manufactured by Blenko. This design first appeared in the 1972 Blenko catalog as model number 7226S. Large size and attractive amberina...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Glass Vase, ca 1999
By Karim Rashid
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Karim Rashid for Leonardo Germany Limited Edition New Move Silver Glass Vase, ca 1999.
Measures 8” high, base 3-1/2” wide, and mouth 2-1/4” wide.
There is a small scratch of silver finish/coating on glass (we've posted an image of the interior and exterior at the area of the scratch). There is also a faint area of small blemishes at the base See images for more detail.
If there’s one thing karim rashid hates, it’s trophies. The 40-year-old designer has more than 40 of them, from big international ones like the 1999 George Nelson Award (given for breakthrough furniture design), to quaint little Canadian ones like Designer of the Year 2001. “It came with a little pin,” says Rashid, “and a … a … very nice …” He tries to describe the shape of the award with his hands but gives up. “It’s time that whole trophy thing changes. It’s kitsch. They’re functionless things.” Rashid was asked to design one for the DaimlerChrysler Design Awards (he’s a past recipient). “I was going to make it electro-luminescent. When the lights go out, it has a sensor so it turns on,” he says. But the trophy-as-night-light, a reminder of one’s worth in the darkest hours, didn’t impress Chrysler’s people. He never heard back.
They may well be gnawing their knuckles over that decision right now because Rashid’s conquest of the realm of product design is all but complete. A lush and suitably worshipful retrospective of his work, Karim Rashid: I Want to Change the World (Thames & Hudson; 249 pages), hits Australasian bookstores this month. There was a crowd around anything with his stamp on it-including stools, chess sets and storage units-at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. More than 2 million North Americans are throwing their rubbish into a receptacle he designed, while 750,000 or so park their rears on one of his cheapo plastic chairs. It’s not just in North America. He has been dubbed Der Poet des Plastiks by a retailer in Germany and the prolifico progettista Americano by Interni magazine in Italy.
Trophies he may despise, but accolades Rashid can handle. The problem with being the Most Famous Industrial Designer in All the Americas is that you’re still less famous than someone who got kicked off Survivor the first week. Most people cannot name the designer of one nonclothing item in their homes. Rashid, who was born in Egypt, raised in Canada and is living in New York City, is more than happy to bring an end to this anonymity. Not just because he wants to be famous, although there seems to be that, but because he believes design should be a bigger part of the social discourse. “I have been almost alone in this country, trying to make design become a public subject,” he says.
His chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. “I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot,” he says.
In many ways Rashid is more like an itinerant industrial evangelist than a designer. He traveled 200 days last year. He claims to have been to every major mall in America, where he signs his products in high-end design stores and trolls about observing humans interacting with the objects around them. He has taught at design schools for more than a decade, and his work has been in 11 art shows in the past eight months. But mostly he has proselytized the corporate barbarians. And like any good missionary, he has learned to speak the language of his converts. One of the first things he does when he gets new clients is tour their factories to understand their manufacturing capacity. He also visits the retail outlets to see how the product might be displayed. And he really knows how to sell, especially himself. “I work with a guy in L.A.,” says Rashid, declining to name him. “He made a lot of really bad furniture. His business was hand-to-mouth. I proposed seven or eight projects. The pieces I’ve done for him have already become iconic.” The subtitle of his monograph, I Want to Change the World, is not ironic, just characteristically immodest.
“Most industrial-design studios try to interpret a client’s needs and come up with a style,” says Paul Rowan, co-founder of housewares manufacturer Umbra. “Karim has his own personal vision.” It helps that Rashid’s vision incorporates things that Rowan needs, like a design that will stack and ship easily and that creates little waste in the making.
Rashid’s father was a set designer for Canadian TV who rearranged the family furniture every Sunday. So perhaps it was ordained that Karim would grow up to become one of the pioneers in non-cheesy plastic, making objects that have energy and personality but aren’t wacky. He, like many of his generation, has championed the could-only-be-designed-with-computers blob. But his is not just a blob for its own sake. His Oh Chair...
Category
1990s German Minimalist Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Allungato Handblown Murano Glass Vase
Located in Hollywood, FL
The ALLUNGATO vase is made by Massimo Micheluzzi using the process of Iridazione (to make a surface iridescent) that gives the glass a visual pearl-like effect. This chemical process...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Cenedese Vintage Mid-Century Pink Opaline Murano Glass Dish Bowl or Ashtray 1949
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Cenedese Venetian Mid-Century vintage modern pretty Murano opaline dusty pink colored / coloured glass round circular dish, bowl or ashtray. Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Italian gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$665 Sale Price
30% Off
Pierre Gire '1901-1984', aka Pierre d'Avesn, Art Deco Vase in Clear Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pierre Gire (1901-1984), aka Pierre D'Avesn. Art Deco vase in clear mouth blown art glass. 1940's.
Measures: 17 x 14.5 cm.
In very good condition.
Pierre Gire (1901-1984), aka Pie...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Large bottle with ludions, France, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Numerous ludions float in a large, stoppered bottle of water. These are small figures or instruments in spun glass of various colors, attached to a bubble of transparent blown glass,...
Category
1930s French Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Coppa Handblown Murano Glass Vase
Located in Hollywood, FL
The process of Iridazione (to make a surface iridescent) gives to the glass a visual pearl-like effect. This chemical process is generated when the glass is still soft and incandesce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Post-Modern Vintage White Swirl Murano Style Hand Blown Glass Extra Large Vase
Located in Portage, MI
Vintage extra large Murano glass style hand blown vase! A beautiful white on frosted white monochromatic swirl pattern. It does have some bubbles here and there and the rounded rib a...
Category
1980s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano glass vase
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in London, GB
Impressive and very heavy Murano, thick glass vase.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
$2,482
Pair of Large Blue Murano Glass Mid-Century Modern Vases 1950s, Barovier e Toso
Located in Miami, FL
Large pair of transparent turquoise blue green handmade Murano glass vases
Made with the Bullicante technique featuring air bubbles inside the glass thickness and the Aventurina tech...
Category
1950s Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Bulbous amber tone bottle or jar vase attributed to Blenko glass
By Blenko Glass
Located in Ferndale, MI
12.5" tall open mouth jar vase . Attributed to Blenko glass . No chips or cracks , some in the making inclusions visible in the images . Clean interior with no staining or mineral de...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
XL Blown Glass Orb Sculpture by Peter Bramhall.
Located in New York, NY
Giant XL Peter Bramhall Glass Orb sculpture signed and dated July 23 1985
This Fabulous Hand blown glass sculpture has internal glass threads of Clear, Amber and mauve tones
and the ...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Blown Glass Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
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