WE LoVE: 5 exciting pieces at MoMA Design Store
Shimmer Table
Patricia Urquiola
Made from iridescent glass with a light reactive multi-coloured finish, the small tripodal table reacts with light, allowing the surface tones to flicker, depending on the viewer’s vantage point. Because the table is lacking in construction materials, it has a graceful nature about it, the shifts in colour lending it an ethereal, magical energy. Elegiacally contemporary the Shimmer table is brilliant in both its concept and physicality – Patricia Urquiola has created a complex, yet strikingly simple and very liveable piece.
Gramovox Bluetooth Gramophone
Pavan Bapu
With bold, yet timeless steel/walnut design this piece was inspired by the exceptional style of the 1920s horn speaker. Combining modern aesthetics with a reminiscence of the characteristically crisp sound of vintage, the Gramovox offers the full package. If you are up for a bit of analogue nostalgia here’s the piece for you.
The EggTM
Arne Jacobsen
The Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen, has become a household name. Jacobsen designed the Egg™ for the lobby and reception areas in the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, as a sculptural contrast to the building’s vertical and horizontal surfaces. The chair is a classic piece of design furniture from one of the all-time greatest aesthetic engineers, the importance and influence of which is undying – as is the status of this cult chair.
La Chaise
Charles and Ray Eames
La Chaise was originally designed in 1948 as part of MoMA’s International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design. Inspired Gaston Lachaise’s sculpture ‘Floating Figure’, this voluminous lounge piece has a captivating sophistication and allows a wide range of sitting and reclining positions. The iconic clean lines and simple design of the piece allow it to fit numerous interior designs and to never go out of fashion.
Hope Pendant Lamp
Francisco Gomez and Paolo Rizzatto
It’s hard not to fall for this piece, dazzling as it is with its series of thin polycarbonate Fresnel lenses to achieve a dioptric effect similar to glass. Much like the diamond, which inspired its name, the Hope lamp multiplies the light from the light source, recreating a glittery and brilliant atmosphere. Reinterpreting the magic of traditional lamps with sophisticated technologies and contemporary materials, the Hope lamp achieves an enviable effect in any setting.
