“Light” Black, White and Grey Group Show at Pavilion.

“Light” Black, White and Grey

Group Show at Pavilion.

June 3-June20

Opening event: Thursday, June 3, 2010 5-9

Closing event: Sunday, June 20, 2010

2055 N. Damen Avenue

Chicago, Il 60647

773 645-0924 pavilionantiques@ameritech.net

The new group show at Pavilion is centered around the use of light.

"Pavilion has a long standing passion for lighting", said co-owner Deborah Colman, "It was a natural progression to showcase new lighting and vintage lighting together".

This fascinating collection of artist/designers' work includes: Llot Llov, Berlin, Christien Meindertsma, Holland, Katrin Schnabel, professor at the School of the Art institute of Chicago, Tanya Aguiñiga, Los Angeles and vintage lighting from Victor Vasarely, and Mariyo Yagi plus photograms by Doug Fogelson and encaustic paintings by Lonny H White.

Included are works that inhabit both the art and functional worlds. The pieces by Llot Llot, and Christien Meindertsma are from an art workshop perspective, sculptural, lines in space, conceived as a way to communicate memory and ideas from one to another using knit wool and flax rope. They are also beautiful, functioning, lighting designed with an innovative use of traditional materials.

Photographer Doug Fogelson will use the medium of photogram/luminogram, a direct process of creating imagery with light, in a collaborative way with the artists work that will reflect upon the installation.

For more information, contact Deborah Colman, at Pavilion 773. 645.0924

Atelier Polyhedre Now at Pavilion

ATELIER POLYHEDRE SERVES UP CERAMICS WITH STYLE

AT 100% DESIGN AND NOW AT PAVILION

Atelier Polyhedre, a French ceramics studio, develops tableware and decorative

items both as limited editions and as one-offs. The company will present a set of

tableware inspired by the famous French Chantilly whipped cream at the 100%

Design show, which will be held in London at the end of September 2009.

The new tableware range is designed to capture the distinctive and playful appearance of Chantilly cream in the medium of glazed earthenware. These shapes and motifs are used to create a collection of ceramics mirroring the smooth, whipped cream, vivaciously unregulated, and the sense of a liquid that is ebbing and flowing – all these states are reflected in the different components of the table service.

Quirkiness and humour are the essential ingredients of this collection – a whipped plate, a soup tureen that appears to be overflowing, a plate overturned like a collapsed cream cake, and a cup decorated with a net of gold that seems to melt into its saucer. The brilliant whites and intense blacks of the enamelling add a refined note to tables and kitchens, whether in a regular residentiaL property, in a stately home or in a palace hotel.

THE STORY BEHIND ATELIER POLYHEDRE

Situated on the banks of the river Loire, at the heart of the city of Nantes, Atelier Polyhedre benefits from its location within a rich cultural environment. The Estuaire Biennial Arts Festival is held in the region, which is also home to a vast network of galleries and artists. The historical importance of traditional craftsmanship in the region has also informed the company’s development.

Baptiste Ymonet founded the company in 2004 in order to design a special collection of earthenware objects. Baptiste, who was born in 1973, studied at the School of Fine Arts (the Ecole des Beaux Arts) in Tours (in the Loire Valley), where he fi rst discovered the appeal of working with ceramics. Eggs, balls and spheres are the recurrent sources of inspiration for his unique pieces of work. He likes to recall Baudelaire’s words to describe his designs: “Making gold out of mud.”

In 2007, Atelier Polyhedre’s work was awarded the Prix des Jeunes Créateurs (award for young designers) by the Ateliers d’Art de France (an organisation promoting the French crafts industry). It was on this occasion that the company took part in the Maison & Objet trade show in Paris for the fi rst time. Born in 1978, Vincent Jousseaume studied at the School of Fine Arts in Nantes, during which time he worked on designs in plastic based around the theme of mealtimes. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that he chose to specialise in ceramics and crockery, bringing a touch of disorder to all kinds of tables.

Vincent joined Polyhedre in 2007 to develop a range that was specifi cally dedicated to tableware.

In 2008, the duo developed the Cling brand of crockery together.

Worth Your Salt Object Design League Pop Up Store at Pavilion Nov 27- Dec 11

http://worthyoursalt.objectdesignleague.org/

michel boyer

Michel Boyer x stools. Designed in 1968. To be used as stools or inverted and used as tables with glass plateau. Michel Boyer is an important French designer of the period, he designed important pieces for the Banque de Rothschild on rue Lafitte in Paris. He designed for Lanvin, Balmain and Dior as well. In 1975 he designed the French embassy in Brazil and in 1985 the French embassy in Washington. Many of his pieces are included in the Mobilier Naitonal of France.

available at pavilion

matt light

matt light by ilot ilov design group of berlin, germany. Inour search for new design, both smart and playful we now have this wonderful light in our gallery.

A long tube of knit merino wool ending in an eco bulb.

Can be hung and manipulated by the user or artfully positioned on a table. The matt light was recently exhibited at the salone di mobile in milan, 2009, zona tortona " Made in Berlin".