Its latest duo of exhibitions is no different. Photography by Dan Kukla, ‘Ron Arad: Fishes & Crows’ and ‘Jonathan Trayte: Fruiting Habits’ is on view at Friedman Benda until 27 July. Sunglasses are vital piece of accessory in getting enough protection for your eyes against harmful ultraviolet rays. One of the most prominent name in industrial design, furniture design and architecture, Ron Arad is highly regarded for his constant experimentation with volumes and materials.
Although the bar is set high. “Design is to impose your will on a material to perform a function“. ); 62 Chalk Farm Road NW1 8AN } Photography by Dan Kukla, High Desert Chair by Jonathan Trayte, 2018. For more information, visit the website, Share your email to receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world.
Some of his earliest pieces, like hand-wrought chairs, are obviously handcrafted and retain all the traces of small-scale production. Focused on Arad’s early sculptural work, made between 1985-1994, ‘Fishes and Crows’ is the designer’s first solo exhibition at the gallery space since 2008.
This is where he began to handcraft unconventional furnishings made mostly out of welded steel sheeting with distinctive sculptural forms. Though associated with high-tech design, Ron Arad’s multi-decade career goes back to pre-digital days. Beautifully crafted design furniture and accessories have a long story to tell. Photography by Daniel Kukla, Mint Rola and Lamp by Jonathan Trayte, 2018. Arad worked for the Royal College of Art for eight years between until 2009. A restless and risk-taking figure, his design range from top-selling furniture to limited editions with an art collector’s appeal. In the late 1980’s Arad further delved into the field of furniture design, when he created the Little Albert Chair. Video courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, Behind the Scenes, Ron Arad: No Discipline, at MoMA. Throughout its lifetime, the New York gallery Friedman Benda has made supporting both established and emerging design-focused artists its calling card.
Ron Arad is known for his constant experimentation with the possibilities of materials such as steel, aluminium or polyamide and his radical re-conception of the form and structure of the furniture.
At New York gallery Friedman Benda, Ron Arad’s experimental design style of works between 1985-1994 is paired with young British artist Jonathan Trayte’s works. Entitled ‘Fruiting Habits’, Trayte’s provocations towards these everyday shapes reveal his background in sculpture and metalwork, along with his sense of humour. It cannot be exchanged or returned. Each refreshing interpretation of domesticity merges a wide range of materials like wood, bronze, leather and marble with flashes of glossy paint, bright colours and tubes of neon. © TI Media Limited. Designer frames also have the tendency to become ergonomically tested to make sure that they feel and look good. It cannot be exchanged or returned. T: +44-207-284-4963 F: +44-207-379-0499. Arad endlessly reinterpreted the form, from hewing it in mirror-polished steel to adding a layer of foam and red leather upholstery.