Live from London: Lifestylebazaar
I was thrilled to discover that East London is chock full of design do-gooders. The second stop of my tour of the Shoreditch design district was Lifestylebazaar, a home furnishing boutique filled with all sorts of designery goodies I won't be able to fit in my suitcase. While Ella Doran's placemat auction benefits Shelter, a UK homelessness charity, Lifestylebazaar is auctioning off nine reinterpretations of Philippe Starck's Louis Ghost chair for Kartell – itself a modern reinterpretation of the ornamental Louis XV-style chair. The proceeds will benefit the London-based Children With Aids Charity (CWAC).
Shop co-owner Laurent Nurisso, one of the designers of the chairs, enlisted eight other designers, including a tattoo artist and a graffiti artist, for the project. My personal favorite was the “Louis Ghost Crate Chair” by Rupert Blanchard, described as “Gerrit Rietvield meets Philippe Starck”.
A close-up of Nurisso's playful chair.
In the video below, Nurisso explains the background for the exhibition, called “Losing the Plot":
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what a great slideshow - particularly love the ghost crate chair - very cool.
hi, i'm the designer/maker of the louis ghost crate chair - just wanted to let people know that it is going to be auctioned off by Lifestyle Bazaar very soon together with the original starck/kartell chair in a 'No Reserve' auction sale so please bid now! all the money goes direct to the charity! please visit the Lifestyle Bazaar website for more details. thanks, rupert.
Great post! Thanks for sharing! Like the design a lot but not sure it would fit into my Victorian era home... Thoughs? Mens Ties Bow Ties
This is a nice post, I like it, thank you.
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