1977–2007 Design, A Generation Design auction / sale on December 18th, 2007 at Artcurial

European leading Design sale house, the Artcurial Design dpt.| Briest - Le Fur - Poulain - F. Tajan, will organize in the evening of Tuesday December 18th, a new theme auction: "1977–2007 Design, A Generation".

Ron Arad Siège « Blo Void 3 », 2006
Estimation : 80 000-100 000 €

After the success of the 2005 "Light is more", the 2006 "Black, le noir dans le paysage domestique" and "Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh Project" or the 2007 "Al Dente ! Design, art et art de vivre en Italie", "1977–2007 Design, A Generation" looks like a, exceptional sale.

The sale provides the opportunity to sweep the last thirty years of creation and design to pay tribute to the new generation of designers.
We grew up with these artist's creations which in many ways participated in scripting our daily lives and shape our imagination. Fabien Naudan, design specialist for the Department is proud to announce the auction of the most prestigious names in the past three decades of formal investigation, among other signed items from Ron Arad, Marc Newson, Front Design, Marcel Wanders , Cedric Ragot, Matali Crasset, Arik Levy, Alexandre de Betak, or Ora Ito, amongst others.
Pivotal period in the creation, the sale allows you to explore the foundations and values of this endlessly questioning discipline. Under the influence of fathers of the new design like Philippe Starck, Ingo Maurer, Ron Arad, furniture codes of reading have tremendously evolved.
What about today "Art-Design" interaction ? What divides or boundaries now exists? Did the "functional", gave its status up to the "spectacular"? Is it still possible to be creative or free?
So many questions created by this sale in the form of a retrospective of contemporary design.
At a time where big names in the discipline became stars, this auction offers the panorama of a generation, and its outcome will determine the market trends for a well alive discipline.

Arik Levy Ensemble Rock wood
Estimation : 23 000-25 000 €

Arik Levy - Born in 1963 in Tel Aviv, Arik Levy got his degree in industrial design in 1991 at Art Center Europe (Switzerland). After a stay in Japan, he moved to Paris, where he founded with the designer Pippo Lionni, the firm "L-Design." The firm develops both graphic projects, industrial design and interior design. In 2001, with the Swiss manufacturer Vitra, he designed the furniture and lighting of the Parisian headquarters of Cartier. He is now working for companies like Vitra, Ligne Roset, Cinna, Baccarat, Sector Sport Watches, Tai Ping, Gaia & Gino, Belux, Swedese…

Matali Crasset Lampe de table Splight, 2005
Estimation : 800-1 200 €

Matali Crasset - Born July 28, 1965 in Chalons-en-Champagne, Matali Crasset is an industrial designer by training.
She develops new typologies around principles such as modularity, ownership, flexibility, the network. Her work, which has emerged from the 90's and the refusal of the pure form, is conceived as a search in motion, made of assumptions rather than principles.
She works within eclectic universes, from craftsmanship to electronic music, from textile industry to trade fair. Her accomplishments have brought her on land she didn't suspected, from scenography to furniture design, graphic design to interior design.

1977–2007 Design, A Generation
Preliminary Exhibitionfrom December 14 to 16th, from 11am to 07pm - December 17th, from 11am to 09pm
SaleDecember 18th, 2007

ARTCURIAL - Hôtel Dassault
www.artcurial.com
7 rond-point des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris

Expert : Fabien Naudan Tel. +33 1 42 99 20 19
Contact : Alexandra Cozon Tel. +33 1 42 99 20 48