Georg Jensen collaborates with Kelly Wearstler for new ‘boundless’ steel range
2019-03-15 13:22
Inside Kelly Wearstler’s home that was originally built in 1926, and remodelled as a Georgian-style estate. Here the space features the vase and ‘Hurricane’ candle holders in stainless steel and glass
Spurred by an invitation to collaborate with Danish silver and steel makers Georg Jensen, LA-based designer Kelly Wearstler searched the brand’s archives for inspiration. Ironically, Wearstler found a muse for her larger-scale pieces in the small 1968 Möbius brooch – a silver jewellery design without beginning or end. The piece, and its spirit of boundlessness, informs the new ‘Frequency’ collection, a six-piece collaboration between Georg Jensen and Wearstler that uses wave motifs throughout. The line represents the brand’s first significant steel collaboration with an American designer, and a continued shift towards pieces outside of classic dinnerware.
在邀请与丹麦银钢制造商合作的激励下,洛杉矶设计师凯利·韦斯特勒(Kellywearstler)在该品牌的档案中寻找灵感。具有讽刺意味的是,韦斯特勒在1968年莫比乌斯小胸针中为她的大比例尺作品找到了灵感-这是一种无始无终的银首饰设计。这件作品,以及它的无止境精神,为新的“频率”系列提供了信息,这是GeorgJensen和Wearstler之间的六片协作,在整个过程中都使用了波浪图案。这条线代表了该品牌第一次与美国设计师进行重大的钢铁合作,并继续向传统餐具以外的产品转变。
‘We wanted to move into some other rooms of the house, to think of a collection that had more to do with architecture and furniture and to complement those types of worlds as opposed to setting a table,’ Nicholas Manville, senior vice president of design at Georg Jensen, said. ‘We thought of no other person for the job, really.’
乔治·詹森(Georg Jensen)负责设计的高级副总裁尼古拉斯·曼维尔(Nicholas Manville)说,我们想搬到这栋房子的其他一些房间里,想出一个更多与建筑和家具有关的系列,来补充那些类型的世界,而不是摆一张桌子。“我们认为没有其他人能胜任这份工作,真的。”
Kelly Wearstler’s sketch of the ‘Frequency’ collection
凯利·韦斯特勒的“频率”收藏素描
Georg Jensen, founded in 1904, in Denmark, first arrived on American shores in 1915, long before it began working with steel in 1941. The Scandinavian designs were welcomed most significantly by the West Coast, Manville said, informing the choice of a distinctly Californian, forward-thinking designer for the collaboration. They immediately looked to Wearstler, whose idiosyncratic hotel projects (Viceroy, Proper, Case) as well as residential designs have helped define contemporary Californian eclecticism, with a maximalist interest in colour, pattern, and texture.
乔治·詹森于1904年在丹麦成立,1915年首次来到美国海岸,早在1941年开始与钢铁打交道之前。曼维尔说,斯堪的纳维亚的设计受到了西海岸最重要的欢迎,并为这种合作提供了一位独特的加州前瞻性设计人员的选择。他们立刻把目光投向了Wearstler,他独特的酒店项目(总督、正宗、凯斯)以及住宅设计帮助定义了当代加州的折中主义,并对色彩、图案和纹理产生了极大的兴趣。
Wearstler, on her part, noted that the title of the collection and its distinctive pattern are meant to evoke ‘California and the movement of the ocean and the landscape, and also repetition which I use often in my designs.’ The collection pieces include ‘Hurricane’ candle holders, bowls, a tray and a vase – versatile pieces ranging from $100-$250 – all using a seamless, rippling effect.
Wearstler指出,收藏的标题及其独特的图案是为了唤起‘加利福尼亚以及海洋和景观的运动,以及我在设计中经常使用的重复。’这些收藏品包括“飓风”烛台、碗、托盘和一个花瓶-从100美元到250美元不等-所有这些都使用了无缝的、涟漪般的效果。
‘Hurricane’ candle holders from the ‘Frequency’ collection by Kelly Wearstler and Georg Jensen
由Kelly Wearstler和Georg Jensen收集的“频率”中的“飓风”烛台
‘They can go together, but each has its own voice,’ Wearstler said, adding that she designed them to be both ‘friendly and sculptural’ to complement any style of home. During a visit to Wearstler’s Los Angeles home, a roughly 100-year-old Georgian-style estate furnished with postmodern, Memphis, and contemporary design pieces, Wearstler displayed pieces from the collaboration; several were also on display in her offices, located in a classic 1960s Harold Levitt office building.
“他们可以一起去,但是每个人都有自己的声音,”戴斯勒说,她补充说,她设计的是“友好和雕塑的”,以补充任何类型的家庭。在参观Wearstler的LosAngeles家的过程中,一个大约100岁的格鲁吉亚风格的庄园配备了后现代、孟菲斯和当代设计作品,从协作中显示出了一些作品;在她的办公室里也展出了几幅作品,这些作品位于60年代的哈罗德·莱维特办公楼。
The collaboration will be ongoing. Wearstler mentioned ideas for other sorts of unconfirmed items, such as ice buckets, even at one point floating the thought of a coffee table – which would become the largest item by far in Georg Jensen’s catalogue, in yet another nod to the Californian sense of boundlessness. §
合作将继续进行。Wearstler提到了其他类型的未经证实的物品的想法,比如冰桶,甚至一度让人想到一张咖啡桌-这将成为Georg Jensen目录中迄今为止最大的物品,这又是对加州人无边无际的一种认同。§
主楼梯下的Georg Jensen‘Frequent’花瓶,其中有一个定制的地毯,由Kelly Wearstler为地毯公司设计-Georg Jensen‘Frequency’花瓶在主楼梯下面,它的特色是Kelly Wearstler为地毯公司设计的一个定制地毯
书房中的酒吧包括“蛇”酒吧的凳子和新的“频率”系列的零件,都是由Wearstler设计的。
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