Today at Art Basel, virgilabloh debuted a new furniture collection and installation, Twentythirtyfive, with Swiss design brand Vitra.
, with Swiss design brand Vitra., as the name suggests, envisions interior design in 2035. It has two rooms. The first, called “Past/Present” imagines a teenager’s room in the present day of 2019. In the middle of the room is a seesaw.Pinterest
The next room, called “Tomorrow,” fast forwards to 2035. That same teen is now all grown up, his approach to decor matured. Gone are the lackadaisically laid musical instruments. Instead there’s a wall hung with tools, shelves adorned with ceramic blocks, a long table lined with chairs. It’s a space for both work and play. The inhabitant’s past self still informs the space: the green bean bag is still there, just enclosed in a glass box.
“To me, design always has the inherent idea of being a bridge from the past, with an eye towards the future,” Abloh says.Photo: Julien Lanoo / Courtesy of Vitra x Virgil AblohThat past-future mindset is best shown in Abloh’s fresh spin on Vitra classics. In “Tomorrow,” he made their Anthony armchair, first designed in the 1950s by Jean Prouvé, out of plexiglass and painted it with bright orange lacquer. Their Petite Potence lamp is also aglow in neon, with a wire shade and a LED lightbulb.
Why did the year 2035, specifically, bring such inspiration? “2035 is not that far into the future, but still lies ahead,” Abloh says. “Our world will be a different place by then. And as a design community, we should be thinking about that in the larger sphere of what we’re doing. It’s arguable whether we will even have a need for furniture in 2035.”: the siren-orange Antony Chair, Petit Potence light, and ceramic blocks.
at the Venice Biennale. It featured chairs that appeared to sink into the floor, meant as a commentary on rising sea levels and climate change. He is also working on much-anticipated collaboration with IKEA called “Markerad,” slated to drop this fall. Off White also has its own
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