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Our modern classics are collector’s items − not only the masterpieces of yesterday, but of tomorrow as well. We aim above all to produce individual pieces of great originality and formal perfection – pieces with the potential to become classics in their own right one day. Displaying the kind of value that lasts, these pieces are destined to become coveted investments for future generations.

ClassiCon has from its inception aspired not only to offer pieces by established figures such as Eileen Gray and Eckart Muthesius, but also to foster contemporary design and to present selected examples in its program. Naturally, the models chosen must display the kind of quality and advanced form that earns them the designation “classic”. That’s why ClassiCon is always open to new design ideas.

The ClassiCon brand stands for quality, individuality and a timeless aesthetic – regardless of passing fashions. More important than the degree of fame achieved by the designer is a demonstrated fascination with new formal concepts. This focus helps ClassiCon to continually discover exciting young designers. In the case of Konstantin Grcic, this has resulted in a longstanding collaboration, which the Munich designer took advantage of right from the start by including references to the iconic Eileen Gray in his Orcus secretary.

Eileen Gray - Her Life and Her Work

By Peter Adam

A comprehensive, richly illustrated study on the life and work of stalwartly independent interior designer Eileen Gray, a radical modernist who created icons of modern living. Largely forgotten
when peers like Le Corbusier were lionized as visionaries, she was rediscovered in the 1970s.

Eileen Gray - Her Life and Her Work By Peter AdamSchirmer/Mosel. 360 pages, 174 colour and duotone plates and 265 illustrations. Size: 25 x 29 cm, hardcovern. www.schirmer-mosel.com ISBN English edition: 978-3-8296-0420-8 Price: EURO 78,00 Now available in good selected bookstores.

 EILEEN GRAY

KONSTANTIN GRCIC

SERGIO RODRIGUES

BARBER OSGERBY

ROQUEBRUNE CHAIR_EILEEN GRAY

PALLAS TABLE_VENUS CHAIR_KONSTANTIN GRCIC

PARIS SHELF_BARBER OSGEBRY

LOTA COUCH_ST TROPEZ RUG_EILEEN GRAY

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