1.2.2012 von admin.

In the A&W Special Magazin, which is available from the 10th of January 2012 until the 13th of march 2012, they searched for 111 design icons from 11 decades. I`m going to list every icon but one out of every decade and then I`m going to write something about it.

1900-1909: The Thonet brothers designed this chair 1900 and it`s called Schreibtischfauteuil Nr. 9 better know as “Wiener Sessel”.         It is made of beechwood which just got bended and with nothing else. It is really a masterpiece.

1910-1919: Josef Gočár made a wardrobe which is called Glasschrank. He made it in 1913 and it doesn`t look like a normal wardrobe but thats what makes it special.

1920-1929: 1927 Eileen Gray designed a table which is called Adjustatable table.It`s made of glas and steel pipe. She got inspired for the table from Marcel Breuers. It`s her most known furniture.

1930-1939: Christian Dell made a lamp called 6631 Luxus in year 1934. It look old, maybe because it is but it`s really nice and classical. In the fifties it was the popularest lamp in germany.

1940-1949: 1947 the Peacock got born. Who is the father? Hans Wegner designed this chair. I really like it and it looks comfortable. It is a variation of the classical english Windsor chair.

1950-1959: Marshmellow isn`t that something to eat? Yes indeed but it is also a couch from George Nelson who created the delicious furnitur 1956. “It`s not really comfortable but it looks funny”, said the magazine.

1960-1969: Eero Aarnio made a bubble. A bubble chair and he designed it in 1968. It looks really nice like a bubble as the name says. The magazine says that it`s good to have a quiet zone.

1970-1979: This armchair looks so luxury, but when you see the colours of the fabric blind than it`s more childish but in a good way. I really like it.

1980-1989: FNP from Axel Kufus is a bookshelf which got designed in 1989. It`s actually just a simple bookshelf but it has something special and I really don`t know what it is.

1990-1999: Bookworm from Ron Arad was the best thing i saw in the magazine. This is art! It looks good and funny and I would buy it if i would see it anywere in a store.

2000-2009: I wound a really cool lamp in the magazine. It got designed by Front and it`s called Horse Lamp. Front is a group of women and they asked in their academic studies other people what are their favorit things. They found out that they have a big connection to figurativ things. So they made the horse lamp.

Source: A&W Special 1/2012 111 Design-Ikonen aus 11 Dekaden             Written by: Ann-Kathrin Theischen (Intern)

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31.1.2012 von admin.

I am going to talk a bit about scandinavian design since the majority of the things we sell are from scandinavian designers.

There are a lot of known brands like HAY and Montana. But they are just examples, there are much more.

Well here are a few facts to scandinavian design became in the fifties. The scandinavien countrys sweden, norway, denmark and finnland in created it and it is bassed on minimalism and formality. The thought behind it was, that it should be really cheap. Also a brand nearly everybody know is IKEA which is a sweden furniture brand. It is really cheap but the quality is okay. The furniture we sell here in Reed and Simon is more expencive but it is better quality and top designers designed them so you have really hip furniture.

Im going to poste some of the furniture we have in stock here and they are on sale!!

Little Tulip from Artifort SOLD HERE IN REED AND  SIMON STORE!!

Tulip from Artifort SOLD HERE IN REED AND SIMON STORE!!

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandinavisches_Design

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