Le Corbusier's Petite sofa available at Target? If I remember correctly Corb's furniture doesn't have an airtight licensing situation with Herman Miller or Fritz Hansen or some other biggie, but with free shipping and 15% off you can have one in your living room for almost a third of this version from Bauhaus 2 Your House (about $951 before sales tax):
A pretty close copy and I prefer Targ's stainless steel frame to the traditional chrome. Who cares, you ask, because it still looks like it belongs in a psychiatrist's office? Maybe. Never been a fan of white or black leather upholstery but I'm not against modernizing the modern cliche. For 950 bucks I'd consider going Stephen Sprouse on the white with my own grafitti. Or I still love designer Jean-Charles Castelbajac's 2007 collection for Boussac/Pierre Frey. Check out his rainbow handwriting print (and two camouflaged cuties) at the launch party:
Why not buy 5 or 6 yards of this fabric or something similarly FRESH and recover only the Corb's loose seat and back cushions? Believe it or not, they're so boxy it could be faked with crisp hospital corners and DUCT TAPE. I've done it! Just don't flip the cushions. Leaving the base and sides white will make any print pop, plus you won't have that icky-sticky-cheap-leather feeling on your skin. So much impact and so much cheaper than professional reupholstery.
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The authorized Le Corbusier dealer is Cassina. Not sure how this happened. It's kind of shocking.
ReplyDelete(These pieces are knocked off all the time, because they are so easy to make--they're just cubes--but nobody has had the nerve to call them "Le Corbusier" openly like Target is doing.)
Ooooh, Tarzhay's goin' rogue!
ReplyDeletethat explains why I refer to target as le target -
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going stephen sprouse on the white is really inspired ... love that idea.
ReplyDeleteps have you seen the stephen sprouse rock on mars exhibit at deitch projects?!
I love the Stephen Sprouse idea-it is inspired! Target has some great things-I bought a bar cart in chrome and black for about $150 last year that was a copy of an Art Deco antique bar cart that I had seen on 1st dibs for $2500. If you have a good eye you can find great things anywhere. Well, almost anywhere.....
ReplyDeletePaul I have NOT! C'est bon?
ReplyDeleteWow- this is weird. I wonder if the Le Corbusier family has claimed as much legal protection as the the Picassos, who have been so protective of his name, signature, etc.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise- yeah- good idea to recover it.
You know, White on White in NYC has good unliscensed repro sofas for $1,000.
Why can't target rip-off a designer/s thatI feel more kinship with, like the Eames or someone NOT Bauhaus?
très ... since the show is about to close i would just buy the stephen sprouse book from rizzoli. it's SO excellent!
ReplyDeleteps your blog's so smart. i just knew when you began it would quickly become lecture essentielle ; )
Seconding Vestis re: White on White. And there are SO many good designers to rip off, er, pay homage to, not just the usual suspects. Nina Griscom is about the only one doing Karl Springer grasscloth telephone tables and they cost a million dollars. West Elm, get on it.
ReplyDeletePaul, you flatter me so. Won't you lecture moi on how to make those accents on Blogger?? MERCI.
The black sofa needs to find a place in my home. I want something like that is what I'm saying.
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