Cuff Studios New Furniture Collection Is Here, Frank Francess First Solo Show Opens in New York, and More News
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Austin Carrier and Alex Mutter-Rottmayer, the couple behind AD PRO Directory studio Hommeboys Interiors, share a love of nature that permeates their new appointment-only flagship showroom. Located next to the firms Sonoma office space, the showroom melds marble from Carmel Stone Imports and wood veneers from GL Veneer with natural Armadillo rugs and organic textures. Against a backdrop of arches and rich burgundy Zia tiles, pieces from the inaugural Haus of Hommeboys furniture collection are intertwined with art, lighting, objects, and rare vintage finds curated for a layered, salon-like feel.ExhibitionIn Columbus, Ohio, a JB Blunk and Toshiko Takaezu retrospective nods to the Mingei Folk Art MovementThrown Pierced Bowl by JB Blunk.Photo: Daniel DentBefore their celebrated, unconventional careers took off, both JB Blunk and Toshiko Takaezu apprenticed with Japanese masters of ceramics in the postwar years. These early connections to the Mingei folk art movement are the focus of Wild Earth: JB Blunk and Toshiko Takaezu, opening Friday, March 7, at the Columbus Museum of Art (on view through August 3). More than 200 works, including an amorphous redwood stool crafted by Blunk in 1975 and Takaezus delicate stoneware from the same period, capture the artists reverence for materiality and the handmade. Bolstering the show are pieces from influential Japanese ceramicists Kitaji Rosanjin, Hamada Shji, and Kaneshige Ty, as well as Blunks one-off jewelry creations now produced by Tess Young.AD PRO HearsParisian Galerie Scene Ouverte has launched Young Scene Ouverte, an annual program dedicated to promoting the work of emerging talents implementing novel materials. The inaugural exhibition, on view at the gallerys 6th arrondissement outpost from March 722, features glassblower Rinke Joosten and ceramicist Studio Biskt among the six participating creatives.Frank Frances is a jack of artistic trades. Fresh off of photographing ADs February cover story, the creatives first solo exhibition of paintings is currently on display at KGP Monolith in Long Island City. Fittingly titled Space-Aid, the show is a collection of his ongoing visual project wherein Kool-Aid acts as a medium for multidimensional galaxies.Project SpotlightAt this Copenhagen eatery, Wierciski Studio designs for socializingAt Amator, a quaint, homey restaurant in Copenhagens sterbro neighborhood, diners revel in fluffy omelets, lustrous citrus tarts, and the sounds of vinyl records. For the warm space situated at the bottom of a townhouse, owner Mati Pichci, a former intern at Noma, called upon his friend Adam Wierciski of Pozna, Polandbased Wiercinski Studio to design an interior that encouraged communal socializing. The directive led to elements like the restaurants striking communal table, topped with a subtly undulating surface and paired with oak stools. Stainless steel sconces and floating shelves complement the centerpiece seating, which is backdropped by crumpled Polish linen.
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