innerspace | interior design blog: suzanne tucker

Showing posts with label suzanne tucker. Show all posts

10/21/13

antiques | 2013 san francisco fall antiques show

question:
wondering about how to combine antiques with a modern lifestyle?
answer:
just ask one of the interior design authors participating in the lecture series at the san francisco fall antiques show, held at festival pavillion in fort mason center from 24-27 october 2013.

question:
wondering if antique furniture could be considered modern?
answer:
just ask interior designer stephen sills how to select it with an editing eye...

the lecture:
editing the past for the present
stephen sills | stephen sills design associates | new york NY
saturday 26 october 2013 | 11:00 am
lecture followed by a book signing in the author's alcove

the book:
stephen sills | stephen sills: decoration | rizzoli 2013

question:
wondering how to mix and match contemporary and classic furnishings?
answer:
just ask interior designer suzanne tucker. after all, it's all in the blend...

the lecture:
creating the blend: passion, vision, and the collected interior
suzanne tucker | tucker & marks | san francisco CA
saturday 26 october 2013 | 2:30 pm
lecture followed by a book signing in the author's alcove

the book:
suzanne tucker | suzanne tucker interiors: the romance of design | the monacelli press 2013

question:
wondering about how to lead a modern lifestyle in a historic home?
answer:
just ask interior designer timothy corrigan about weekend entertaining...

the lecture:
a visit to chateau grand-lucé: restoring and decorating a great country house
timothy corrigan | timothy corrigan, inc. | los angeles CA & paris france
thursday 24 october 2013 | 2:30 pm
lecture followed by a book signing in the author's alcove

the book:
timothy corrigan | an invitation to chateau de grand-lucé: restoring and decorating a great french country house | rizzoli 2013

question:
wondering how to update a traditional home?
answer:
just ask interior designer mario buatta how to decorate it. after all, he reinvented the english country house style...

the lecture:
if you can't hide it, decorate it: a conversation with mario buatta
mario buatta | new york NY
emily evans eerdmans | brooklyn NY
friday 25 october 2013 | 11:00 am
lecture followed by a book signing in the author's alcove

the book:
mario buatta & emily evans eerdmans | mario buatta: fifty years of american interior decoration | rizzoli 2013

and, an interview:
click here to listen to an interview with mario buatta on the skirted roundtable.
photo credits: sffas

Pin It

2/6/12

trends | john dickinson furniture

john dickinson (1920-1982)

'one of the most acclaimed designers of the 20th century returns'

...with a limited edition furniture collection produced by sutherland...
...and introduced at the shears & window showroom during design san francisco 2012.

the john dickinson collection
designed by john dickinson | produced by sutherland | represented by shears & window
photo credit innerspace | lisa walsh

'dickinson's designs demonstrate his ability to both startle and amuse the viewer in a constant pursuit of originality.'
darrin alfred, curatorial associate of architecture and design, san francisco museum of modern art (SFMOMA)

sutherland's advertising campaign to launch the john dickinson collection could only be described as original. click here to be startled and amused as the etruscan, hoofed, and footed tables gallop across the homepage of the sutherland website---lol!

left to right: the etruscan, hoofed, and footed tables
designed by john dickinson | produced by sutherland
photo credits sutherland
sutherland acquired the rights to produce the limited edition collection from the original molds and dickinson's original furniture. the collection, which currently contains twelve pieces, will be stamped with the sutherland logo to avoid confusion with dickinson's original furniture.

originally, dickinson produced the furniture from white plaster of paris, reinforced with metal rods. but, sutherland is reproducing the dickinson collection from glass fiber reinforced concrete, which can be used in either interior or exterior installations. david sutherland's texas showrooms previously represented john dickinson's furniture. when dickinson died in 1982, he and sutherland were already collaborating on producing the plaster furniture in a more durable material.

top row | left to right: the large six legged african, small african or medium african, and rope tie tables

center row | left to right: the tree stump pedestal, twig mirror, and twig lamp

bottom row | left to right: the footed, and dome lamps

photo credits sutherland

'the pieces he [dickinson] designed that are considered 'iconic' are those that were made in large numbers: a tin-skirted table, or an african-inspired three-legged stool.'

louis bofferding, new york antiques dealer

so iconic, that whenever they become available, dickinson originals sell for high prices in vintage furniture galleries or at auction.

john dickinson | galvanized tin and brass side table | model 107 | 1970's

US$32000 | paul marra design | los angeles CA

photo credit 1st dibs

john dickinson | galvanized tin and brass console table | model 57 | 1970's

sold for US$60000 | bonham's new york | sale 15282 lot 2210 | 18 june 2007

photo credit artnet

john dickinson galvanized tin and brass console table in interior designer steven volpe's san francisco CA loft

photo credit william abranowicz

john dickinson | african side tables | painted plaster | 1970's

left: US$15000 (net) | coup d'etat | san francisco CA

right: sold for US$30000 | christie's new york | sale 2492 lot 306 | 17 december 2011

photo credits innerspace | lisa walsh and christie's

john dickinson | pair of african tables | painted plaster | circa 1975

sold for US$20000 | sotheby's new york | sale NO8680 lot 144 | 16 december 2010

photo credit sotheby's

african side table in the living room of john dickinson's legendary san francisco CA converted firehouse

photo credit fred lyon for house & garden magazine | 1972

then, of course, there's the infamous million dollar decorators episode where san francisco interior designer suzanne tucker purchases a john dickinson african table from epoca at the san francisco fall antiques show, and then graciously allows los angeles interior designer jeffrey alan marks, who wants the table for his own home, to purchase it instead. but, sometimes even experienced interior designers make mistakes. the US$16785 table is really an end table not [a] coffee table, so it was too small.

photo credit interior design hound

maybe the large six legged african table from sutherland's john dickinson collection would be a better size. dickinson used the six legged african table in his own home, but never offered it for sale.

large six legged african table
designed by john dickinson | produced by sutherland
photo credit innerspace | lisa walsh

'many design insiders today still consider john dickinson the most innovative and original american interior and furniture designer of the 20th-century.'

diane dorrans saeks, author

yet, he is not as well known as some of the other top california decorators from the 1960's or 1970's, such as michael taylor or tony duquette.

but, like taylor or duquette, some of the furniture that dickinson designed then is still being produced now.

etruscan side chairs
designed by john dickinson | produced by randolph & hein
photo credit randolph & hein

some of the furniture that dickinson designed during the 1970's for randolph & hein or macy*s is in the permanent collection of the SFMOMA, which owns 250 pieces of dickinson furniture. the SFMOMA exhibited a retrospective of dickinson's work in 2003-2004.

some of dickinson's designs, such as the 25 piece bone furniture collection that he designed for macy*s san francisco in the late 1970's, were too avant garde to be commercially successful.

left to right: bone floor lamp | 1978, bone cigarette table | 1977, bone table lamp | 1977

photos credits SFMOMA

yet, even dickinson's less successful designs could be considered influential.

honeycomb mirror | cast resin

designed and produced by ironies | represented by kneedler|fauchere

photo credits innerspace | lisa walsh

could dickinson's bone furniture collection have inspired the honeycomb mirror, introduced by ironies at the kneedler|fauchere showroom during design san francisco 2012?

Pin It

2/10/10

events | guest speakers | design san francisco

want to meet some more icons of the interior design industry?

at design san francisco 2010, all you needed to do was socialize with the guest speakers---renowned interior designers, furniture designers, and textile designers---at the product launches, and receptions that followed their presentations!

during his presentation 'doing it right: 21st century style', furniture designer dakota jackson explored how, by redefining early 20th century modernism, which he considers the base of 21st century design, he invents new products for today's environment. his furniture including, calypso, his latest collection, is available at the de sousa hughes showroom.

'i design each piece considering the awkward moment between indecision and acceptance.'

-dakota jackson

photo by facebook.com

dakota jackson | calypso side chair

dakota jackson | doubleback chair

photos by dakota jackson

dakota jackson | [the iconic] library armchair

photo by dakota jackson

mark boone's presentation 'change comes naturally---organic forms take hold on the california coast', showcased homes in big sur, CA and la jolla, CA that london boone, his interior design partnership, transformed into organic, oceanfront oases. both projects feature custom furniture, as well as furniture from mimi london, the furniture line that was founded by his partner and is available at the sloan miyasato showroom.

'much of what mimi [london] and i do is either organic or naturally inspired.'

-mark boone

photo by mary e. nichols

mark boone | living room

photo by mary e. nichols

mimi london | favorite lounge chair
photo by decorati.com

mark boone | living room

photo by mary e. nichols

mimi london | canyon cocktail tables

photo by decorati.com

during his presentation about 'thoughtful design: evolution vs. revolution', interior designer terry hunziker discussed the importance of design as a long term investment, using past and present images of his projects to show how, even with periodic changes, good design has longevity. often, his projects feature custom furniture that inspires his furniture designs for sutherland, available at the shears & window showroom.

'it's not about a lot of change---it's about getting it right the first time!'

-terry hunziker

photo by sutherland

terry hunziker | living room | then and now
photos by innerspace

terry hunziker | living room

photo by erhard pfeiffer

terry hunziker | sutherland | hugo lounge chair and ottoman

photo by sutherland

interior designer suzanne tucker, a protege of michael taylor, recently published her first book, rooms to remember. during her presentation 'everything old is new again' at shears & window, she introduced suzanne tucker home, her new textile collection that was inspired 18th and 19th century documentary textiles and reinterpreted for contemporary interiors.

'we are always looking for something that's going to make a room sing in a different way...'

-suzanne tucker