• Jun 07,2018 | 12:25 EDT By Jessica Helen Weinberg
    Bidsquare Picks: Chair Flair at Skinner Have you ever spotted an unusual chair and wondered what it would be like to sit on? At first, it appears like a foreign object curiously offering up a new experience; you imagine lowering yourself into its uncharted contours, wiggling to and fro and proclaiming "how comfortable!" or "how odd!" - an unpredictable yet familiar analysis.  It takes a bold designer to resuscitate the brilliance of everyday objects in this way, and the upcoming 20th Century Design auction at Skinner is loaded with looping lounges and pristine pairs.  For this week’s Bidsquare Picks, we’re showing off our chair flair:  Lot 286, Mark Newson for Cappellini Beech Bent... Read More
  • Jun 01,2018 | 17:00 EDT By Jessica Helen Weinberg
    Victory in Variation: Bidsquare's Top 5 at Rago! The surrealist, the classicist, the craftsman, the strategist; four designers deeply dedicated to their distinct methods and ideologies. However, despite their differences, these four (soon to be named) characters equally effected and swayed society's understanding of modern design. Grappling with the role and function that furniture played in peoples everyday lives was a fertile topic - quite literally “on the table” for 20th-century designers like Meret Oppenheim, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, George Nakashima and Pierre Jeanneret. On May 20th, Rago Auctions in Lambertville, NJ unified these four influencers, amongst many others, in their Modern ... Read More