Fontessa customizable shoes by Gaetano Pesce

Jul 29, 2011 Fontessa customizable shoes by Gaetano Pesce manufacturer: Melissa Shoes, Brazil designer: Gaetano Pesce design year: 2010 notes: Artist/Designer and Architect Gaetano Pesce (USA/Italy/Brazil), driven by the idea that the future will be customizable, has embarked on a new collaboration with the Brazilian shoe producer, Melissa, who since the late 1980's has collaborated with artists, including Jean Paul Gaultier, Zaha Hadid, Vivienne Westwood, and Fernando and Humberto Campana, to create major innovations in footwear. Moss now introduces Gaetano Pesce's customizable shoe, "Fontessa". Constructed of fused-yet-individual plastic 'droplets' which are intended to be cut away at will, to one's own design. Pesce declares, "You can wear the original shape a couple of times and then start cutting and recreating as time goes by". He continues, "Shape comes into play only at the end of a process and is merely opportunistic. It's the outcome of the original idea. It's imponderable". The shoes - comfortable, durable, recyclable, and water proof - are made of 'Melflex', a PVC which is proprietary to Melissa. materials: 'Melflex', Melissa’s proprietary PVC dimensions: available in women’s sizes 5-10 (note: half sizes are not available) price: $120
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Wilmotte corkscrew (blue)

Jul 28, 2011 Wilmotte corkscrew (blue) manufacturer: Forge de Laguiole, France designer: Jean-Michel Wilmotte design year: 2004 materials: acrylic hanlde; stainless steel blade price: $295
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Light Sock chandelier (single)

Jul 27, 2011 Light Sock chandelier (single) manufacturer: Swarovski, Austria designer: Diller Scofidio + Renfro design year: 2007 materials: Swarovski crystal filled mesh bag; accommodates one 60 watt Clear Xenon Incandescent bulb, included dimensions: bag Ø 8.75" overall height: 46" price: $3,900
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Flores desk box (blue)

Jul 26, 2011 Flores desk box (blue) manufacturer: Danese, Italy designer: Enzo Mari design year: 1992 materials: technopolymer PE dimensions: 12.25" x 6", height: 3" price: $70
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Edo sushi cutlery set

Jul 25, 2011 Edo sushi cutlery set manufacturer: Robbe & Berking, Germany notes: This extraordinary cutlery set demonstrates a Westernized method to eat sushi. Almost surgical in nature, this set includes a wide rice spoon, a long fish knife, sushi tongs, and a dessert spoon. The massive silver-plate, introduced by Robbe & Berking, is two-thirds thicker than the standard 90 g silver-plate. materials: silver-plated steel price: $730
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Digit 1 wool rug (small)

Jul 22, 2011 Digit 1 wool rug (small) manufacturer: Nanimarquina, Spain designer: Cristian Zuzunaga design year: 2010 notes: Cristian Zuzunaga studied Typography and Graphic Design at the London College of Communication, obtaining his Master of Arts from the Royal College of Art in London. It was during his time at the Royal College that Zuzunaga began to use pixels of color to produce visual landscapes. His graphic patterns derive from magnifications of photographs he takes of cityscapes. materials: 100% hand-knotted wool dimensions: 66" x 93" price: $4,800
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Moss exhibition poster White Gold a fragile eccentricity

Jul 21, 2011 Moss exhibition poster White Gold a fragile eccentricity manufacturer: moss, USA designer: design year: 2000 notes: The installations and exhibitions at Moss over the past 17 years have created, we hope, an extraordinary legacy, which continues. Prior to the rise of email (back in the days of tangible, mailed invitations) our poster announcements were coveted as object momentos of these events. We have recently discovered a treasure trove of historical materials from our past exhibitions, including the most beautiful of these poster designs, as well as artist-made lucite and resin announcements. Numbers of each are limited, but, having reserved samples for our own library, we make limited quantities available now, for the first time. Posters are folded but are suitable for framing. "White Gold,a fragile eccentricity"was our first major installation featuring the historic porcelain work of Nymphenburg. It is, in fact, the show that changed everything. Figural Nymphenburg porcelain, some designed in the 18th century, sudden appeared in what was known as the temple of Modernism. A tumult ensued. May, 2000 Designed by Brown + Ryan Photographer by Davies & Starr materials: poster paper, full color dimensions: 18" x 24" price: $20
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