london design festival 08 preview: gallery libby sellers 'beau sauvage'

RAW_rocker by jens fager, 2008 all images courtesy gallery libby sellers

gallery libby sellers presents ‘beau sauvage’

this month sees gallery libby sellers taking up residence for a month at liberty, london as part of this year’s design festival and the frieze art fair. ‘beau sauvage’, is the third of a series of gallery shows exploring the complexities and contrasts in contemporary design – highlighting the beautiful and the raw through objects, furniture, new media and lighting designs.

libby sellers operates a roaming gallery, commissioning limited editions that embody new conceptual, expressive design, from emerging designers and presenting them in temporary locations internationally. beau Sauvage will feature new commissions and works by: daniel brown, jens fager, tomas kral, max lamb, julia lohmann, peter marigold, khashayar naimanan and adrien rovero.

‘pied de biche’ by peter marigold, 2008

‘yield’ by peter marigold, 2008

‘thin slice’ cabinet by peter marigold, 2008

peter marigold – thin slice ‘the title refers to a principle in psychology that suggests that humans are capable of discerning vast amounts of information about a situation from a relatively small amount of data – ‘thin slicing’. in preparing the thin slice cabinet, marigold laid out the sections of wood in the sequence in which they were cut, revealing the growth patterns within the tree – and suggesting that this growth period has been slowed down. for marigold, thin slice continues his interest in how altered geometry has a potent effect on our perception of the world.

‘barrels’ by adrien rovero, 2008

‘flat iron chair’ by max lamb, 2008 photo © gideon hart

‘secret garden’, digital artwork by daniel brown, 2008

hidden wealth classic by khashayar naimanan, 2008. manufactured with nymphenburg porcelain.

‘upgrade’ by tomas kral, 2008

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