We recently introduced you to Harry Daniell, of Harry Daniell Design. He's our newest Guest Blogger and after doing his rounds at the DDB, Harry is reporting back to us on what he loved this Market.
By Harry Daniell
It seems only too fitting that my first contribution focus on a product line that is brand new to the Design and Decoration Building! Enter designer Debra Weninger for the A. Rudin showroom. I didn’t seek Debra out; rather, her brilliant designs caught my eye and drew my design interest and writing hand towards them. Having made my way though the A. Rudin showroom, my initial question to the showroom manager was, “Who designed this amazing collection?”
Initially, it was the pendant lighting that caught my attention: minimal and sleek yet truly a conversation piece. The Duneland Pendant was brilliantly created by the former Holly Hunt Design Director with the inner cylinder carved by hand by Debra herself and then cast in bronze. What creates further interest is the glass outer cylinder, which encapsulates the inner bronze design. The pendants are brilliant for over a dining table, hanging chicly in a foyer or suspended from the ceiling over bedside tables on either side of the bed.
Now that your attention is captured, as mine was, I segue to the Marquette Dining table, which has an overall modern aesthetic with its 90-degree angles on the corners and where the base meets the tabletop. What creates interest is the graining of the wood, which differs at the head and the foot of the table. All are in the same finish, but the one-piece tabletop is seamlessly crafted with graining running perpendicular to a guest at any one of the place settings at the table. As a tabletop designer myself, this is a greatly appreciated feature! With the top being crafted in walnut, the juxtaposition of the apron and leg accents made of a bronze patina-finished metal create a warmth as one sets his or her gaze on the table.
The metal and wood dining table is also cleverly complimented in the A. Rudin showroom by one of Debra's console tables. The hand-textured metal on the tabletop is so interesting AND warm. One typically thinks industrial when he or she thinks of metal, but this piece is anything but.
An additional component layered into the vignette found in the A. Rudin showroom, is the Eight-First dining chair. What better way to create a complete dining set than to add a chair with curved legs? Let’s face it, when something is too austere, it can read boring; this chair makes the austere legs of the dining table pop, while creating an interesting “at home feel” with the chair. When one leaves in the vignette in the A. Rudin showroom, he or she will think about the latest designer to enter New York: Deborah Weninger, along with her designs.
Get yourself over to A. Rudin to see more of Debra's work and stay tuned to GoDesignGo for more from Harry who tells us about something old and something new in the A. Rudin showroom tomorrow.
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