Incollect Magazine - Issue 6

Incollect Magazine 73 9 | Blue Whorl Console in Aluminum Neal Aronowitz Design “An elegant and powerful statement piece that seemingly defies gravity,” says Neal Aronowitz about his blue Whorl Console in powder-coated aluminum. Winner of the 2017 Gray Award for Product Design and also the 2018 Interior Design Magazine Best of the Year Award, this console, crafted in Portland, Oregon, has proven to be so popular that it is now available in a variety of materials and finishes including concrete canvas, a groundbreaking new material which the artist pushed to its limits to initially create his fluid, lyrical form, and more recently powder-coated aluminum. 8 | Pyrite Console by Kam Tin Maison Rapin The exquisite Pyrite Console by Kam Tin, designed in 2017, is part of the gallery’s “gemstone furniture collection,” says Nina Malka, gallery assistant at Maison Rapin in Paris that represents Kam Tin creations designed by Philippe Rapin. The console is made by hand of cubic natural pyrite worked as a mosaic on a wood structure. “The cubic pyrite is a very special stone that can be found in only one mine, and that comes perfectly square from the ground,” says Malka.