This post is going to be a different one, it will be about a world known Canadian designer which I actually heard for the first time a few days ago in class. It got me thinking how many actual designers do I know, like the Bouroullec Brothers, Karim Rashid, Zaha Hadid, and others. But what got me thinking was that in class we spend so many time learning about previous movements, and about history of art and design, but we don’t actually know that many names about today´s designers.
What
happens with the now? That is the question I asked myself, and also what
happens in Canada, which designers are renamed in here. So I decided to start a
little research on Brian Gluckstein. He was named during my class of
Contemporary Culture and Design, in an example of how he uses some elements of
Art Deco in some of his designs like the skyscraper shape in his lamps, Egyptian
figures like the statues in the pictures below and others .
And
searching in the web I found some other real similarities with things we have
been learning so far...
Just for a
quick bio , he has been a designer for over 20 years, his signature are
classical and sophisticated interiors that have give him a series of awards, member
of ARIDO and ASID, was named one of the top 35 designers by Andrew Martin´s
interior design Journal, he specializes in
residential and commercial spaces, a great example are the different
designs for the Four Seasons Hotels, he also owns his own company of
design Gluckstein Design and his own
brand for House furniture, bedding, bath, tablecloth and more called Gluckstein
Home.
So I started
looking into his portfolio and here is what I found:
The curtains
style reminded me of Eleanor Brown, and her wall treatment of hanging curtains
imitating the french empire style (please refer image below) the chairs also
evoke a french style but in a more contemporary version.
The room divider
evokes British scenery in scalloped blue painting just like British
dinnerware.
On top we
can see two Art Deco symbols: a sunburst small mirror and in the walls we can
see the teeth pattern in the cornice.
When I saw
this picture of the interior design of a Ski Chalet in aspen, automatically I remember the Edwin Lutyens sitting room in
Deanery Gardens, Sonning of 1901 (refer
to images on top)
The flooring,
style of furniture and exposed beams,
that in that time evoked the movement of the arts and crafts.
Call me crazy but I instantly
remember Mackintosh’s designs in this two pictures, the simplicity of the
lines, and the Japanese inspiration like the flowers and style of furniture’s (
tables, little side table) in the picture (on top) of the Mercedez Benz I think this evoked part of his
construction with rectangular shapes, and the two paintings at the end made me remember
Margaret Macdonald´s painting that used
to be part of Makintosh’s furniture's or
designs, just instead of women you got two long
men shapes.
This are just some examples that demonstrate the great ability that Brian Gluckstein has as an interior designer, he founds balance between the old and the new, and has clear image of what he wants in his designs.This was a really entertaining research and i hope soon to know much more Canadian interior designers.
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