Robb Report USA – August 2019

Statement

Pieces

Climate change becomes a muse

in modern design.

The Goods

your settee isn’t just for sitting.

And your table isn’t only for eating

anymore, either. Furniture is

becoming more than its function and

greater than its form—it’s conveying

a message. For Virgil Abloh, the

missive is admittedly bleak: The

American designer, known for

creating the fashion house

Off-White and helming Louis

Vuitton’s menswear, recently debuted

Alaska, a polished-bronze chair

that appears to be sinking into the

ground—a comment on rising sea

levels. A bit blunt, yes, but that’s the

idea behind the conversation-starting

furnishings in Carpenters Workshop

Gallery’s Dysfunctional exhibit, on

ART & DESIGN

62 AUGUST 2019

Nacho Carbonell’s

Under a Light Tree,

at Carpenters

Workshop Gallery’s

Dysfunctional

exhibit in Venice.

The Goods

Statement

Pieces

Climatechangebecomesa muse

inmoderndesign.

your settee isn’t just for sitting.

And your table isn’t only for eating

anymore, either. Furniture is

becoming more than its function and

greater than its form—it’s conveying

a message. For Virgil Abloh, the

missive is admittedly bleak: The

American designer, known for

creating the fashion house

Off-White and helming Louis

Vuitton’s menswear, recently debuted

Alaska, a polished-bronze chair

that appears to be sinking into the

ground—a comment on rising sea

levels. A bit blunt, yes, but that’s the

idea behind the conversation-starting

furnishings in Carpenters Workshop

Gallery’s Dysfunctional exhibit, on

62 AUGUST 2019

Nacho Carbonell’s

Under a Light Tree,

at Carpenters

Workshop Gallery’s

Dysfunctional

exhibit in Venice.

TheGoods