The Bidding Table
Hendzel+Hunt
“The great Victorian porky pie”
The Auction room – Hendzel+Hunt at Designersblock 2011
Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Auction Room – Postler Ferguson at Designersblock 2011
Friday, September 16th, 2011The Lamps
Postler Ferguson
“Stadium Lights”
Postler Ferguson elected the auctioneer as the star and decided to make him shine like Maradona.
The Auction Room – Hugo Passos at Designersblock 2011
Friday, September 16th, 2011The Gavel
Hugo Passos
“whoosh”
Inspired by the object’s direct involvement in the final and decisive action of establishing the winning bid, Hugo Passos focused on movement to make the gavel for The Auction Room.
The Auction Room – Yehrin Tong at Designersblock 2011
Friday, September 16th, 2011The Tiles
Yehrin Tong/Graphic Relief
“Camouflage”
Yehrin Tong used her psychedelic jungle themed tiger pattern to represent the theme of “fake” on Graphic Relief’s tiles for The Auction Room.
The Auction Room – Alex Hellum at Designersblock 2011
Friday, September 16th, 2011The auctioneer table
Alex Hellum
‘ Red – blue desk’
For Alex Hellum, the ‘red- blue chair’ by Gerrit Rietveld is, more than a modern classic, a statement of early modern design with a move away from craft as means to an end.
The Auction Room trailer
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The Auction Room Exhibition Trailer from Sparkle Animation on Vimeo.
The exhibition is the auction room. The auction room is the exhibition. All its elements, from the chairs to the hammer, made by exciting designers are up for auction. Come visit the exhibition and place a bid* on your favourite piece. On Sunday, the bartering will take place. Read More…
