Table and Lamp
Plywood Low Table, 1950
Carlo Mollino
Varnished moulded maple plywood, safety glass, brass
Mollino designed this low table for the living room of Casa Orengo in Turin, one of his first interior commissions. Its shape is strongly suggestive of a table in Dali's 1935 painting Femme à tête de roses.
Bracelli Standing Lamp, 2019 edition of 1937 design
Salvador Dali
Gold-plated wood, fabric shade
Interior designer Jean-Michel Frank commissioned this lamp design from Dali in 1937. Its elegant lines and luxurious finish were in keeping with Frank's aesthetic but he considered it too unusual for the market at that time. The lamp was first manufactured in 2009.
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Taken in the exhibition
Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924-Today
(October 2022 – February 2023)
Delve into the dreamlike relationship between Surrealism and design in this century spanning celebration of Surrealist objects of desire.
Curated with Vitra Design Museum, the exhibition explores design from the birth of surrealism in 1924 to the current day; spanning classic Surrealist works of art and design as well as contemporary Surrealist responses.
The exhibition uncovers how one of the 20th century's most influential movements came to impact design through its questioning of the conventional and its commitment to exploring the mind, unconscious and mystical.
It brings together the best in Surrealist design, from furniture, interior design, fashion, photography and world-renowned artworks from Surrealist pioneers such as Salvador Dalí, Dora Maar, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington and Lee Miller, through to contemporary artists and designs, such as Schiaparelli, Dior, Björk.
The result is an exhibition filled with playful, curious and poetic objects that uncover the rich history of Surrealism and its fascinating influence on design.
[Design Museum]
Table and Lamp
Plywood Low Table, 1950
Carlo Mollino
Varnished moulded maple plywood, safety glass, brass
Mollino designed this low table for the living room of Casa Orengo in Turin, one of his first interior commissions. Its shape is strongly suggestive of a table in Dali's 1935 painting Femme à tête de roses.
Bracelli Standing Lamp, 2019 edition of 1937 design
Salvador Dali
Gold-plated wood, fabric shade
Interior designer Jean-Michel Frank commissioned this lamp design from Dali in 1937. Its elegant lines and luxurious finish were in keeping with Frank's aesthetic but he considered it too unusual for the market at that time. The lamp was first manufactured in 2009.
[Design Museum]
Taken in the exhibition
Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924-Today
(October 2022 – February 2023)
Delve into the dreamlike relationship between Surrealism and design in this century spanning celebration of Surrealist objects of desire.
Curated with Vitra Design Museum, the exhibition explores design from the birth of surrealism in 1924 to the current day; spanning classic Surrealist works of art and design as well as contemporary Surrealist responses.
The exhibition uncovers how one of the 20th century's most influential movements came to impact design through its questioning of the conventional and its commitment to exploring the mind, unconscious and mystical.
It brings together the best in Surrealist design, from furniture, interior design, fashion, photography and world-renowned artworks from Surrealist pioneers such as Salvador Dalí, Dora Maar, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington and Lee Miller, through to contemporary artists and designs, such as Schiaparelli, Dior, Björk.
The result is an exhibition filled with playful, curious and poetic objects that uncover the rich history of Surrealism and its fascinating influence on design.
[Design Museum]