Deborah Shapiro

2 months ago | sightunseen.com | Deborah Shapiro

01.30.25 At Home With by Deborah Shapiro “If you asked a child to sketch what their fantasy chair or bed looked like, they might draw something that looks like an Oculus product,” says Alfie di Trolio, who deals vintage furniture and objects under the name Oculus and works as a set designer in London. It’s a pretty perfect description of the pieces he seeks out for selling — handmade, imperfect, a little wonky and weird.

2 months ago | sightunseen.com | Deborah Shapiro

01.25.25 Saturday Selects by Deborah Shapiro A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week: hits from Maison & Objet, the first of the year’s design fairs, a new showroom in Chiang Mai, and Christofle trades its traditional silver for an oxidation-resistant aluminum in a new series of candelabras.

Jan 15, 2025 | sightunseen.com | Deborah Shapiro

01.15.25 Excerpt: Exhibition by Deborah Shapiro Vasto, a Barcelona gallery for emerging design, originally began as an online platform in 2020. But within a couple of years, founder Carmen Riestra had opened the physical space Casa Vasto, creating an immersive environment for up-and-coming artists and designers.

Dec 10, 2024 | sightunseen.com | Deborah Shapiro

12.10.24 Interiors by Deborah Shapiro David Lucido has a gift for combining proportion, shape, and color in ways that are sophisticated and refined but not at all stuffy. His interiors, whether residential, commercial, or in hospitality, are never overdone but also never boring; they’re just right. It’s a challenge he makes look easy, but effortlessness almost always requires a lot of effort.

Nov 19, 2024 | sightunseen.com | Deborah Shapiro

11.19.24 Sighted by Deborah Shapiro The Facet collection, the latest lighting release from Danny Kaplan Studio, is both unexpected and of a piece with Kaplan’s beautifully considered output. Guided by the precision of geometry, the sides and faces of these three new lamps seem to shift depending on where you stand, revealing slight changes in perspective. The Optical sconce, with its cube form, plays with dimensionality and illusion.