10 Editor s Picks from Interior Design s January 2021 Edition of LAUNCH
January 20, 2021
By Interior Design Staff
Neutral tones employed in strong designs caught the attentions of our editors as highlighted in the January 2021 edition of LAUNCH.
Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen rethinks the fashion brand’s popular Pillow bags as a modular sofa with oil-coated cotton-blend cushions.
Standouts: In model accommodating one, two, or three people corner seats included Limonta provides the fabric for both pouf and club chair variations.
2. Storet by Acerbis
A never-produced nightstand joins a reissued pillar-style chest of drawers, both originally visualized in 1994 by the late Italian architect/artist Nanda Vigo and now offered with eye-catching lacquer.
The Centre Pompidou acquires Katsumi Nakai s Untitled, 1971
Katsumi Nakai, Untitled, 1971, wooden construction, acrylic paint on wood, 160 x 120 cm.
LONDON
.-Ronchini announced that the Centre Pompidou in Paris has recently added Untitled, 1971 by Katsumi Nakai to their permanent collection. Nakai, whose work has recently garnered greater critical attention, acts as a bridge between European and Japanese postwar art. The acquisition was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Japanese Friends of the Centre Pompidou. Since 2018, Ronchini represents the Estate of Katsumi Nakai. The Gallery has worked closely with the artists daughter to re-introduce Nakais oeuvre to a new generation of artists and collectors. We are delighted that Untitled has now entered the collection of the Centre Pompidou. The leading French cultural venue is the first institution in Europe to acquire a work by Nakai, setting an important precedent for the re-contextualisation of the Japanese ar