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Here we are Volume 27 of STWT. This edition I went to Tina Kim Gallery, another fantastic spot in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan to see a curation of midcentury modern design.
In conjunction with the release of new book Design for Living, edited by Nick Herman, highlighting design firm Vintage20's work from 2005-2019, curator Adam Charlap Hyman visualizes select rooms from the home of late founder Jaewoong Chung and gallery owner Tina Kim. In this deeply personal presentation, Charlap Hyman who worked with Chung and Kim to interior design their two New York residences, restages their iconic study and the incredible collection of art and design they acquired over the years.
Critically acclaimed Chung was best known for introducing international clientele to midcentury modern designs and exhibiting museum like shows bringing together 20th century furnitures with fine art. On view Charlap Hyman envisions that same style and value where the line of art and design blend into a domestic union. Noting himself to have been shaped by Chung's taste, working with him early in his career as a young designer. Pieces from the greats like Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé, and Charlotte Perriand paired with works by none other than Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois, and Jean-Michel Basquiat (to name a few) find a home away from home.
This show really opens up the conversation of what is design versus what is art, a line which is not so straight. My initial answer is usually design has a function where art merely is a thing of beauty. Then I go down a rabbit hole of what is a function if not serving a purpose. We are aesthetically seeking beings and have given monetary value to beauty. But then you do not sit on art for example, or use it to light up a room. And then again design is artful. In the end I always come back to my favorite parallel, design is to art as a square is to a rectangle.
March really draws winter out till the bitter end right! In an effort to celebrate spring I wore the Pembroke Top with the Pokhara Skirt. The Pembroke is an updated take on the classic button front shirt. Cut in mind to double as a tunic, it features side seam pockets and a top silver tone stud followed by tonal buttons. The stand collar with our signature raglan seamed shoulder is very RS. Paired with our Pokhara Skirt, the heavy rib knit has side slits like our Sapporo Dress creating a detail forward wardrobe staple.
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