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Michael Anastassiades [Cypriot, b. 1967] Mobile chandelier 9, 2021 Patinated brass, glass and LED Measures: 43.75 x 57.25 x 6 inches 111 x 145.5 x 15 cm Edition of 5 Michael Anastassiades founded his studio in London in 1994. He trained as a civil engineer at London’s Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine before taking a masters degree in industrial design at the Royal College of Art. His work is featured in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, the MAK in Vienna, the Crafts Council in London and the FRAC Centre in Orleans France. Recent solo exhibitions include Norfolk House music...

Carmen D'Apollonio [Swiss, b. 1973] One of us no. 2, 2021 Bronze 26 x 14 x 5 inches 66 x 35.6 x 12.7 cm Edition of 8 Carmen D’Apollonio investigates the entire spectrum from abstrac...

Daniel Arsham [American, b.1980] gazoo table lamp, 2021 Birch Measures: 14 x 6 x 11 inches 36 x 15 x 28 cm Edition of 250 Daniel Arsham’s practice exists at the intersection of art, architecture and performance. Through his work, Arsham poetically combines the past, present, and future, skirting the line between romanticism and pop art—while experimenting with the timelessness of certain symbols and cultural icons. Arsham was born in 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio. Raised in Miami, Arsham attended The Cooper Union where he received the Gelman Trust Fellowship Award in 2003. Upon graduation, Arsham toured worldwide with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as the company’s stage designer for over four years—an experience that informed his ongoing synergistic practice. In 2007, he founded the pioneering architecture firm Snarkitecture with partner Alex Mustonen. Collaboration continues to be a key cornerstone of his practice—realizing high-profile projects with music producer Pharrell Williams and designer Hedi Slimane, as well as Dior, Porsche, and Rimowa. Objects for Living (2019), Arsham’s first collaboration with Friedman Benda, was inspired by Arsham’s recent renovation of his own Long Island home built in 1971 by the noted modernist architect Norman Jaffe...

Carmen D'Apollonio [Swiss, b. 1973] One of us no. 3, 2021 Bronze 23.5 x 12 x 5 inches 59.7 x 30.5 x 12.7 cm Edition of 8 Carmen D’Apollonio investigates the entire spectrum from abs...