For the Love of Ross

This morning I was crushing on this table, which would be beautiful in my future office btw, and decided to hunt down some more information on the designer. It's often that people forget how things came to be, how the designer dreamt up the idea, and how the original intention of the piece was actually executed.

This article by designboom (an industrial design magazine) is particularly interesting because it really gives a unique insight into Ross' perspective as a person and as a designer. Which most of the time, I feel, people tend to separate. I like the part where A. He talks about the fact that he's digging J.Timberlake's music right now (hilarious and unexpected) B. That he exercises what he calls "organic essentialism"...

You'll just have to read it.

Here are some fantastic images courtesy of Knoll, one of my all time favorite furniture manufacturers.

RL2 Rectangular Table (39 x 78.75 x 28),

Tri-Oval Table (35 x 54.5 x 22), Life Chair, Lovegrove Credenza (18 x 74.75 x 26.5)

Knoll Space @ NeoCon 2007

RL2 Table- Painted Red, acid etched glass; white base

Knoll Space @ NeoCon 2008

RL2 Table, Tri-Oval Table, Credenza, Platner Lounge Chairs

Knoll Space @ NeoCon 2008

RL3 Table (multi-color base), Saarinen Tulip Chairs

RL3 Table, multi-color base: Robin's Egg Blue, Rust, Yellow, and Orange

Available Glass Finishes:

Bronze, Painted Green, Painted Blue, Painted Red, Starfire (tempered, clear, and more luminous)

Available Base Finishes:

Metallic Bronze, Multi-Colored, Robin's Egg Blue, Silver, White

P.S. The desk is Greenguard Certified.

Sharpening my pencils,

xoxo-LC

(Happy Friday!)