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Cartier Asks Marquetry Master Jérôme Boutteçon To Make A Bear

The Marquetry and Inlay Arts are often called upon to enhance  brands that are already quality leaders of their specialized categories. One such category that I’ve been wanting to do some posts about is fine watchmaking, or Haute Horlogerie. Jérôme Boutteçon has mastered this much-prized art form. I’ll start by doing two posts about his small format high…

The Linley For Bentley With Handcrafted Marquetry Design

LINLEY recently collaborated with Bentley Motors on a limited edition of 10 Continental Flying Spurs. The limited edition CFS models will be sold in China, Bentley’s biggest four-door market. Specially selected Linley veneers in Santos rosewood are being applied to the fascia, consol, waistrail and roof console and integrated within the cars for the first time….

Rodney Black's Vision

Rodney Black’s comments on Ruhlman and the Lady Christine “The sideboard came after immersion in Ruhlmann’s aesthetic but it a very distinct departure from Ruhlmann’s work which is highly distinctive” explains Rodney Black, “I don’t think there is a better example in the Lady Christine project unless you consider the sofas in the Salon.” Lady…

Art Deco Vision For Lady Christine IV Interiors

Owners Lord and Lady Laidlaw commissioned Feadship companies Royal Van Lent Shipyards and DeVoogt Navel Architects to design and build their new superyacht ‘Lady Christine IV’. Rodney Black Design Studio’s first superyacht commission Lord and Lady Laidlaw commissioned British designer Rodney Black, principal of the renowned architecture, interior design and landscaping firm Rodney Black Design…

Cunard and David Linley Honor Queen Elizabeth with Marquetry Artwork

Linley’s Marquetry Artwork Commission Both David Linley and the marquetry traditions of Cunard’s Queen Maryand Queen Elizabeth ocean liners are on my blog post topics to-do list. I’m traveling with my family, thus short on time – here’s the news, starting with the intro from Cunard’s press release and ending with a passage from Sue…

Pieter Maes’ Marquetry Project

Pieter Maes is a young up-and-coming designer based in Antwerp, Belgium. Since graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2004, he has been the catalyst for numerous product, architectural, interior and furniture design projects. In 2007, Maes hooked-up with Vincent Van Duysen Architects of Antwerp, Belgium to earn his stripes in the field of furniture…

Pieter Maes' Marquetry Project

Pieter Maes is a young up-and-coming designer based in Antwerp, Belgium. Since graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2004, he has been the catalyst for numerous product, architectural, interior and furniture design projects. In 2007, Maes hooked-up with Vincent Van Duysen Architects of Antwerp, Belgium to earn his stripes in the field of furniture…

Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel are Studio Job

Meet Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel I like this quote from Job Smeets of Studio Job: “We just move on with our own story; so we are loose from what is done in the world of design. We don’t even care about design, we don’t care about art, we just make the things we want…