Pierre Andre Senizergues has put his personal interior designer Gil Le Bon De LaPoint on the road with a rolling art/design project called Skate Study House (a skateboarding twist on Arts & Architecture magazine’s ground-breaking Case Study House project of the mid century). The duo most recently closed their launch show on February 2, 2008 in Paris at Colette (213 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris). Here’s what they say about the show:
SKATE STUDY HOUSE (SSH) is an innovative design concept specializing in recreating popular furniture through the vision of a skateboarder. The movement of a skateboarder constantly changes — it recreates itself by transcending boundaries and inventing ways to conquer obstacles. It’s constantly about anticipation and adaptation to one’s environment. The same is true for living design. The combination of the two produces a mixture of contemporary lifestyle, art and action sports culture, which is all found in this unique collection.
In other words, Pierra and Gil have taken all the iconographic mid-century furniture and interior designs and made them out of skateboards (with help from Jim Gray of Acme). Represented deviations include several Eames chairs, a Nelson Platform Bench, Nelson Clock and Coat Rack, and a Noguchi table. And it’s all for sale. Photos after the jump.
[Link: Skate Study House]
