Designing With a Grin; [House & Home/Style Desk]

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Copyright New York Times Company Apr 16, 2009

Ron Gilad, the Israeli-born, Brooklyn-based product designer, has made everything from fruit bowls to lamps, reinterpreting them in minimalist forms with a sense of humor. For his new line of furniture and home accessories, he shifts his focus to a larger scale -- "architectural details that have been reconfigured, replaced or reassembled for new functions," he said. The collection includes a glass dining table with a powder-coated steel base that resembles a building facade ($13,500); an ebony candleholder reminiscent of a castle turret ($7,500); and solid aluminum ashtrays that look like houses with inverted roofs ($2,800 each), above. The entire line of more than 80 pieces will be displayed at Spaces Etc./An Exercise in Utility, at the Wright auction house in Chicago, from April 29 through May 9.

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