New Luxuries Exhibition Shows Twists on the Everyday

Replicas of Chinese Ming vases, 3D-printed with color blends taken from their original design. Almost 50 pieces from Droog, a Dutch conceptual design studio known for their innovative lifestyle and furniture pieces and household fittings, often made out of found objects, are currently on display at the exhibition "Less + More: New Luxuries in an Age of Austerity."



It is taking place from Nov. 13 – Nov. 24 and Dec. 12 – Jan. 1 at the Moscow Design Museum located in the Manezh Gallery, 1 Manezhnaya Square.

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Sander Hofstee, product developer at Studio Droog, demonstrates a reimagined boombox for the digital generation — a bench with built in speakers which is able to play music wirelessly from one's mobile device.

Chris Kabel's romantic candleabra is actually a utilitarian gas canister fitted with pipe extensions.

Damaged furniture is given a makeover with a resin coating.

A slow glow lamp by NEXT architects and Aura Luz Melis gets brighter and warmer as the light source, immersed in vegetable fat, slowly melts the substance. The pictures are taken approximately one hour apart.

Tejo Remy's rag chair was made with 15 bags of used clothes and rags, compressed and tied together.

Part of an old wooden table was sent to Indonesian artisans to be hand carved with intricate details.

Utilitarian objects are given a hint of luxury in tableware for the 21st century.

From left, glass plates with a traditional floral motif separated into 4 layers — they combine into one image when stacked, a 3D-printed napkin holder shaped like a sixteenth century ruff collar, 3D printed titanium cutlery.

A lounge chair Stefan Sagmeister that uses 40 sheets of wallpaper (2010).

Alexandra Sankova, director of the Moscow Design Museum, flipping through the sheets of paper that make the chair.

Fishtanks in Chinese restaurants are a ubiquitous sight, but a 3D-printed Chinese restaurant sitting inside a fishtank makes viewers take a closer look.

Rody Grauman's 85 lightbulb chandelier that only comprises bulbs, wires and connectors (1993).

Renny Ramakers, co-founder of Droog, posing in front of a chest of drawers, made from old drawers held together by a strap. The chest of drawers can be resized or reassembled as necessary, depending on one's needs and space limitations.

Everyone can have paintings by old masters on their bedroom walls with Meike Gerritzen's wallpaper that uses a graphic pattern made with classic paintings.