Getting Real With Designer Harry Allen
The award-winning designer Harry Allen tells us about his iconic REALITY series, the stories behind his favorite pieces, and the forms he wants to immortalize next.
If you?ve been with us a while, you?re familiar with Harry Allen. The world-renowned designer has taken us along for a day in his life, shared his five favorite things, and even guest starred on the Clever podcast. He?s designed furniture, lighting, interiors, and products with a cool, modern vision that?s unmistakably his own, and even has work in the permanent collections of the MoMA, and the Brooklyn, Denver, and Philadelphia Museums of Art.
His famed REALITY series of sculptural objects made in collaboration with Areaware, cleverly reimagines everyday forms, imbuing them with new inventive uses and a newfound significance in the home. From a hand shaped bowl and turtle box to hand hooks and an exclusive Design Milk piggy bank cast from a real-life pig ? every one of Harry Allen?s REALITY objects is thoughtfully designed with a quirky spirit that makes them an eye-catching statement. To celebrate the launch of the REALITY series in the Design Milk Shop, we caught up with Harry Allen to ask him a few questions about the line.
How did you land on which everyday objects to immortalize in this collection"
I look for objects that are iconic in some way ? either in their form or from a nostalgic point of view. The process of casting to make products is, I believe, a contemporary idea, b...
If you?ve been with us a while, you?re familiar with Harry Allen. The world-renowned designer has taken us along for a day in his life, shared his five favorite things, and even guest starred on the Clever podcast. He?s designed furniture, lighting, interiors, and products with a cool, modern vision that?s unmistakably his own, and even has work in the permanent collections of the MoMA, and the Brooklyn, Denver, and Philadelphia Museums of Art.
His famed REALITY series of sculptural objects made in collaboration with Areaware, cleverly reimagines everyday forms, imbuing them with new inventive uses and a newfound significance in the home. From a hand shaped bowl and turtle box to hand hooks and an exclusive Design Milk piggy bank cast from a real-life pig ? every one of Harry Allen?s REALITY objects is thoughtfully designed with a quirky spirit that makes them an eye-catching statement. To celebrate the launch of the REALITY series in the Design Milk Shop, we caught up with Harry Allen to ask him a few questions about the line.
How did you land on which everyday objects to immortalize in this collection"
I look for objects that are iconic in some way ? either in their form or from a nostalgic point of view. The process of casting to make products is, I believe, a contemporary idea, b...
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