9.28.2010

philolaos, gone but not forgotten

LOVE
when I "discover" someone who is 
AMAZING,
who I never knew of before.
is
 one of those people.

from 
(or "King of the Blogs" as I call him)
very generously sent me a link to Philolaos
becasue he thought he was 
"right up my alley"
Thanks Andy.

Phololaos sadly died this month.
He was 87.

Here is the final result
of all that hard work in the photo above with all the maquettes
Water Towers
Valence, France
1969-1971

Unbelievable right?

Stainless steel sculpture
La Defense Building
Paris

Stainless steel gates
Prefecture of Chartres
Chartres, France

Furniture and a sick hanging lamp.

Sculpture for holding/hiding
a
TV!

The man at work
Volos, Greece
1986

Workshop built by
Philolaos

Beautiful

Love

Killer

Not sure if this is a sink
or a shower/bath?

Philolaos and his son Yorgo
(Who Andy got all this info from)
Late 70s

House interior next to workshop
Yorgo in rocker
1970s

PHILOLAOS!!!!

More 
and

3 comments:

  1. p.: thanks - he was such a great guy and designer .
    but. somehow looked masked like one of
    "the residents"
    even the floors have white moustaches.
    these rugs clients dont understand anymore which is also sad.

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  2. p.: another thing.
    i like when you judge something as "sick" design.
    its a typically viennese approach via controversalism ..
    i would love a compilation of depictions of sick interiors after all the these years,.. of years of "die gute form", i mean.
    just to make sure that "die gute form" stays ,.. or at least comes back..?

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  3. It's a shower above ... I visited his house in May and met him and his wife.

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