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Designed
by Designers
DESIGN
MODERN CLASSICS
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Rick Lee,
Menlo Park Seating
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Milo Baughman,
Design Classic Lounge
Chair (1092-103)
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Paolo Cappello,
Caruso Audio Cabinet
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Stanley Jay Friedman,
Lugano Sofa
Introducing tomorrow’s
design icons
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ontemporary design history is
filled with colorful personalities
who explored and developed
indelible new styles, like Charles and Ray
Eames; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Milo
Baughman; and Vladimir Kagan. What
these very different designers had in
common was that they poured attention
into every detail, and never compromised
their originality. In fact, the designs that
become classics — the Barcelona Chairs
and Drum Tables — are rarely created
with mass production in mind. Their
unconventional styling is what attracts
attention from discerning buyers, while
their top-quality construction demands
respect. It’s exactly these traits that make
the most exciting designers working
today stand out from their peers.
Milo Baughman and Guy Hill
A towering figure in the Mid Century
Modern movement, Milo Baughman
was a furniture designer, educator, and
longtime design director of Thayer
Coggin, Inc., which continues to
manufacture his restrained and livable
designs. Although Baughman passed
away in 2003, his protege Guy Hill now
occupies the position he vacated at
Thayer Coggin. Like his predecessor,
Hill is dedicated to modern and
contemporary design, with an aim
to make it livable and long-lasting.
Stanley Jay Friedman
New York’s Stanley Jay Friedman
established his atelier in the 1970s, and
remains extremely active as a product
designer and lecturer. His passion is
modernism, and Friedman believes
in end to end control over the design
process, ensuring his fingerprints
are on every product. This highly
prolific creator has designed over 1,000
products for brands including Lazar,
Brueton, Moroni, DIA, and American
Leather, to say nothing of his earlier
(pre-1997) work as an interior designer.
The winner of many design awards,
Friedman’s declared goal is to bring
modernism into more American homes.
Rick Lee
Rick Lee worked in Chicago and Milan
before settling in San Francisco, and
has compared his style to California
cuisine, which similarly fuses dissimilar
ingredients into a fresh and harmonious
whole. Another important influence
is his wife, fashion designer Colleen
Quen, with whom he shares a studio and
often collaborates. Lee’s style is fluid
and often whimsical, and he works in a
variety of materials, on projects ranging
from art installations through seating
units to vases. “I find inspiration …
everywhere – from a gnarled oak tree to
a sleek pocket knife. I combine rational
thinking with radical influences to
create … pieces ranging from whimsical
to minimal.”
Paolo Cappello
Born in Verona, the Italian designer
Paolo Cappello trained in Milan before
establishing his own practice aged
just 28. Now a prolific designer for
Miniforms, Capello has created a diverse
portfolio of furniture, light fixtures
textiles, sound systems and tablewares.
Cappello is the winner of multiple
awards including the 2015 CDG Edward
Haimsohn Design Award (the ‘Eddie’)
for Caruso, a colorful reimagining of
the audio cabinet with ceramic exterior
options, and a trumpet-shaped speaker
that harkens back to the phonograph.
Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity.
The Contemporary Design Group
places a high value on originality
in design, and the innovative spirit
that gives rise to classic furnishings.
CDG stores enjoy selling pieces that
embody independence of thought and
perfectionism in execution, whether
they are time-tested designs that have
never gone out of production or exciting
new works by young designers. We also
reward excellence with the Edward
Haimsohn Design Award, or ‘Eddie’,
presented by CDG retailers to the year’s
most appealing new design. We act on
our respect for design, and take pride
in all we do to encourage the great
designers of the future.
“The details are
not the details.
They make the
design” - Charles
Eames
C O N T E M P O R A R Y H O M E B Y
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