We grew up with a mother obsessed with obscure Danish ceramicist Bjorn Wiinblad, so it’s no wonder that the Utopia Collection from Jonathan Adler makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside.
The large sun ($175) is lovely but it's this Large Man/Woman Vase ($575) that has us longing for home.
I almost bought the key box the other day...
I may need to go back and get it!
Can someone enlighten me, please. I cannot help but think this is the emperor's new clothes. I just don't appreciate this work and believe that if Jonathan Adler's name weren't attached, many more would be terribly unimpressed, or at least wouldn't take it at all seriously. But I'm certainly all ears as to what people sincerely see here. What am I missing? I'm curious to hear what people love about this because, sorry, I think it is plain old awful.
Help! The year 1975 seems to have returned, and it's bigger, fiercer, and ready to rumble!
Perhaps I'm just jaded from having lived through it the first time. Handlebar mustache guy was on the logo of every ice cream parlor in my youth, and many a pizza parlor too. Indeed -- anything with a "parlor" had him.
Even "massage parlor".
I don't get it either. I really think they are ugly sorry. I heard from a ceramicist that he has all his pieces made in south america.
Yup. When I saw these I immediately saw a connection to Bjorn Wiinblad. He's obscure here, but immensely popular/commercial-ized in Scandinavia, particularly Denmark. His work is everywhere there and has been for decades. Cutsy to an extreme.
Scott. You say "...made in South America" like it's a bad thing. Yes, a lot of the mass-produced, non-"Couture" pieces are manufactured in Peru in conjunction with the non-profit Aid to Artisans--an organization that farms out artisinal work to third world countries at a fair wage. How is this a bad thing? JA should be commended for thinking about issues of social responsibility. His goods (as far as I know) are not the product of sweat-shop labor. Don't hate on him for this.