
In the past few weeks, we've brought you information on the near sale of Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House (lower left) and BarberOsgerby's Iris tables at Established & Sons (upper right). Both represent a newer phenomenon in "design-art" — a grey area that transforms original historic designs and new, limited edition furniture into high-priced collectibles for the evolving art world. In a new piece for The International Herald Tribune, Alice Rawsthorn looks into who is responsible for the change and how she thinks it will evolve...



