Shannon Brunette
Associate Specialist
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NICK WRIGHT, LONDON
Lot 34AR,TP
Tejo Remy Unique wall-mounted shelving unit, designed for a private commission, Rotterdam, 1995
4 October 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,295 inc. premium
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Tejo Remy
Unique wall-mounted shelving unit, designed for a private commission, Rotterdam, 1995
Patinated steel.
194 x 150 x 27.5 cm
From the series of seven.
Patinated steel.
194 x 150 x 27.5 cm
From the series of seven.
Footnotes
Provenance
Private collection, Rotterdam, 1995
Tejo Remy
Nick Wright
Co-author of Cut and Shut: The History of Creative Salvage, London, 2012
In 1995, the Dutch designer Tejo Remy designed these wall-mounted shelving units for the home of the 010 publisher Peter De Winter, which was an impressive, converted reservoir tower. Its restricted access and intimate rooms, thus determined the scale of these seven unique commissioned works. The idea or "the game" as Remy once put it was, "what you cut out has to be used again so that there was no material lost". The idea was prototyped in a workstation called 'Hideaway' shown in the 1994 exhibition of his work at Gallery Oriel curated by Ralph Turner and is consistent with his early designs, which first drew international attention, including his works the 'Rags Chair' and the chest of drawers titled, 'You Can't Lay Down Your Memories'. Both Tom Dixon, who Remy encountered during an internship with Danny Lane, and Remy have stated that their respective work is not primarily driven by environmental concerns. Nonetheless, as climate change impinges, designers who reworked waste material such as Dixon and Remy are seen as having been, intentionally or not, in the vanguard of sustainable design.