Product: Splendor in the Glass

The new Bryce Collection sheds light on repurposed industrial fittings

Michael McHale, an entertainment lawyer turned designer, transforms experimentation into expertise.
McHale Designs is known for chandeliers that are whimsical and serendipitous. Industrial piping graced with swanky crystals mimics delicate icicles dripping from the masculine frame. The recent launch of The Bryce Collection (starting at $3800) reaffirms this splendid dichotomy of fragility and robustness, while achieving further refinement. Bryce Chandeliers are built with hand-milled aluminum pieces that bolt the frame together. The structure and function of these components replicate the parts used in the original McHale Chandeliers made from reclaimed elements. Yet the latest collection reaches new degrees of geometric precision and posh. All models in the Michael McHale Designs Chandeliers are available using Bryce Components, made-to-order in yellow brass, steel, and black finishes. In honor of the designer’s passed brother, whom the line is named after, 5% of all Bryce collection sales are donated to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center for Colon Cancer.

Our readers will receive a 5% discount through February if FORMmag.net is referenced.       

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Event: SCI-Arc Gallery Exhibition discussion: Alexis Rochas and Eric Owen Moss

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Friday, February 5, 7pm, SCI-Arc Gallery

Alexis Rochas and SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss discuss current exhibition Still Robot.  
As a member of SCI-Arc’s design faculty, Rochas is the coordinator of SCI-Arc’s foundation program
in architecture. Rochas is also the founder of I/O, a Los Angeles based practice focusing on the
development of dynamic architectural methodologies integrating design, technology and advanced
fabrication techniques. The STILL ROBOT exhibition presents OCTA.BOT, a friendly universal
building system based on the combination of freely rotating elements into robust tectonic assemblies,
developed by firm I/O. The exhibition remains on view through March 7, 2010.

FORM Event: FORM/CalArts-The Wild Beast Feb. 4th, Thursday Evening

Featuring The Wild Beast, designed by the LA-based architectural firm Hodgetts + Fung.

The innovative building is designed to adapt to classes, small recitals or large public performances.
The event will showcase AIA/LA and AIA/SFV Design Awards winners, musical performances and informal tours of the facility with Craig Hodgetts of Hodgetts + Fung and Tom Hinerfeld of Hinerfeld-Ward Construction.

Wine, drinks and small plate food will be served.

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