Comments on: Where is Spanish vintage design?

By: Spanish Modern – Fase Lamps « Alvar and I

Spanish Modern – Fase Lamps « Alvar and I — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:45:34 +0000

[...] Where is Spanish vintage design? ask BCNDesign. Fase offer a rare example of Spanish modern [...]

By: Viviana Narotzky

Viviana Narotzky — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:34:08 +0000

Hello Kai – there’s the rub! The glass is the one delicate part of the lamps, which are otherwise wonderfully sturdy, and it’s virtually impossible to find a replacement. That’s why complete lamps with the original glass are so much more valuable. If you find a source for spare glasses, let me know!

By: kai

kai — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:23:52 +0000

Hi Viviana,
someone broke the glass of my beloved FASE lamp..as you seem to know a lot about the spanish design market; do you by any chance have an idea where to find a spare one?? thanks for this great blog! kai

By: Viviana Narotzky

Viviana Narotzky — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:41:35 +0000

Absolutely, Rafael! Coderch is one of the greats, no doubt.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:17:45 +0000

Hi Viviana, congratulations for your Blog.

I would like to place one question: might be Coderch one of the Vintage Icons of the Spanish Design?. I’m not really sure about, just to comment. Where should we locate him?.

Thanx, Rafael

By: weviestonder

weviestonder — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:38:54 +0000

hi,

I really like fase lamps and own a few already, please email me if you could find me some at a reasonable price

By: Summertime… vintage design auctions are in season « BCNDesign – Barcelona, Design, Etc.

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:04:12 +0000

[...] design: Andre Ricard’s rare 1973 lamp for Metalarte (pictured below), which I mentioned in an earlier post, is up for grabs at an estimate of €1200. Catch it if you [...]

By: Viviana Narotzky

Viviana Narotzky — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:12:20 +0000

Hello Jordi,
I actually have a few of those wonderful Arquitectura Interior books, which I treasure.
Thanks for contributing some really useful info here, especially on the Madrid scene. You’re right to point out the COAM link, it’s worth a separate post I think, so I will put that up.
As for the state of the Spanish vintage design market, there are a few good vintage antiques shops, but none specialise in Spanish design – mostly because it would be almost impossible to find enough good inventory at this stage to make that economically worthwile. As you explain, one has to go through lots of mud to find the pearl. But I think that as interest in these pieces -and vintage design generally- grows, there will soon be enough of a first-level sift going on to give them more visibility. That’s what’s happened with Fase lamps, and some Metalarte pieces.
Another issue Spanish vintage has to contend with is the fact that there never has been a continuous mass-production of pieces flooding the market – no Artek here!- and many were only batch-produced, so pieces are comparatively rarer. But all the more valuable!

By: Jordi E

Jordi E — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:54:50 +0000

As a spaniard and addicted to XXth century design auctions, I have to agree with your statements. Fase lamps are really easy to find at very reasonable prices, but not on regular international auctions webs, but on spanish second-hand webpages. Most of the times the seller doesn’t even says it’s a Fase, he doesn’t care, even if that’s changing now… I haven’t been able to find out the names of the people who designed these. Such a perfect anonymous design is rare to see these times! You can also find Metalarte pieces from the sixties or seventies, but the seller won’t say it’s a Metalarte, unless the whole name is clearly visible on the lamp. There are beautiful pieces by this brand, the most known of all may be Ricard’s “Tatu”.

The thing is that few spanish antiquarians care about XXth design, so there isn’t any selection. You have to dig in lots of crap to find one of these design jewels.

On the other hand, you’re right: Milà, Ricard, Corsini, Bonet and I’d say Coderch or Moragas are the most-known names from the Barcelona scene. And Metalarte and Tramo were the brands for lightning, while Mobilplast was the one licensed to produce C&B Italia or scandinavian designs on furniture. As well as originals impossible to find.

Madrid made it less into the market, but there are several names to follow as Fisac, Feduchi or Carvajal. I have to recommend the Colegio de Arquitectos de Madrid web-catalogue on madrid fifties design.

But if you really want to know about spanish design from the sixties, the best thing is to get the “Arquitectura Interior” books one per year from 1959 to 1967. Lots of pictures, names and pieces, some of them can’t stand the time. Others should be reissued inmediately. Others have already been.

Congratulations for your blog.

By: Viviana Narotzky

Viviana Narotzky — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:55 +0000

Ningun problema en poner comentarios en castellano, me encantaria que el blog acogiera a una comunidad bilingue. Me alegro de que te interesara la entrada, la verdad es que aun hay muy poco dicho sobre Vintage Español, aunque ya vamos siendo mas los que nos interesamos por el tema, ya sea como coleccionistas o por interes en la historia del diseño español. Como bien comentas, creo que el cambio generacional va a ayudar… y blogs como el tuyo, claro! Ah, y linkea mi entrada aunque este en ingles, mujer – a fin de cuentas, tu blog tambien es bilingue!