Kiel Mead, Jewelry and Furniture Designer
A Pratt graduate who cut his teeth in the Brooklyn design scene, jewelry and furniture maker Kiel Mead represents the next generation of New York designers. Taking inspiration from such disparate sources as everyday objects (car keys, chewing gum, retainers) and Catholic iconography (Saint Sebastian, crucifixes), his work mixes irreverence with first-rate craftsmanship. In this video, we visit his Brooklyn studio where he shows us his work and walks us through his thought process. We also head to Brooklyn’s renowned design outpost, The Future Perfect, to see his show with German design duo 45 Kilo called “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness.”
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Designer Furniture Auctioneers at 1830 South La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles is a liquidation outlet for high end furniture from some of the biggest and best known department stores in New York and along the east coast. And now, Designer Furniture Auctioneers is having an emergency liquidation sale with even bigger discounts than it usually offers. The emergency liquidation sale was caused by excess inventory and the closing of many department stores around the country, as well as the closing of some specialty furniture stores. DFA’s low prices have been dropped an extra 20% on furniture and prices on hand made and hand knotted one-of-a-kind rugs have been cut an additional 40%. This means overall savings of up to 80% off original department store prices. And you are getting these great discounts on new, first quality merchandise that comes direct in factory boxes — these are not floor samples. DFA is also selling mattresses from the big department stores with the same kind of giant discounts. And there are lifetime warranties on everything sold in the store — including the high end 100% Italian leather sofas, chairs, ottomans and love seats and sectionals. And here is something new– Designer Furniture Auctioneers is also taking trade-ins to help close the deal, and for the first time it is taking quality furniture for consignment sales. If you have been hit by the recession and need to sell your furniture, talk to DFA about selling it on consignment. Now at DFA …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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i love kiel mead forever and ever since 1998
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btw is he somehow related to taylor mead?
dude i saw his stuff in the future perfect
i love those string rings. theyre pretty.
every video I watch is just as inspiring as the last
i dunno i mean it is jewelry and furniture. I’m sure some of the pieces can’t be too creative (like the retainer) because then they could only be used in a gallery. The other stuff is mellowed down for a reason.
To SirNaelyan: Yeah, I like that attitude too. ^_^
(Actually I *do* have a lot of that kind of
attitude…but…somehow, I *doubt* that I
could really get people to *pay* me for it! ^_~)
I actually kind of like the jewelry…
some of the other stuff, I’m not so sure about…
but yeah, I *appreciate the idea* too. ^_^
=^__^=
i agree with you on that one…
I don’t know if I like his designs or not really, but I appreciate how he can just sort of “have a gum chewing party,” and get a piece out of it. That’s an interesting attitude that I sometimes wish I had more of.
i’m sorry, i really like coolhunting vids but this guy is not an artist, he’s reinventing things and in quite a bad manner, creating kitsch
Ugh man, this guy’s stuff reeks. Just another pretentious wannabe genius. All he’s missing are his square framed glasses.
Cool video…the whole channel is great and inspiring, lots of creative people…people you gotta check it out!
very cool – i was just checking out the retainer necklace at future perfect last week – love it.
Thats cool!!
XOXOXOXOXOXO
that was awesome!