To celebrate it’s 100th year of furniture production in 2013, Pastoe has introduced the Jubilee cabinet that uses the now iconic Vision range form having been inspired by Cees Braakman’s celebrated Berken Series (1950) and U+N Series (1958) – two critically-acclaimed comprehensive midcentury collections of Pastoe case goods. Vision Jubilee is a magnificent multipurpose cabinet that combines storage with a pull-down door that becomes a work surface – ideal as an impromptu desk. (context) is pleased to be the exclusive United States Pastoe retailer for both presenting and ordering this very special manufacturer-editioned Vision Jubilee cabinet. We have created a … Read more

  Louis XV goes to Sparta Lounge + Settee Maurizio Galante + Tal Lancman Cerruti Baleri, Italy 2011 This extraordinary new design is a brilliant example of how technology and materials can engender profoundly new aesthetics. Galante and Lancman have taken the time-honored form of the wing chair and settee and, through the addition of tightly-fitting, photographically printed silk and viscose covers, created magnificent trompe l’oeil masterpieces! Louis XV goes to Sparta looks as if it has been “carved” from marble akin to an ancient throne – infusing the chair form with an unexpected and overwhelming sense of monumentality. Part … Read more

Etch Web Stainless Tom Dixon, UK 2013 Tom Dixon’s Etch Web Light builds upon the success of his earlier Etch Shade Lights that also features a diffuser with a polyhedral form composed of thin, lightweight metal sheets. Each highly-polished stainless sheet has been digitally etched to create a mesmerizing arrangement of openings – 60 of these sheets are attached to each other to create the diffuser’s resulting form. Once illuminated, the diffuser casts an extraordinary lattice of intricate shadows.   Etch Web Stainless is UL approved and includes a ceiling rose/canopy along with 98” of beautifully woven black and white … Read more