Tag Archives: Chilean design

Catalina Bauer: Utilitarian materials transformed

Although until recently she was mostly known to the local Chilean art-scene, Argentine-born but Chilean-based Catalina Bauer is an international contemporary artist star on the ascent. Her first true global break came with her inclusion in the show Tectonic Shift, … Continue reading →

Back to the future: the chairs of cristián valdés

I first saw these amazingly beautiful chairs in the Berkeley and Stinson Beach, California homes of my foremost mentor, whose very stylish wife had them sent from Chile.  I was so taken that I have never forgotten them.  15 years … Continue reading →