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May, 2004 For Immediate Release
Bringing Play Into Home Decor
Didi Dunphy is the designer and director of Modern Convenience and the
Recess line of art hybrid furnishings. Didi is exhibiting her works in
the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, (ICFF), this year, at
the Javits Convention Center May 15-18, in New York. Booth # 1526
Didi has an artist’s background, primarily sculpture, video, and other
time-based arts. She received an MFA from the Art Institute in San
Francisco and has exhibited her work in galleries and museums across
North America. Currently she lives in Athens, Georgia and teaches at
the University in the Digital Media Department.
Modern Convenience furnishings stem from the concept of Recess:
Bringing the free time of recess indoors and re-introducing play
through sculptural elements. Didi’s hybrid forms bring the outdoors
inside and are designed for people to engage in parallel play where
friendships, alliances, collaborations and good ideas can happen.
Modern Convenience: Recess
Barnett Newman once said that sculpture is something you bump into when
you are backing up to look at a painting. If you bump into the Swing or
See-Saw you can hop on with out hurting your shin or leaving a
scuffmark from your high heel. Didi uses vinyl that is play friendly
and oversized acrylic tassels and chrome handlebars that sparkle and
sway. Or take a quick spin around the dining room table on the Inside
Skate, a tuck n' roll upholstered skateboard. With a background in fine
arts, Didi re-invents sculpture, creating an elegant human-friendly
functional form with whimsy.
See Saw Inside Skate
*Above - Didi with Lucy Rounds
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