Following the recent financial fall out, it does feel out-of-date, in a way.

It will be interesting to see what new work is presented at December’s Design Miami.

Can’t see why people are slating it!?

This project doesn’t employ high-tech. This is Bollocks. He is using a saw on rocks.
What this project employs is loads of money to make it happen. There are very interesting experiments happening via digital processes (Including Johnson’s own Aranda/Lasch as a good example. But please- don’t corrupt the language by saying this is an experiment in the meeting of high tech and the rough-hewn.

However, I do feel a bit sorry for this Max fellow, who I’m sure is reading these comments. I do think he is out of bright ideas just now which doesn’t mean he is a bad designer. As someone above said, “he is receiving investment faster than he is producing ideas.” But this is normal and you really cant be so hard on someone in that position- what would you do? Tell the Gallerist that you aren’t ready for his trust and USD? Hell no! “Fake it Till You Make It” is the phrase that says it best, I think.

What I would like to bring into the discussion though, is the responsibility of the Currator to his artist. I think he is largely the person who should be given the blame for this generally flat, poor exhibition. I think he has not measured his artist properly and injected too much promotion, pressure, investment, trust into someone who isn’t ready.

It is an understandable state: Lamb was generating alot of revenue for him previously, and ofcourse the Gallery gets used to the revenue and wants more. The danger is though, that you will burn out your artist and leave him tarnished by bad work and a slew of negative public comments like those above.

This predicament is a common curratorial pitfal in the art world too. It is funny to see how the ‘Art-mirroring world of High Design’ will absorb moments like this since the Design market is so new (I really think it only began in 2005 with the first Design Miami) and it has never been through an economic downturn. Just to say, this situation where a gallery burns out its artist is common in the world of Fine art, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out in the world of Design Galleries.

Shame on you currator! You must remember to rotate your crops and allow the soil to re-fertilize itself. In the mean time, show us something totally new from someone we don’t already know and let Lamb get his bearings again..

I would love some of there for my kitchen, do they stack?

I like max’s stuff usually and I love the use of materials here but he’s use of simplicity has gone too far. This panders to the people in the design world who like to talk/write without knowing about design.

Sorry Max

but nice work max. dont worry about the slagers off.. i like the fact that YOU can cut and polish stone and make it work… most other designers would not have the touch, confidnece and indeed profile to make this a successful exhibition.

dont over analise, its design intended for art consumers not american households.