With a background in both Industrial Design and Sculpture, Simone Drucker is an artist/designer

who offers a multi-disciplined approach towards the design of spaces and environmental elements. 

While studying I.D. at Rhode Island School of Design, she became fascinated with the precision

of industrial manufacturing techniques as a way to influence the production of art.  This influence

is present in her conceptual art and furniture pieces, and she has taken it a step further into

designing spaces and environments, focusing on tight design and precise construction, striving for

visual and multi-sensory experiences that are more complex the closer you look.
 
Simone has worked on projects spanning a variety of mediums, applications, and international

clients. Her education was immediately followed by a studio internship with international artist and

designer, Joep Van Lieshout, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.   In 2006, she was Recognized by

34 Magazine for the design of the “Hammock Lounge,” an environment built as a giant hammock

for a social gathering space.  She has since worked in the areas of product design, event design,

retail branding and merchandising, and interior design, to name a few.  She currently resides in

Santa Monica, California, with a private art studio.

 

 

 

 

Lee Bontecou  Providence, Rhode Island, 1931

 

Lee Bontecou is one of the most interesting and brilliant artists of our day.  Her mediums range from pencil drawings,

to metal, canvas, and mixed media paintings and sculptures.  One thing holds true for all of her work: the irresistably

convincing mastery of form.  Her drawings seem to jump right off the paper; her 3D paintings, with multi-faceted planes

of canvas in the 60's begged for a reconsideration of how art is formatted and created.  Her work is also achingly

complex, and her mastery of materials is evident in every piece.  I was literally brought to tears when I saw a

retrospective of her work at the MOMA in New York City in 2004.

 

   

 

 

 

 

Tord Boontje  Eschende, Netherlands 1968

 

 

Tord Boontje is a Dutch Artist and desiger who's work ranges from furniture and product

design to sculptural installations and more.  I have always admired his uniquely gorgeous

aesthetic, literal nature imagery, and strong color pallete.  Boontje is an internationally

recognized designer, as well as faculty at the Royal Academy of Art where he also studied

Industrial Design.

 

"when I was little I wanted to be a forester, it was my big dream,
to be in the forest all day long, look after all the animals. then for

a while was very interested in space, physics and science. I was

probably 15 when I really knew I wanted to go to art school."

 

His gorgeous website is here: http://www.tordboontje.com/