Lot #33: Mid-Century Modern Style 1980s Designer Paul Rowan Bentwood Magazine Stand 16"

Paul designed his first product while working in his Dads hardware store. What is a hardware store but a whole store full of hacks!One of Paul's favourite designs is part of the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The MESH trash can was conceived as an alternative to solid vessels through the use of stainless steel as the base material. Challenging technology can result in innovative design. In this case the material was difficult to weld into a 3D object but once we overcame that, the results were ethereal.The steam bent wood magazine rack was an exercise in creating a functional object using the simplest of form. One primary shape that is bolted together to form a functioning magazine rack was the mission. The result is classic.