{"id":102291,"date":"2015-05-13T10:41:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T10:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/10-questions-with-rafael-de-crdenas\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:17:59","slug":"10-questions-with-rafael-de-crdenas","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/10-questions-with-rafael-de-crdenas\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Questions and Answers With&#8230; Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The designer-curated auction is starting to be a thing. Note the recent <a href=\"articles\/detail\/36770-wright-introduces-style-sale-concept-with-blackman-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8220;style sale&#8221; by Adam Blackman and David Cruz of Blackman Cruz at Wright<\/a>, unique in its thoughtful mix of design styles and materials and blatant disregard for any theme related to era or estate. Now, Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas, founder of design firm <a href=\"http:\/\/architectureatlarge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas \/ Architecture at Large<\/a>, has launched &#8220;Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas: Through Thick and Thin,&#8221; a Paddle8 online sale of dozens of works from de C\u00e1rdenas\u2019s own collection combined with items by the likes of Philippe Starck, Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari, Paul Rudolph, Hans Agne Jakobsson, Ico Parisi, and Shiro Kuramata\u2014all of whom have been featured in de C\u00e1rdenas\u2019s interiors. Punches of bold colors, geometric forms, and black-and-white contrasts stand out, while the title &#8220;Through Thick and Thin&#8221; references\u00a0de C\u00e1rdenas\u2019s juxtaposition\u00a0of fragile and dense proportions and materials. Bidding will be run on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paddle8.com\/auction\/decardenas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paddle8.com<\/a>\u00a0from May 12 to May 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Here, the New York-based designer tells us why he&#8217;s inspired by youth culture and why he&#8217;ll never forget the Philippe Starck juicer for Alessi.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span id=\"wrapper-97749-AndrewBoyleFrameRafael01jpg\" class=\"photo_caption_block\" style=\"min-width: 250px; width: 250px;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image-97749-AndrewBoyleFrameRafael01jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;float: left; margin: 15px;\" title=\"AndrewBoyle FrameRafael 01\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/97749-AndrewBoyle_FrameRafael_01.jpg\" alt=\"AndrewBoyle FrameRafael 01\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" name=\"image-97749-AndrewBoyleFrameRafael01jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image-97749-AndrewBoyleFrameRafael01jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin: 15px;\" title=\"AndrewBoyle FrameRafael 01\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/97749-AndrewBoyle_FrameRafael_01.jpg\" alt=\"AndrewBoyle FrameRafael 01\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" name=\"image-97749-AndrewBoyleFrameRafael01jpg\" \/><\/noscript> <\/span><strong>Interior Design: How did the auction with Paddle8 come about? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas:\u00a0Through a causal\u00a0conversation\u00a0with\u00a0Alexander\u00a0Gilkes, one of the\u00a0founding\u00a0partners of Paddle8. We share a unique view on collecting.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><br \/>\nID: What are you hoping that people will take away from viewing the auction? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: Well, it\u2019s a unique collection and a fingerprint of an exciting but\u00a0beguiling\u00a0moment in design history. I think it\u2019s interesting to see the exuberance of postmodern form as compared to\u00a0the clarity and skeletal nudity of the modern, and this collection very much highlights that compositional tension.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><br \/>\nID: What has been your intention as a\u00a0designer\u00a0from the outset of your career? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: That&#8217;s an intense question, but the short answer is that I\u2019ve always been\u00a0interested\u00a0in creating atmospheres, and\u00a0raising or\u00a0lowering the\u00a0volume of mood in space.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><br \/>\nID: What are some of the projects currently on your plate that are challenging and\/or inspiring? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: It\u2019s equally challenging and inspiring to do something new, and recently our studio has been taking on digital video and film projects. We just created a conceptual film based in part on our design for Delfina Delettrez\u2019s London store, and at the moment are working on a music video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Europe we are working on two exciting, but very different residential projects. One is a ground-up pool house in the English\u00a0countryside; the other is an extremely contemporary insertion to an otherwise Hausmannian h\u00f4tel particulier in Paris. Commercially, I am happy to be working on several projects here in New York. We\u2019re doing the first US flagship for a very design aggressive Asian eyewear brand, as well as a private showroom and exclusive fitness studio for Nike, both in Soho.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong> ID: What are the shared traits of your staff members, and what do you consider indispensible when it comes to the people you collaborate with? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: My team is the most exciting group of young people that have arrived to architecture and deign through\u00a0circuitous\u00a0paths like myself. They come from varied backgrounds and have very active interests in other creative endeavors, so each person really brings a unique point of view to the studio as whole. And of course they all have very good, but more importantly, very precise and exacting taste.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><br \/>\nID: What\u2019s been the biggest surprise for you about\u00a0\u201cmaking it\u201d as a\u00a0designer? Words of wisdom for young designers? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: Well, I haven\u2019t\u00a0\u201cmade it\u201d and would be\u00a0suspect of anyone who thinks they have. Insecurity and adversity breed innovation.\u00a0Words of wisdom for young designers: question everything.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><br \/>\nID: What\u2019s the last\u00a0design\u00a0item that you bought for yourself? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: A pair of all black Nike Air Huaraches. A shaker box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong> ID: What is your earliest memory of\u00a0design? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: It\u2019s hard to say. Aside from my mother\u2019s clothes and going with her to the furniture floor at\u00a0Bloomingdale&#8217;s, I\u2019d have to say the Philippe Starck juicer for Alessi.\u00a0The juicer stands out in my memory because its design marked an acute turning point in how I thought about objects; that everyday things can also be unique and clever.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><br \/>\nID: What is your own living space like? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: A testing ground of personal ideas, many of them failed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><br \/>\nID: What\u2014and where\u2014excites you? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">RDC: Youth\u00a0culture. It\u2019s a\u00a0struggle and a joy to keep up with it. And I love L.A., as boring as that is to hear.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/10-questions-with-rafael-de-cardenas\/\">more Q&amp;A&#8217;s with Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas<\/a>, visit Interior Design.\u00a0 Make sure to check out<a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/\"> the latest Interior Design news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael de C&aacute;rdenas is founder of design firm&nbsp;Rafael de C&aacute;rdenas \/ Architecture at Large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2541,"featured_media":71052,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_image_focal_point":[],"legacy_django_id":8999},"tags":[],"id_tax_domain":[],"id_tax_product":[],"id_tax_program":[],"id_issue":[],"id_cat_news":[137,136],"internal_flag":[4220],"class_list":["post-102291","id_news","type-id_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","id_cat_news-10-questions","id_cat_news-profile"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Q&amp;A&#039;s With Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas: Part I - Interior Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the creative mind of Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas with 10 Q&amp;A&#039;s about his work and design philosophy. 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