Collecting Design: George Nakashima

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Collecting Design: George Nakashima with host Daniella Ohad.
Produced in association with Rago Auctions and The New York School of Interior Design, this short form documentary features some of the world's leading Nakashima experts - dealers, curators, collectors, scholars, and designers - who provide insight into Nakashima's work and current market and tell fascinating 'behind-the-scenes' stories.
Among those featured: designer Mira Nakashima, auctioneer David Rago, collector Phyllis Lifschutz, dealer Robert Aibel, curator and former Sotheby’s department head James Zemaitis, scholar Derek Ostergard and interior designers Russell Piccione and Michael Gruber.

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@biddy6785 11 ай бұрын

Met Mr Nakashima in the early 1990s in New Hope. As a woodworker I was amazed by the wood he had. I have loved wood ever since I watched my great grandfather make cabinets in the early 1950s.

@grandmarnier3746 3 ай бұрын

I struggle, cringe even when they are trying to give worth or a price to the pieces. You just can’t do that with art. You never know who is in the audience and how it will speak to someone. The value is much more than simply the price. Emotion or experience is found in the person. Priceless.

@jonathanmangold5024 4 жыл бұрын

I've admired his work for decades. This free-edge stuff you see everywhere now was Nakishima's idea from years ago.

@HondoTrailside 3 жыл бұрын

Free edge as a lot of authors, the Nakashima is the combination of free edge with the japanese like bases, the contrast, and the exquisit choice of book-matched patterns. But natural edge, that is not new.

@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549 Жыл бұрын

Nakashima-san tihen utskushi desu! The Japanese used wood and bamboo to build. The philosophies developed around the beauty of natures perfect imperfection. The architect who loved nature let it dictate rather than put his will upon the material. I've always appreciated my experiences in Japan and how it changed this Chicago boy. I'm making organic , functional , and hopefully good design. Thankyou Nakashima-san!

@DOUGALUS 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing this documentary. George was a one in a lifetime visionary and we are appreciative that his vision and craft has been documented for all of us to appreciate.

@JAMES-dv5ns 3 жыл бұрын

I think George Nakashima wouldn’t want his furniture to be slobbered by rich snobs and be used by everyone

@thomaskirkpatrick4031 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I made the comment above yours, not one of these "collectors" knows anything about what goes into a piece of furniture like these.

@petra3049 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@appidydafoo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful documentary

@thomaskirkpatrick4031 Жыл бұрын

I hate to hear people that would be disgusted by the site of a dusty woodshop talk about a man's life work.

@marklingerfelt4965 10 ай бұрын

I was left my late parents formal dining and living room furnature. All was Nakiashima. They were quite collecters of his furniture.

@krumpetrov5323 Жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for sharing!

@guyvangenechten6484 9 ай бұрын

Very nice documentary!!!

@spenserclarke5956 11 ай бұрын

I have always held the same principle to trees, even before coming across Nakashima. Inf fact, my woodworking principles are to avoid any and all waste as possible, by a multi step process. I cut timber into the main sizes I need, with a slight adjustment to make use of the 'waste' pieces, whereby I then make pen blanks, and strips with thinner pieces for laminating together, segmenting pen blanks, or using to make pin striping in larger pieces of wood. I try to make sure all waste is as useless as possible.

@sharksport01 11 ай бұрын

So you never have a campfire?

@Ikaros23 5 жыл бұрын

Wabi Sabi and Shibui estetics

@cristianm2361 4 жыл бұрын

I've stumble upon a Nakashima piece at an estate sale. By luck the owners of the house didn't quite know what they had. $500 usd was all I spent, and to this day-the night stands i found remain in my possession. I'm so glad i rejected offers of $900 and $3000.

@MegaJAK77 2 жыл бұрын

That's a lovely story....I think George would like his furniture to be discovered in this way.

@sharksport01 11 ай бұрын

Must be his Widdicomb line.

@jaredriggs9084 2 жыл бұрын

We Must speek 4 the wood!!!!!

@hdtvcamera1 2 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@elememelon9175 4 жыл бұрын

I believe in the its not a collection its a lifestyle a lot

@inmanphotography5828 4 жыл бұрын

I thought he was born in Spokane, WA not Seattle...? anyone?

@MaddieMarvolo 3 жыл бұрын

Yes he was born in Spokane!

@chefbillybaroo2056 Жыл бұрын

A master….

@wowtco03 5 жыл бұрын

Czech architect with american practical experience Antonin Raymond, damn it! Oh well.

@barbarag868 3 жыл бұрын

How fucking ironic the owners of his pieces are the very people who drove up prices and keep to them selves

@sharksport01 11 ай бұрын

His prices were always up.

@harperwelch5147 Жыл бұрын

This work requires a lot of hand labor and uses rare and expensive woods. We think art is expensive. Yes it is. This art isn’t easy to do and isn’t cheap to make or to buy.

@williamwoody7607 3 жыл бұрын

A little off topic but still design; what’s with Ohad’s shoes? Those ridiculous things belong on an S&M clown.

@runs_through_the_forest 2 жыл бұрын

i found the huge difference in authenticity striking, mr Nakashima's daughter has such a nice natural feel, accepting who she is, a beautiful older woman. the woman presenting this docu seems sad, botox or surgery all over her face, unable to accept the natural cycle of life.. she seems slightly off topic..

@allenhanford Жыл бұрын

George Nakashima used to say he'd ask the wood what it wanted to be. Did it ever say "I want to be a tree again"?

@l.k.1011 Жыл бұрын

^^ only 2 or 3.... I guess.

@johndoe1765 6 жыл бұрын

NO DOUBT THAT NAKASHIMA FURNITURE WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT ALL THIS INTELECTUAL TALK ABOUT HIS WORK WAS NOT HIS INTENT ,HIS WORK WAS BY SPIRITUAL MEAN OF THE EAST ,NOT EGOTISTICAL SELF STROKING OF THE WELL TO DO IN THE WESTERN WORLD . THIS WHY THE PRICES ARE SO HIGH .

@troyglazer9647 3 жыл бұрын

...the art wankers no doubt, harvest a hefty commission.

@JAMES-dv5ns 2 жыл бұрын

@TopRahmen uh no you sound like a toxic person. God I hate people like you.

@petra3049 Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@johndoe1765 Жыл бұрын

@@troyglazer9647 Sorry it's a year later for my reply but the art wanker pockets have become deep like bankers.

@johndoe1765 Жыл бұрын

@@petra3049 Yes.

@harperwelch5147 Жыл бұрын

We’re spoiled by furniture made in boxes we assemble or made in third world countries. At the time of creation these pieces weren’t cheap, at all. Not affordable for everyone. FL Wright wanted his homes to be for everyone, they were very expensive and not available to everyone.

@sharksport01 11 ай бұрын

"We're" Speak for yourself.

@brianarnold4819 Жыл бұрын

I hate to say it but, the furniture is beautiful..but I had a problem concentrating everytime her leg's were in view.

@yankapoodle Жыл бұрын

it doesnt look like you hate to say it

@sharksport01 11 ай бұрын

I agree, like 2 worms on a hook. Disgusting. Imagine if a man did that.

@startreker8591 11 ай бұрын

Are there not better than this dude y not that expensive as his😢

@user-bv8on7hu4x 3 ай бұрын

Una cosa es ser carpintero y copiar. y otra es ser ebanista diseñar, trabajar disfrutar y realizar . y otra muy lejana es diseñar pensar

@ishantjangra6833 6 жыл бұрын

Way too hot for an hisrorian

@christinecorrrea5402 Жыл бұрын

More cannon fodder for the corrupt art world it looks like

@shaquilleadams5062 3 жыл бұрын

The quick specialist dentsply avoid because inventory virtually produce behind a reminiscent whale. delightful, bright jason

@NosillaWilla Жыл бұрын

The collectors are overtly pretentious, it is in a way a disrespect to nakashima legacy

@guillem4630 4 жыл бұрын

leeeegs

@borp6912 Жыл бұрын

Collectors are vultures of culture

@PierreMarchand67 10 ай бұрын

Simplistic stupid blanket statement

@davekava3946 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure many will disagree. But as cool as live edge furniture is it ends up looking like abstract art. Paint slung on a canvas. As if the talent that took to make it is none. Very little of it looks balanced. Maloof all the way. There is real talent

@pooterbilbo8132 2 жыл бұрын

It's incredibly simple to cut artificial straight sides or curves into a tabletop. IKEA does it all the time. Actually respecting the wood by modifying it only enough to stabilize the slab is a very delicate process. If you want to see angular architecture and joinery prowess just look at the table base.

@thomasdykstra100 Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but y'all picked the WRONG voice to do the "narrative"...sounds like a "Bobwuh Wawters" clone!

@l.k.1011 Жыл бұрын

Can't stand that lady.... all the respect to Nakashima though.

@timbottman3479 2 жыл бұрын

this is just another over rated designer!

@nadirmuhammad2178 Жыл бұрын

Hotep. George Nakashima. I'm glad I got introduced to this. Creative artist. And looking at his work I see now that a lot of American Carpenters I see now, who they been studying. It becomes full circle now. I appreciate you introducing us to this Gifted Man. Why wasn't he introduced to the world. I think we have idea. However once again preciate this post!!!!🔥💯🎯🧬🎇🕊🌄🦋🌅🌿✔️🪘🦂🔱