Ones of a Kind

Mass production? It's for the masses. We prefer surprising, amusing, beautiful, functional (sometimes), human-made (always) objets d'art

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Wrap an extension cord around a clear plexiglass frame to create Craighton Berman’s Coil Lamp, $150, at craightonberman.com.

Wrap an extension cord around a clear plexiglass frame to create Craighton Berman’s Coil Lamp, $150, at craightonberman.com.

 

1. Susan Dwyer’s polyurethaned papier-mâché vessels, $32 and $38, at upintheairsomewhere.com

2. Elizabeth Hayes’s Glissade stainless steel table, $1,600, to order at Post 27, 1819 W. Grand Ave.

3. Ryan Baehr’s “Gridlock” giclée photographic print on canvas, $690, to order at ryanbaehr.com

4. Jan Jander’s teak and reinforced concrete Ember Lamps, $3,800 and $4,200, at Haute Living, 222 W. Kinzie St.

 

Photography: Leonard Gertz

 
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