When Arthur found himself in Australia after following love, he fortuitously landed in a studio just a street away from Adam’s inner-city Sydney studio. Their paths crossed and the duo first collaborated on a reinterpretation of Arne Jacobsen’s iconic Series-7 chair for a furniture charity project organised by Cult.
Inspired by the blurring of the boundaries of traditional craft, art and modern design, they formalised their practice as A&A producing the ‘Bloom’ cabinet, the first of their purpose-designed pieces. After debuting in Milan in 2018, ‘Bloom’ was subsequently acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in the same year. Representation with Tolarno Galleries followed, along with A&A’s first solo show ‘Exquisite Corpse’ in 2020, which presented three transcendent pieces of furniture, shown here, all of which were quickly acquired.
Adam conceived the initial designs and patterns for Talleo – a tallboy, Archant – a console, and Longbow – a credenza, which were finessed in dialogue with Arthur to maximise straw marquetry’s astounding visual effects. Using just a scalpel, ruler and wood glue, Arthur has decorated the three pieces in a series of richly coloured geometric patterns informed by the shape of each item.
For more information on A&A, or to commission a one-off collectable object that celebrates the kaleidoscopic visual effects of straw marquetry, visit
adamandarthur.com.
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