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Richard Frinier's Daydream Collection
The Out Crowd
Susan Latempa
July 1, 2003
Much of Frinier’s inspiration through the years has come from the materials he’s worked with, including teak, Hularo and stainless steel. He is also on the leading edge of developing new categories of outdoor furniture—working with balcony height furniture, for example, which allows you to see over the railing; and experimenting with outdoor lighting that would be weather-resistant and cordless but would, he says, “look like an elegant table or floor lamp.”
Upstairs, inside his hillside home, is one of Frinier’s latest pieces for Dedon, the Daydream bed. It was designed to withstand the outdoor environment but, like most of his furniture, it is up to the customer to decide where to place it. “When I created Daydream, I was thinking of a luxury we rarely have: time to daydream,” he says. “This daybed would be a place you could go to let your mind wander and reflect. It starts off as a platform, really more of a magic carpet, with an undulation, a sort of movement as if it were beginning to lift off and float away.
“To that platform you can add poles—one at a time, or two or four. And then you have the option of adding panels. You could actually put panels all around. You could make a chaise or a sectional or a loveseat or an enclosed bed with headboard and footboard. The poles are like tent poles. At the top is what I call the sky—very sheer fabric that catches the wind, and, with another little accessory we have, a wind chime, it would add to the movement and sound and the magic of this flying carpet. This didn’t need 12 or 14 pieces in the collection. This is the collection.”
David Tisherman, 310.379.6700, 856.489.8508, www.tisherman.com
Janice Feldman, Janus et Cie, 310.652.7090, www.janusetcie.com
Richard Frinier, frinier@aol.com
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