A GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON LUXURY IN THE ��ST CENTURY

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Welcome to the second issue of The BPM Paper; a broadsheet capturing EDITOR IN CHIEF Brett Phillips the unique perspectives, insights and dialogue from those redefining our [email protected] engagement with luxury in the 21st century, whilst celebrating those at the Telephone +61 3 9687 4899 nexus of creativity, art and commerce. EDITOR Roj Amedi One of the great virtues of art is that it enables us to see the world differently, [email protected] while affording us the freedom to explore the intersections of our senses, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR emotions and intellect. In this spirit, our second issue explores the many David Roennfeldt INSIGHT By Ray Edgar JA: The most notable phenomenon in the last eight years has been a very layers, dimensions and nuances of obsession. [email protected] affluent Asian community initiating the repatriation and reassessment of Once upon a time collectors were as eclectic and obsessive as the grand their own art and artefacts. The most notable example in the antiques CREATIVE DIRECTOR th Obsession is a strange beast. Complex in nature and more often than not Lachlan Sumner auction house themselves and true collectors filled their homes with their industry is the 18 century Qing dynasty vase that turned up in an English stigmatised as a negative condition or disorder over which we have no control. [email protected] obsessions. “It’s become too sanitised,” says John Albrecht, proprietor and provincial auction house, which was eventually sold for £65 million. For some, including BPM, obsession can be liberating, a modus operandi of managing director of Leonard Joel, lamenting a change in collecting habits. RE: What else is highly coveted at present? SPECIAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR sorts that provides an effectual mechanism to sharpen resolve, channel effort Brett Phillips Since its inception 95 years ago Leonard Joel has been a grand JA: Anything in post-war modern design: furniture, objects, lighting, fittings. or help clarify intent. For others, obsession can be a burden of compulsion, [email protected] auction house. “We basically sell every category across every price RE: What’s driving the popularity of mid-century design? obligation, apprehension and fear. point,” explains Albrecht. JA: Globally there has been a profound change of taste in the past ten years INTERNS Tom Clapin However, in the world of collecting, it’s the collectors themselves who and a movement away from the traditional. It’s being influenced by the Our September issue is obsessed with the iconoclasts, leaders, makers and are the rare commodity. Architecture is partly to blame for changing tastes. way people live. Everyone has lots of windows and no walls. Architecture brands that pursue their ideas relentlessly, unceasingly and with a singular ACCOUNTS Once bountiful, baroque interiors—synonymous with the classic collector has had a profound affect on the way people collect. Gary Charman vision that makes it possible for them to change our view of the world. We [email protected] —have been replaced by far more minimalist interiors. Meanwhile RE: Out of all of the obsessive collectors, the people who unwittingly explore the art of edification and how the luxury bestowed upon the Roman values too have changed—price, not aesthetic, dominates discussion. came across an object of extreme value, like the Rare Late Victoria Diamond Catacomb Saints (p2) played a role in abating the iconoclasm of the 17th ADVERTISING & DISTRIBUTION