Brad Pitt hearts furniture
Brad Pitt dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on furniture yesterday at the Design Miami/Basel fair in Switzerland. Among his purchases were 4,000 couches and 1,500 tables. Kidding. Pitt bought two of those chairs above @ $25k each, the lamp (price undisclosed), and the table below ($293,000). He also bought a rug made of aluminum thread that runs $175/sq foot, and is rumored to be interested in a fiberglass sofa that costs $300,000. Fair director Loic Le Gaillard told Bloomberg News:
"Most people come to Basel to look at contemporary art, but it's completely overwhelming,'' said Le Gaillard. "Then they come to the design fair and it's quiet. They can see contemporary works that are affordable and refreshingly accessible.''Pitt's 4-foot-long ``Cinderella Table,'' from an edition of six, is hewn from a solid block of Carrara marble. Another version of the table was among 16 pieces that the gallery had sold by the second afternoon of the fair, said Le Gaillard. (Source)
In related news, I have a pretty sweet bookcase in my living room that I built of stolen cinder blocks and boards. Thing's easily got another five years of life in it.
The chair and lamp remind me of the sculptures that the stepmom made in Beetlejuice..I'm pretty sure they came to life at one point.
To much money and to little taste.
I remember hearing a story about him and J.A. having a disagreement over their very different tastes in furniture. I have to agree with Jen. I'm sure the tattooed, blood vile wearing vampire is fine with this ugly overpriced crap though.