The Complete Collection of Hideaways by Rosalie Monod de Froideville

above: The HideAway Adult cozy, made of soft wool

If you ever wanted to just curl up and hide, I have yet to find anything more suitable than Rosalie Monod de Froideville's HideAways.

From the Netherlands this product line of bizarre cozies for everything from adults to dogs has been an ongoing series. Sorry, they don't have any for tea kettles.

Rosalie began the collection with the introduction of the adult, baby and dog wool cozies in October of 2005 and was described as follows:
"We all have these moments when we wish the world could just stop existing for a while. Whether it's to get away from a personal crisis or from universal threats, from time to time all we want to do is curl up and hide. Now, for these moments we have the perfect soultion: the HideAway. Pre-shaped in the hiding-position, this cover has a snug fit and is easy to use. you can get into it fast and easy, anywhere and at any time."



above: The HideAway for Adult


above: The HideAway for Baby


above: The HideAway for Dog

In December of 2005, she added the wool customizable Hideaway Memory Deluxe (also called the HideAway Custom:



Later, in 2006, she began using other materials for outdoor use and added the HideAway Corporate, the HideAway Thug-life and the HideAway Trench:

above: The HideAway Corporate, pin striped with room for briefcase


above: the HideAway Trench


above: The HideAway Thug-life is very 'street'

At this point, the HideAways were available to order directly from the Netherlands. Here's a look at the brochure:



I do not know if they are still available to order, but to inquire, you can contact them at HideAwayenterprises@gmail.com

In June of 2007, the Excursion HideAway came about, set on wheels, complete with handle:


above: the Excursion HideAway

In April of 2008, the Migratory HideAway was born, a compliment to her piece, The Migratory Home


above: the Migratory HideAway

Since then Rosalie has continued with unusual products which you can find on her site here.

Manga Meets Modern In The Work of Jessica Lichtenstein.

Antique chairs paired with risqué textiles and large mounted word sculptures, inside of which lie stylized fetishized illustrations of women frolicking in landscapes, are the some of the ways in which Manga and Modern are incorporated into the work of artist Jessica Lichtenstein. The artist also has a current series of Manga figurines in plexiglass boxes that I am not including in this post.

Yum:

details:

above: UV Printed on Acrylic, 45 x 81 1/2 x 2 in | 114.3 x 207 x 5 cm

Play:



detail:

above: UV Printed on Acrylic, 37 x 89 1/2 x 2 in | 94 x 227.3 x 5 cm

XOXO:

detail:

above: UV printed on acrylic, 22 x 48 x 4 inches | 56 x 122 x 10

Lust:

detail:


above: UV Printed on Acrylic, 38 x 88 1/4 x 4 in | 96.5 x 221.5 x 10.2 cm

War:


detail:

above: UV Printed on Acrylic, 45 x 91 x 4 1/4 in | 114.3 x 231 x 10.7 cm

Bloom:


detail:

close-ups:

above: UV printed on acrylic, LED lights, and stainless steel, 33 x 75 x 4 in | 84 x 190.5 x 10.3 cm


The Chairs:





King Chair:


textile detail:

above: Twill fabric, fiberglass and resin, 56 x 29 1/2 x 25 in | 142.3 x 74.9 x 63.5 cm


Queen Chair:


Textile detail:


above: Twill fabric, fiberglass and resin, 38 1/2 x 34 x 27 in | 97.8 x 86.3 x 68.6 cm


Princess Chair:


textile detail:

above: Twill fabric, fiberglass and resin, 43 3/4 x 37 x 31 in | 111 x 94 x 79 cm

Porter Chairs:


above: twill fabric, fiberglass, resin, leather and metal studs, measurements unknown

Jessica is presently showing at Gallery Nine5:



Gallery Nine 5

About the artist:

photo by ©Sunnie Rizzolo

Jessica Lichtenstein, above, lives and works in New York City.

Using the female body as a mechanism to explore deeper themes of power, female representation, fetishism and objectification, usually in an ironic and cheerful way, Lichtenstein’s work embodies the very paradox she is trying to explore. Her work consciously plays with the boundaries of power, commercialization, consumerism, fantasy and propriety, provoking tensions that challenge the viewer to confront his or her own gaze.

Lichtenstein expands her media to include graphic design, 3D text sculptures, light boxes and fabric. The artist strives for the presentation of her work to echo her ideas – art should ultimately entertain. Lichtenstein reveals her playful nature with complex pieces that divulge their depth only with a closer look – a cherry tree image on a light box is actually a composite of X-rated sirens. The viewer is asked to re-examine the nature of enticement – are the accompanying phrases and speech bubbles amatory or garish? Each vignette in Lichtenstein’s installations is a slate upon which the viewer may consider his or her own notions of sexuality. (courtesy of Gallerynine5)

images courtesy of the artist
Jessica Lichtenstein