Tobias Wong

Says Karim Rashid: 'Art is a provocateur. Art can be slanderous, insipid, political, poetic whereas design must be more democratic, less provocative, more pragmatic, but hopefully experiential. Tobias's work borders on this line.'

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These ideas are stunningly brilliant. It is the ultimate smack in the face to a label hungry, 'designer' dependent, utterly pretentious society. Tobias has taken the Vreeland maxim, "Elegance is refusal" to a dazzling new peak. - Reno Dakota

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Wong sees consumption as a vehicle for passing ideas to other people and over time, and for adding to them in the passing. For $7,500 to $25,000, you can have your purchase at the Troy store in SoHo wrapped in an original Warhol screen print and signed by Tobias Wong. Warhol, by all accounts, would have relished the idea. You can save the giftwrap if you like, but if you really don't give a shit, it goes into the bin because you've understood: It's all disposable in the end. 'I'm not giving rich people luxury,' Tobi says. 'I'm trying to share ideas. Even a poor person can go: Wow, the concept is there. It's in my head. I own it.' (That said, anyone who has trashed their Warhol-Wong giftwrap, please raise your hand.) - Frame

Tobias Wong