Edward Cella Art + Architecture presents its first exhibition of contemporary furniture that advances the gallery’s unique focus on 20^th and 21^st century architects and designers.  The exhibition also represents the debut of PLANEfurniture, aninnovative suite of modern furniture created by noted designer and collector Michael Boyd.  Inspired by the pioneers of modern design, from Gerrit Rietveld and Rudolph Schindler to Jean Prouvé and Donald Judd, the PLANEfurniture collection attains perfect proportions and a simple, functional beauty.

The distinctive character of PLANEfurniture is founded in the modernist principals of function and form reinterpreted for today with a simple elegance and economy. Grounded by an extensive and intimate knowledge of the history of modern furniture, Boyd adapts and refines the chair, table and desk, creating altogether new forms that are as rational as they are timeless; livable as they are aesthetically pleasing; and comfortable as they are adaptable.

Designed and built by hand in Los Angeles, PLANEfurniture is sustainable and affordable. Constructed of harvested, salvaged, or recycled woods by local craftsman, each piece is composed of a few elements, assembled to achieve an interplay of shapes and angles. Ensuring a universality of use, PLANEfurniture is comprised of four systems: PLANKseries, WEDGEseries, BLOCKseries, and RODseries, each logically adapting its central tenant to functional solutions for indoor or outdoor use. Each piece in the collection may be customized by wood, color and size, and will furnish a room, a patio, or an entire house.

In explaining his inspiration Boyd states, “PLANEfurniture is intended to appeal to all who seek universal solutions to age-old design problems. It is ultimately about trying to reconcile style with logic, passion with discipline.”

Architect Mark Lee notes, “After decades of collecting, studying and being immersed in the scholarship of modern furniture; Michael Boyd is creating furniture of his own.  When looking at the piece made of rudimentary planes, one can sense and deduce their historical lineage while remaining wholly original, and originality that evolved though erudition. PLANEfurniture is of our time and of all time”

The exhibition will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue documenting the collection with essay by noted design critic Michael Webb.