On October 23rd Setdart presents a selection of Jaime Tresserra’s most emblematic design furniture.
Jaume Tresserra’s designs are proof of the triumph of talent over any passing fad. Faithful to an aesthetic commitment in which beauty prevails over profitability and industrial production, Tresserra, gives life to his designs with the same delicacy with which a jeweler sets his precious stones acquiring in his hands the status of true pieces of art.
The exclusivity, innovation and perfectionism that the Barcelona designer confers to each of his creations is reflected in the collection that we present at auction on October 23, where some of his most iconic pieces will be available for purchase, such as the “Casablanca” armchair, the “Tensor” table and sideboard, the “Dry” bar cabinet or the “Carlton House” desk. The multiple awards and cultural recognitions that he has accumulated throughout his career, consolidate Jaume Tresserra as one of the pioneering figures in the national design that has achieved greater projection, even reaching the most demanding public of the Upper East Side of New York, Qatar or Japan.
In the 80’s Jaime Tresserra made his first forays into the field of design in the city of Barcelona, which at that time was beginning to emerge as a benchmark for design and interior design. In 1987, and encouraged by his clients, he created his own company J.Tresserra Design, whose first collection of furniture presented at the International Fair of Valencia, won him the award for Best Modern Furniture Design.
Since then, his furniture will exalt the beauty of forms that, sublimated by a perfect balance between the artisan conception made with noble materials, and the precise execution of its impeccable finishes, will overflow a special sensitivity rooted in its Mediterranean and cosmopolitan origins. In this sense, and under the conviction that “only noble materials age nobly” wood becomes the material par excellence with which Tresserra will conceive all its creations. Among all its typologies, walnut will be, due to its color and grain, its favorite wood, representing 70% of J. Tresserra Design’s sales. Likewise, the mixture of artistic influences filtered under the rationalist sieve, culminate the creative imaginary of the unclassifiable style with which Tresserra immerses us in a sophisticated and timeless universe, where the furniture, transcends its merely functional condition, to become a spiritual element capable of evoking emotions. As he himself defines, in his style “there is a little bit of deco, a little bit of oriental, a lot of graphics and some jewelry”.
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In this respect, his origins in a family of actors and dressmakers definitely contributed to the development of a sense of aesthetics influenced by the costumes and sets of the Hollywood classics of the 30s, 40s and 50s.
In fact, the deep link with the film world crystallized in several collaborations where his furniture, as in Batman (Tim Burton, 1989), Kiss me before you die (James Dearden, 1992), Wounded (Louis Malle, 1993) or The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011), were part of the props to set the scene and transport the viewer to specific places and sensations. Similarly, designs as recognizable as his spectacular Barcelona armchair are part of luxurious interiors such as the one he created in 1992 for the suites of the Hotel Arts in Barcelona, which brought him immense international recognition.
After three decades dedicated to a constant search for innovation and exclusivity, its furniture, present in many museums, is today a design classic that will endure over time and its ephemeral fashions, even conquering celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Tina Turner or the emir of Qatar.
