Christie's Holds Its First Ever Design-Only Auction

Well today, September 8th, we can officially mark as the day that product design got its due and became not just “stuff” but “stuff that’s also art.” Christie’s, the auction house, is having its first ever design sale. “Design sale,” of course, meaning things made by hot shot designers, like Mark Newson, Maarten Baas, and Zaha Hadid. Everything is expected to be running at prices expected to be between $6,000 and somewhere close to $2 million, which isn’t too shabby at all.