{"id":111789,"date":"2025-09-01T12:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111789\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:23:17","slug":"philadelphia-gallery-dudd-haus-showcases-underrepresented-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111789\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia gallery Dudd Haus showcases “underrepresented” design"},"content":{"rendered":"

The co-founder of the ongoing design collective Jonald Dudd has opened a physical gallery in Philadelphia<\/a> to present a roster of emerging avant-garde talents.<\/p>\n

Chris Held, who launched the recurring independent show Jonald Dudd<\/a> in 2015 during NYCxDesign<\/a>, moved from New York and found a space in the Old City neighbourhood of Philadephia in which to exhibit design year-round.<\/p>\n

\"Avant-gardeWorks in the inaugural exhibition at Dudd Haus are presented on a red plinth against velvet curtains<\/p>\n

Named Dudd Haus<\/a>, the collective and storefront operates as an extension of Jonald Dudd to provide a platform for “underrepresented studios that use design as an expressive medium”.<\/p>\n

The space opened with furniture, lighting and objects by “25 of the most exciting talents and voices within contemporary design” according to the gallery.<\/p>\n

\"Avant-gardeMany of the works in the permanent space come from designers who have previously featured in the itinerant Jonald Dudd exhibitions<\/p>\n

“Dudd Haus is a natural expansion of the collectivism that formed around Jonald Dudd over many years,” said Held. “Dudd Haus hits the same industry pressure points as Jonald Dudd, but in a much more durational way.<\/p>\n

“The goal is collaboration, increased visibility, and ultimately a sustainable living through one’s design practice,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"ObjectsObjects and merchandise are stored in a wooden display unit at the back of the space<\/p>\n

Located in a historic building, the long narrow space features a retail component in the front that sells smaller objects by studios such as Craighill<\/a> and Fort Standard<\/a>, literature and merchandise.<\/p>\n

Towards the back is the exhibition area, in which pieces in the debut exhibition are displayed on two parallel red plinths that flank a central walkway.<\/p>\n

\"GalleryThe gallery also sells design-related books and small objects, which are displayed towards the front of the space<\/p>\n

Crushed velvet curtains provide a backdrop for the works, while the floor is covered in a checkerboard of speckled black and white tiles.<\/p>\n

More objects and merch are stored in a wooden unit comprising a four-by-four grid of open box shelves, which is placed in front of a mountain scene across the back wall.<\/p>\n

\"DisplaySeats by Malcom Majer (left) and Leeward Studio are amongst the pieces on show<\/p>\n

Pieces included in the showcase range across tables, seating, storage and lighting that come from 27 designers and studios.<\/p>\n

All of the works are also available via an accompanying online store<\/a>, as well as the e-commerce platform 1st Dibs.<\/p>\n

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Next week, Dudd Haus will bring pieces by a curated group of 12 designers to the Collectible New York<\/a> fair, taking place 4-7 September 2025 at the WSA building on Water Street.<\/p>\n

The booth will feature a sculptural chair made from melted plastic, candle holders formed using remnants of road construction asphalt, a painted wooden table constructed with mortise and tenon joints, and much more.<\/p>\n

\"PlywoodPermanent furniture in the space was created by Dudd Haus founder Chris Held’s studio Nice Condo and designer Charles Constantine’s strudio Bestcase<\/p>\n

“Highlights include two pieces from Mike Newins \u2014 a carved limestone table sourced from southern Indiana’s quarries and a scrying mirror of black glass \u2014 and a screen from Carl Durrow made of stainless steel, aluminum, and textured wired glass, along with a variety of other bold, experimental works,” Held told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“As a collective, our practices span multiple disciplines and aesthetics \u2014 yet together, they create a unified voice that challenges conventional design norms.”<\/p>\n

\"ColourfulPieces in the gallery are also available to buy online<\/p>\n

Jonald Dudd was founded by Held, Lydia Cambron and Ben Garthus as an alternative to the typical gallery-based model, offering representation and advocacy on behalf of individual practitioners outside of capital-focused institutions.<\/p>\n

Since its inaugural show, the platform has exhibited more than 200 artists and designers “whose practices produce irreverent works that challenge both industry and cultural conventions”.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Matthew Gordon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The co-founder of the ongoing design collective Jonald Dudd has opened a physical gallery in Philadelphia to present…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75,35111,15279,50831,10345,1518,49626,51145,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-111789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-exhibitions","16":"tag-galleries","17":"tag-interiors","18":"tag-pennsylvania","19":"tag-philadelphia","20":"tag-sectionall","21":"tag-sectioninteriors","22":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}