Designer: Richard Meier (b. 1934)

Item: Prototype Dinner Plate

Manufactured by: Swid Powell

Country of origin: Japan

Year made: Circa 1984-86

Materials: Porcelain with overglaze transfer decal decoration.

Dimensions: 12” in diameter

Condition: Excellent

Description: Richard Meier was the most prolific architect designing for Swid Powell and a large percentage of his designs for Swid Powell were produced. However, this design was never realized for production, making this a rare object. This design bears similarities to a couple of other Swid Powell plates he designed, but this is much more abstracted, and bears a visual relationship with some of the large office and apartment towers he designed.

Provenance: Marc Hacker, Vice President for Design and Development at Swid Powell.  Hacker is an architect who studied with Michael Graves at Princeton University.  Upon graduating he moved to New York City and took a job working for architect Richard Meier.  As a result of his work for Meier, Hacker was hired by Swid Powell, because they needed a formally trained architect to work with their stable of architects and designers to achieve the final objects produced for sale.  Hamel20, LLC is honored to represent the Hacker collection of Swid Powell objects, which includes prototypes and designs that were never produced for sale.