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"Peter Shelton and Lee F. Mindel: Playing Well with Others\nThe ideas behind the award-winning architecture firm's successful collaborations\nShelton, Mindel began working with the American rug manufacturer V'Soske in the 1980s. Crack, left, is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Mindel will be curating a show of V'Soske rugs at the American Institute of Architects to coincide with the May 2012 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York.\nShelton, Mindel's line of table, floor, wall, and ceiling lamps for Nessen was spurred by the lighting company's need \"to return to the essentials,\" says Mindel. This brass wall fixture with a white sandblasted-glass cylinder is representative of the collection's utilitarian yet beautifully articulated shapes, inspired by Bauhaus and Mies van der Rohe in particular.\nThe designers have created lighting fixtures for Nessen's sister company, D'ac Lighting, as well. Although D'ac targets the commercial market, the industrial-chic aesthetic of Shelton, Mindel's lamps for the company have made them a popular choice for residential interiors.\nFor Waterworks, a manufacturer of top-notch bath designs, Shelton, Mindel has created everything from bathtubs to faucets to luxe towels. For their Opus faucet, they even invented a new type of valve that sits below the countertop, thus occupying less space and creating a cleaner line.\nThe Stratum collection of bath linens for Waterworks is made of lush cotton terry woven onto a delicately colored cotton ground. The towels are available in a subtle palette designed to complement construction materials used in a bathroom\u2014limestone, concrete, putty, and plaster.\nThe egglike .25 bathtub, also for Waterworks, was inspired by the sculptures of Isamu Noguchi. \"It envelops the user,\" says Mindel. \"It embraces you.\"\nFor KnollStudio, the firm created a collection of refined furniture, including a new take on the traditional banker's chair.\nEven for accomplished pros like Shelton and Mindel, joining Knoll's list of legendary designers was an honor. \"We were trained to respect designers' legacies,\" says Mindel. \"To be included in this group is a thrill.\"\n\n Shelton, Mindel also created a series of steel-and-glass tables for the company. A new collection with Knoll will launch next year."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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