Taliesin p2428
Behold.. my new pendant for the house.. by Yamagiwa Japan ( made by hand ) designed by the famous architect Frank Lyold Wright
It takes me weeks to get this deal across.
Been searching the web for a good pendant for my living room void, and found this on a catalogue book by Euroluce.. but... they don't have the stock here in Australia, as it's made to order ( meaning custom hand made, takes a whopping 3 months for that and only 2 person does it, one in Japan Yamagiwa company and another in Yamagiwa USA )
being a designer piece and limited patented reproduction of the original, which by the way is valued at over 1 million USD at least, as the architect is now a legacy... ( dead but bless his soul ) It weights 18 Kg, about 2.5 M long
i found 2 US company that carries them.
the quote from the 1st company came in at about 8K AUD.. and the 2nd about 7300 AUD, savings in tax and also on freight cost. so with that, at least i know they could come in, or i could get them in. so adviced my architect to instruct the electrician to allocate location for it in the void, initially meant to have 2 pendants, but decided 1 is enought to steal the whole scene away.
in the meantime, i had this other ball rolling to get the Euroluce company here to obtain it, they have some hiccups, in terms that the japanese company does not allow 1, they require minimum of 5 piece before they will consider shipping them in.
by the way, their price is the cheapest, about 6125 incl GST ( no freight of course )
now, i guess the difference is very apparent, so i aim, pray and hope that i could get it from euroluce.
the sales rep in Sydney told me that their (yamagiwa) export manager is visiting Sydney this week ( mon-Tues)
and they will try to convince and put pressure on him to allow 1 piece in.
in the final compromise, they're getting 2 in, 1 for me and 1 more for their sydney showroom.
and as u would have guess .. SUCCESS !!!! and i'm just bloody thrilled !!!
hard work pays off i guess.. YAY !!! WOO HOO !!!
so in 3 months, i can't wait to see this prized pendant of mine, it's so in tune with my house design !! YAY !!
and of course i add spice to the story by telling them this is an architecturally designed house, it will showcase their lamp in Melbourne ( publicity stint lah !! ) and there will be lots of parties, entertaining, hence architects etc etc will be coming pass in n out.. so it will be good publicity for Yamagiwa and Euroluce of course !!!
It takes me weeks to get this deal across.
Been searching the web for a good pendant for my living room void, and found this on a catalogue book by Euroluce.. but... they don't have the stock here in Australia, as it's made to order ( meaning custom hand made, takes a whopping 3 months for that and only 2 person does it, one in Japan Yamagiwa company and another in Yamagiwa USA )
being a designer piece and limited patented reproduction of the original, which by the way is valued at over 1 million USD at least, as the architect is now a legacy... ( dead but bless his soul ) It weights 18 Kg, about 2.5 M long
i found 2 US company that carries them.
the quote from the 1st company came in at about 8K AUD.. and the 2nd about 7300 AUD, savings in tax and also on freight cost. so with that, at least i know they could come in, or i could get them in. so adviced my architect to instruct the electrician to allocate location for it in the void, initially meant to have 2 pendants, but decided 1 is enought to steal the whole scene away.
in the meantime, i had this other ball rolling to get the Euroluce company here to obtain it, they have some hiccups, in terms that the japanese company does not allow 1, they require minimum of 5 piece before they will consider shipping them in.
by the way, their price is the cheapest, about 6125 incl GST ( no freight of course )
now, i guess the difference is very apparent, so i aim, pray and hope that i could get it from euroluce.
the sales rep in Sydney told me that their (yamagiwa) export manager is visiting Sydney this week ( mon-Tues)
and they will try to convince and put pressure on him to allow 1 piece in.
in the final compromise, they're getting 2 in, 1 for me and 1 more for their sydney showroom.
and as u would have guess .. SUCCESS !!!! and i'm just bloody thrilled !!!
hard work pays off i guess.. YAY !!! WOO HOO !!!
so in 3 months, i can't wait to see this prized pendant of mine, it's so in tune with my house design !! YAY !!
and of course i add spice to the story by telling them this is an architecturally designed house, it will showcase their lamp in Melbourne ( publicity stint lah !! ) and there will be lots of parties, entertaining, hence architects etc etc will be coming pass in n out.. so it will be good publicity for Yamagiwa and Euroluce of course !!!