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Brad Pitt Co-Designing a Furniture Line
Brad Pitt Co-Designing a Furniture Line
November 5, 2012

Brad Pitt** will soon be fulfilling another lifelong dream -- and this one has nothing to do with show business.

The engaged actor and father of six, 48, has teamed up with furniture designer Frank Pollaro to create a collection of home furnishings. Pitt will unveil his pieces -- including a dining table, club chairs and a bed -- Nov. 13 through Nov. 15 in New York.

"I've been doodling ideas for buildings and furniture since the early 1990s, when I first discovered [Charles Rennie] Mackintosh and [architect] Frank Lloyd Wright," Pitt tells Architectural Digest. "Actually, I found Wright in college, when looking for a lazy two-point credit to get out of French. It forever changed my life."

The Killing Them Softly actor and his partner regularly get together for meetings that last "anywhere from seven to ten hours," Pollaro says. "We talk about design, about materials, about craftsmanship, about classicism, about modernism. He has a respect for the masters of design."

Pitt says he is "bent on quality to an unhealthy degree," while Pollaro "embodies the same mad spirit of the craftsmen of yore, with their obsessive attention to detail. It just so happens Frank and I speak the same language. And we both have a predilection for far too much wine."

All of the design duo's initial designs will be made in numbered editions or limited production and signed by both Pitt and Pollaro, Architectural Digest reports. Eventually, some pieces may be adapted for mass production. "The same chair we charge $45,000 for might sell for a fraction of that," Pollaro explains.

Pitt -- who proposed to Angelina Jolie**, 37, earlier this year -- isn't 100 percent comfortable being labeled a furniture designer, saying, "Let's not get ahead of ourselves."

This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Brad Pitt Co-Designing a Furniture Line


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Love brad....hottttt
Posted by lyav November 5, 2012, 8:07 pm
Love that Brad and Angie both have passions outside of acting/directing. And yes, Legends of the Falls is one of his best movies. A classic!
Posted by Loveurself November 5, 2012, 6:42 pm
Umm. Ok.
Posted by Nik @ Nite November 5, 2012, 5:14 pm
That is 2 funny@shoefly!Lmfao! Seriously though Brad Pitt is a designing genius.From jewelry to mansions he really knows his stuff.Love Brad ala Legends of the Fall and Oceans Eleven^_^
Posted by B4real November 5, 2012, 4:09 pm
I would buy only if a picture of Brad's face is in the seat of the chair, a la Legends of the Fall.
Posted by Shoefly November 5, 2012, 2:31 pm
Anything cheap for us reg folks?
Posted by sâtánika November 5, 2012, 2:18 pm
Ahhhh! Reminds me of legends of the fall! love that movie. good luck Brad!
Posted by ~^*^~TigerLily~~ November 5, 2012, 2:09 pm
Im STILL a brad pitt fan although he CHEATED ON ANISTON WIT HOME-WRecker jolie (which SCARES ME WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW THEYRE GOING 2 TEACH ALLLL THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT LOYALITY IN A MARRIAGE.?.) WHats up wit the dialog in his colonge commerical?? MAKES NO SENSE! Just sit and loOK PRETTY brad. SHUT UP and loOK PRetty
Posted by M108 November 5, 2012, 1:49 pm