kinder MODERN Gallery + Design Studio
Appleton’s ability to identify exceptional and emerging international and American designers as well as helm an innovative design studio enabled her to cultivate, produce and sell an unparalleled collection of furniture, objects and rugs for luxury residential projects, amenities spaces, hotels, public space, educational environments, and more.
kinder MODERN engaged in a multitude of dialogues in design through its thought-provoking gallery program including exhibiting with Collective Design, Nina Johnson Gallery, ICFF, Sight Unseen OFFSITE, the Architectural Digest Design Show, IDS Toronto, PULSE New York + PULSE Miami Beach among others with a stable of stellar contemporary designers included Lucas Maassen & Sons, Tom Frencken, Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Liz Collins, Clemens Tissi, Fort Standard, Visser & Meijwaard, Paul Ketz, among many others.
kinder MODERN began as a historical vintage design gallery dedicated to design for children. Having launched at the Collective Design Fair (NYC) in 2013, kinder launched it’s vintage collection with noteworthy pieces from the 1920’s to present day with a nod to a budding contemporary collection (Lucas Maassen) soon to come. With works from Bernard Holdaway to Klaus Grabe, Anna Mobring, Marc Berthier, Hans Wegner and many more, the inaugural exhibition was met with great praise and awe for for its foundation in inspired and historical child design.
The special collection of historical, rare child design pieces dating from the 1890s through the 1990s included design icons such as Ko Verzuu, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Louis Avril, Alvar Aalto, and more. Works have been acquired by the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Museum and showcased at the Milwakee Art Museum, as well as many sold to both private collectors and placed in exciting Interior Design projects. Since then the gallery grew to offer both full collections of contemporary furniture and rugs and premiered a number of critical exhibitions proving how important design for the family home would soon become.
