Brad Pitt Is Now A Furniture Designer

BY Eli Epstein | November 05 2012 8:07 PM

Whether he and the Interrupted Girl are adopting half of Malawi, or hes starring as the leading ingredient in the popular prescription sleep aid The Tree of Life, Doug Pitts Brother Brad cant seem to keep himself out of the headlines.

Now, after a successful run confusing viewers as the Chanel No.5 spokesmodel, Brads back with his next crackpot project: furniture design.

Of course, any time a celebrity comes out of left field to tell us they want to do something besides make millions and eat at fancy restaurants, were told its something theyve been toying with for years.

The publicity surrounding Brads foray into drafting is no different. Architectural Digest of course includes the money quote that Pitts been doodling ideas for buildings and furniture since the early 1990s, lest you mock his ambition and call him a dilettante.

Next, Brad lists Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright as inspirations, perfectly fulfilling the long-held idea and two names credibility formula.

Now that Brads established himself as no amateur in the drafting game, we can with the full faith and credit of a cultured Architectural Digest reader delve further into his constructive ambitions.

Hes reportedly teamed up with friend and designer Frank Pollaro to debut a dozen furnished pieces this November in New York. Frank and Brad, naturally, get along like old chums, most likely because they embody the same mad spirit of the craftsmen of yore, says Brad wistfully.

And, Brad tells us, they both have a predilection for far too much wine, which is a gut-splittingly hilarious aside that should leave you chuckling in haughty hysterics.

The big question is, of course: What opuses will be in Brads debut collection? Not one to start off slow, with something simple like a bookshelf, Brad started with a bed featuring among seemingly 45 other abstract refinements a cantilevered bench, exposed nickel trusses, integrated shagreen foot pads, and you lost us

But theres more: Brads also rolling out a marble bathtub and a table with a 24-karat gold finish you know, for the common folk. For a few of the chairs in his collection, Brad estimates that theyll start off at $45,000, so you better make sure your tooshie is ready for that kind of price tag.

When hes not sitting in his mahogany study drinking aged scotch and thumbing his nose at novices who misconstrue tenets of modern design as layered classical maxims, Brad sometimes acts in movies. His next film Killing Them Softly looks very entertaining. It opens later this month.