bugs!

My longstanding obsession with bugs is further fueled by these beautiful ceramic pieces by Laura Zindel. I also threw some snakes in there just because they are so easy to look at.
The drawings are made by the artists and transfered onto each piece.

finds from Twentieth Art and Design

designed by Roderick Vos and conceived from a fascination with the bath foam's
flowing bubbles. The 48cm diameter bowl is composed of hundreds of
ingeniously interfaced bubble like shapes. Available in glossy white and nickel.

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Mattia Biagi
Tar Teddy Bear

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smoke chair made of burnt furniture
finished off with epoxy and upholstered
in black leather
39.5"h x 28.5"w x 28.5"d
designer: Maarten Baas

Tejo Remy

Chest of drawers

All drawers are collected from the street and re-used in this chest. Each chest is unique.

designer: Tejo Remy
material: Drawers, maple wood
size: 60x110x120 cm
year: 1993

so many chandaleirs, so few houses to put them in

Tejo Remy: Milkbottle Lamp 12 pcs.
Droog Design, Netherlands.

Technical Description:
Recycled milk bottles, steel plate, E 14, 12 x 15 watt bulbs

Size: 118" x 10 5/8" x 14 1/2"

The Scavenger Hunt

scavenger hunt
n.

A game in which an individual discovers and brings together details of an upcoming date. The list of details includes but is not limited to the day, time and location. Other details may include the activity, atmosphere, dress code, and additional company. In romantic situations, the man traditionally organizes the scavenger hunt and can make the game as easy or as difficult as he chooses depending on his planning skills, level of preparation, and willingness to divulge said details. In a difficult scavenger hunt, the woman may be involved in a race against time and faces challenges such as blistered feet and social embarassment.

Tobias Wong

>pocketbook 2002

A New York story published by Trade Marc using Florent (Tibor designed) matchbooks.
edition undetermined

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bible by robert the $275 (who is this Robert?)

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Artwork by: Ju$t Another Rich Kid and Tobias Wong
Indulgences (detail), 2005
Solid gold objects, remote control car dipped in gold, and clear capsules filled with gold leaf
Photo: Koji Yano
Courtesy the artist and Koji Yano
All Rights Reserved

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>disposable lighters 2003
Mini dispoable lighters permanently fixed with genuine fine sable mink, lynx, and silver fox furs.

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>money pad 2000 peel as you go

100 real american singles bound with peelable notepad glue and cardboard backing.

edition of 100 - upon request through printedmatter.org

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PARACONCEPTUAL
An interview with New York designer...core77.com :

Much of Tobi Wong's work plays between concept and beauty, exposing the similarities between art and design rather than blurring their boundaries. Unlike purely conceptual work - which often lacks a real appreciation for beauty, aesthetics, and a desire for consumption - his work often finds expression in real objects. He's coined the term Paraconceptual to describe it: "Of, relating to, or being conceptual."
read full interview at www.core77.com/reactor/tobi_wong.html

Stew Design Workshop's Strada Chair

Stew Design Workshop

Strada Chair

This organically inspired design is executed in
stack laminate construction and is available in
several finishes. Each chair is hand crafted and
unique.
33"w x 27"d x 33"h

faux affair

Björn Franke designed a set of tools for lovers who want to pretend they had a love affair to make their partner jealous. The tools leave marks on the body such as bite marks, carpet burns, bondage marks, love bites, scratches and bruises. The project is an exploration in psychologic warfare with relationships.

glassicle

MILLER Jason
(USA)
Jason Miller Studio Incorporated
843 Meeker Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 11222
718-218-6636
jason@millerstudio.us
www.millerstudio.us

“Hobbies are often nothing more than a simple task repeated over and over. Remarkably though, simple task repeated over and over with just the slightest variation can create the most incredible things. Glassicle is a series of lamps made from Glass popsicle sticks.”

pile wine rack

Harry Allen Reality
100% Resin
Designed in 2005 & 2006
13.5" x 2" x 11"

A set of wine bottles cut in half which hold a stack of up to 6 bottles of wine.

dumbbells

Menu's highly polished, »intertwined« dumbbells – each weighing one kilo – are simply a beautiful sculpture. Pick them up and they immediately become a fitness aid and a natural element in your training programme. They enhance the effectiveness of a great many fitness exercises for strengthening and toning the upper body and arms without over-dimensioning the muscles.

Design: Henriette Melchiorsen
Use: Fitness/decoration
Material: Stainless steel

light bulb chandelier

Rody Graumans: Chandelier 85 Lamps
Droog Design, Netherlands.
Size: 28" diameter x 40" height

5.5 designers

Zoë Sheehan Saldaña

Jordache ¾ Sleeve Snap Front Woven Shirt (Express Blue), 2003-4
Originally purchased on July 16, 2003 for $11.43 from the Wal-Mart store in Berlin, Vermont.

The clothing was duplicated by hand, matching pattern, fabric and embellishments. The tags
from the original item were sewn into the duplicate. The duplicate was returned to the rack in
Wal-Mart for potential sale at $11.43.

Left: purchased item - Right: photograph of duplicate.

Ryan McGinness

A favorite of mine from icon-exploiter and artist, Ryan McGinness.

earthworm bracelet

Creepy has never been so pretty.
By Bittersweet NY.

seminude

matching tie and shirt