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Leather Furniture by Tortie HoareFurniture designer Tortie Hoare’s motivation behind her design is simple – it must be ergonomic, durable and aesthetically pleasing. This year Tortie has researched methods of creating structural 3D shapes that are environmentally conscious and an alternative to using plastic or resin. It was through research into this that she came across the incredible ancient [...]
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Maximo Riera’s The Animal CollectionMaximo Riera’s The Animal Chair Collection are art pieces, which one can just so happen to sit on. Not that many of us would. Sparing no effort or expense, the Spanish artist blended the best of cutting edge technology with expert craftsmanship. This includes three-dimensional computer modeling, a CNC milling machine, an internal frame, as [...]
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LifeSpaceJourney FurnitureLifeSpaceJourney is a Melbourne based furniture and property development consultancy – founded by brothers Glenn and Justin Lamont. LifeSpaceJourney creates this visual furniture created out of wood and metal. I really like their typography stools.
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Oil Monkey FurnitureHong Kong based design studio Oil Monkey is celebrating their 3rd anniversary. Main designer and owner Fuquan Junze is presenting their new furniture pieces. Simple and clean, I really like the mix of materials, like oak and plastic, or wood and stainless steal.
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Soft Wood by Veronika WildgruberSoft Wood was created by Veronika Wildgruber to illustrate how wood can be both soft, and comfortable. This is a series of chairs that appear at first to be made in fabric with the soft appearance of pillows. But in reality they are sculpted in solid wood. The chairs trick the mind because the surface [...]
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Suckers : ChairsDude, get your sissy, pimply face off the cover of this great Sucker EP,! And go buy a better jacket! And a less idiotic bandanna/mask! This image is almost single-handedly ruining the amazing jangly, loping, drunken sounds on the best song I’ve heard in a while – “Easy Chairs.”