“360º Chair”
Price On Request At first look, the 360 Degree Chair and Stool is somewhat befuddling: it looks sort of like a chair, but not quite. Is something missing? Dynamic, active, and constantly moving, Konstantin Grcic's unique design differs from most chairs because its shape does not encourages long or static sitting. Instead, the 360 Degree Chair encourages its user to shift frequently and challenge the very purpose of a chair and of what it means to sit. After a test, a writer for Icon magazine reported that "sitting on it in a traditional way is the least successful approach-you feel a vertiginous sensation that everything that should be there isn't."
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“The Space Case”
Price On Request On the brink of an era of privatized space travel, the "Space Case" is a contemporary travel piece for the modern voyager. The custom­made, unique white fiberboard and black leather Globe­Trotter suitcase is lined with Andrew Zuckerman's Earth photographs. The black and white images were created using original materials from the Apollo 11 and reference man's longest...
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“Oro-Nero”
Price On Request The Oro-Nero skis by Foil are crafted from certified eighty-thousand-year-old bog oak and 14-karat gold-plated, high-performance bindings. The pair was custom made for Chamber and comes with an engraved Human ' Nature logo set on a medallion inset near the tail of the skis. The skis were designed with matching poles and a bespoke travel bag made...
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“Gut Reactor: Seratonin Purplepore”
Price On Request Kathryn Fleming's "Serotonin Purplepore" is part of the designer's "Gut Reactor"project, an exploration of domestic coexistence of fungi and humans. Looking to counter their reputation as intruders or mere signs of spoilage in the home, Fleming proposes three types of fungi able to adapt to cohabitation with humans and positively influence people. Serotonin Purplepore is one of...
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“E.V.A. Space Suit Arm and Glove Assembly”
Price On Request The Pressure Garment Arm was developed and built by Final Frontier Design under contract for NASA in 2011\\. The glove represents one of the most complex mobility elements in the space suit, and includes customized fingertips, with fingernails laminated in to keep an anthropomorphic shape when inflated; heat-sealed finger gores for a large and low torque range...
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“Rocking Horse”
Price On Request The Rocking Horse is a wooden sculpture by the American artist Ralph Dorazio. Their dates are not known, but they might have been produced either in preparation for, or as a result of Mary and Ralph Dorazio's volume "Wooden toys, Puzzles & Games" published by Creative Homeowner Press in 1985\\. The book includes step-by-step instructions for building...
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“Noah's Ark”
Price On Request "Noah's Ark" are two wooden sculptures by the American artist Ralph Dorazio. Their dates are not known, but they might have been produced either in preparation for, or as a result of Mary and Ralph Dorazio's volume "Wooden toys, Puzzles & Games" published by Creative Homeowner Press in 1985\\. The book includes step-by-step instructions for building boats,...
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“Lungplant” (medium)
Price On Request Designer Tim van Cromvoirt's "Lungplant" grew out of research on healing environments, spaces designed to be nurturing and therapeutic and, most importantly, to reduce stress. With the increasing disconnection between man and nature, "Lungplant" aims to recreate some of nature's calming effects through a unique, meditative experience. The "breathing" lamp depicts a landscape with living, luminous organisms...
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“Lumière L”
Price On Request "Lumière" is a series of light installations that project moving images onto the inner surface of its suspended, round glass bulbs. Powered by custom-built projectors that can change, update, and add new images, the light acts as a medium for the evocation of memories that range from the serene to the sublime. As with other projects by...
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“Two Curve Chair”
Price On Request Scott Burton's "Two Curve Chair" (1989) is one of the artist's iconic chairs, and also one of his last. It's made of two flat panes of steel that look as if they've been gently bent into letter shapes--a u on its side, with a short, open l on top-and stacked with edges perfectly aligned. The design plays...
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“MOU (Memoranda of Understanding)”
Price On Request The "MOU (Memoranda of Understanding)" lamp takes its cues from the International Space Station (ISS), based not only on its form but also on its key concept of layers and assemblage. The piece is comprised of small, repeating modules that recall the "add-on" quality intrinsic to how the ISS was built-by different people, different manufacturers, different governments...
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“Totem #1”
Price On Request At almost six feet, "Totem #1" is an imposing sculpture. Composed of two separate parts - one of blown glass; the other of Eastern black walnut-the totem-like structure invokes the human body, specifically the heart and the mind as the two inextricable parts of human identity. The sculpture's materials honor the thousand-plus-year-old technique of glassblowing as well...
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“Ant Palace”
Price On Request "This invention relates to educational devices, and has particular reference to an apparatus for facilitating the observation, study and photography of subterranean life, especially the life and habits of insects and smaller animals who live underground." So began Frank Austin's application to the U.S. Patent Office, filed on June 21, 1929, for his storied ant house. A...
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