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Furniture Made from Reindeer Parts (apologies to Rudolph).




The "A Part from Reindeer" collection by Thailand's Anon Pairot Design Studio are unique furniture designs which incorporate the body parts from reindeer. No, real reindeer were not killed for this project, but instead fiberglass casts of reindeer parts were painted either antique gold or black and made into the limited collection of benches and seats, which are available for purchase.




The pieces are able to withstand the elements so they can be placed indoors or outside. Anon Pairot can also customize the pieces with engraving upon request.

A Part from Reindeer #1:


On display:


A Part from Reindeer # 02 - $3,199.00 (USD):



A Part from Reindeer # 03 - $4,199.00 (USD):


close-up details:


A Part from Reindeer # 04 - $4,799.00 (USD):


on display:


A Part from Reindeer # 05 - $2,499.00 (USD):




A Part from Reindeer # 06 - $1,999.00 (USD):


On display:



Materials: glass reinforced polyester, colored gold antique or black
Period: 2009-2011
Designer: Anon Pairot
Dimensions: each piece varies
Location: Bangkok

Anon Pairot's Statement about the A Part Collection:
Nowadays we are living with things full with counterfeit things, sex transforming, plastic surgery, artificial nature, richest cosmetic make-up, a man able to transform to woman, a woman affix to become a man, house is not a home, building is not just an architecture, endeavor of aroma developing beyond than its natural existed till do not know its merit. It seems to be that human is looking for maximum perfection of their life and love.

Nevertheless, pre-known of perfection should be recognize should be recognize after understanding in imperfection.

Do we need the most beautiful thing from our boundless desire? Do we try to set value of maximum beautiful to set value of maximum beautiful of the finest thing by its excess price; it does not mean that costly things reflect its owner great taste? Luxury may reflect bad taste.

Thus, Does people looking for finest material super furniture, super functional, someone’s predicted trend in modern world, best proportion which defined by small group of people?

A part exhibition is not answering all those questions. Now, question we want audiences to find the answer from their mind. However, it seems to be an undone design. Be just a thing from something we naively integrated. Be embellished from different things or inexistence combination way of these things.

Things from history, ancient are just an obsolete object we should praise or be tools for us to recreate new things from them. This project attempt to make it seems undesigned, fearless and most innocent understandable design.

Finally, a part which is done by human will not be just “a part”. Furthermore, Will a part be just a part? Does existence of our finished work available? Our dreamt beautiful life has its programmed path or just need to follow the existed social, norm, culture civilization?

Intended of “a part” exhibition is pass forward goodness message to the others more than just the best furniture design.


The pieces #2- #6 can be purchased (free shipping worldwide) from their facebook page. For pricing and availability on A Part from Reindeer #1, contact Detnk

Anon.Pairot Design Studio
Lumpini Place Narathiwat-Chaophraya. Block C, 1103
78/968 Rama III road, Chong Nonsi
10120 Yannawa
Thailand


If you like these, you'll enjoy similar work such as Julia Lohmann's Leather Bovine Benches:

and Maximo Riero's Animal Chairs:

Designer Thomas de Lussac's Whimsical Outdoor Benches & Home Decor.




French Industrial designer Thomas de Lussac has a mind for functional whimsy. His many designs for everything from lamps to outdoor benches often incorporate the human element in bright and fun colors.

While he also works in woods and has several sophisticated furniture collections to his credit(and yes, you should see those, too), I am sharing with you some of his more "FUNctional" pieces today.


The Mona Lisa bench:

The You and I bench:

The Tennis bench:

Cosmo and Moonwalk lamps:

Table runner:

Robot Trobo toilet paper holders:


Skull and Bones Wall Sconce:

Freeway Vases:

Welcome Vase (grenade):


Tyrannosaurus Wall rack:


Shop for the many of the above products here at his online store.

Designer Thomas de Lussac:

The Dekka Daybed By FurnID; A Synthesis of Danish & Arabic Design.




The Dekka is a beautiful and innovative design created by Bo Strange, Morten Kjær Stivegaard and Sara Vinter Martinsen of FurnID , a Copenhagen based design studio.



FurnID originally created Dekka for entry in a competition announced by Danish Furniture in 2007. The assignment was to create an item of furniture that conveyed the idea of integration, and Dekka symbolises the encounter of two worlds – the Danish and the Arabic. The one world does not dominate the other, but the interplay between the two cultures and traditions gives rise to a fascinating, unique and highly functional work of design.



Danish design and Arabic cultural heritage form a beautiful union with Dekka, a new daybed that has already become a design icon and has been nominated for numerous design awards. Dekka, which means "a seat for more than one person", arose through an encounter of contrasts: Soft and hard, light and dark, ornamentation and minimalism, and of course beauty and function.


above left: Sara Vinter Martinsen and Bo Strange with the Dekka. right: Dekka, detail

“The asymmetrical hexagon can be repeated infinitely, creating a dynamic pattern. The Arab world has always viewed symmetry as divine: the more stringent the symmetry, the closer to God. But Dekka was made for people, not gods, and when it comes to people, nothing is predictable or symmetrical. The asymmetry represents imperfection and human nature,” explains FurnID’s Bo Strange.




The frame is made from 150 kg solid aluminum and the upholstery is handcrafted.



The daybed is available in wool and/or leather in a selection of colors.Below are a few examples.

Dekka, polished aluminum and ivory wool:

Dekka in polished aluminum with black leather:

and in all black:


photos courtesy of FurnID and Fredericia

Additional credits:
Padding work: Heidi Lauritzen,
Photos: Mikkel Mortensen
Model: Anja Beyer
Stylist: Ingeborg Wolf.



The Dekka can be purchased from the manufacturer, Fredericia Furniture of Denmark. They will sell wholesale or retail and have representatives worldwide.

Fredericia
Treldevej 183
7000 Fredericia
Denmark
Phone +45 7592 3344
Fax +45 7592 3876
sales@fredericia.com

about FurnID:

above: designers Bo Strange, Sara Vinter Martinsen and Morten Kjær Stivegaard

FurnID is a design studio consisting of Morten Kjær Stovegaard, Sara Vinther Martinsen and Bo Strange. The three Danish designers work within the fields of furniture and industrial design.

On FurnID's facebook page their credo is as follows :
"FurnID Essntials: We commit ourselves to inviting design. Working with every day objects we find it essential to develop products that are inviting in both shape and function. We believe in cooperation, quality and passion."

It is of great importance to the designers that all their products are friendly in either the form or function and therefore a FurnID product can be described with one word; inviting.

FurnID
Vesterbrogade 63, 4. tv
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1620
Phone: +45 61700321
Mon - Fri: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm