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:

The Balloon Bench and other Wild but Thoughtful Designs from H220430.

Satoshi Itasaka and Takuto Usami collaborated to establish "h220430" on April 30th, Heisei 22 (Heisei is the current era name in japan). Their design activities focus on lighting and furniture and other unusual items. But their objects and furniture are not just weird for the sake of being different. They are inspired by things that affect mankind and the state of the planet, such as nuclear war, melting glaciers, other designers, films and art and the juxtapotision of real and artificial.

The descriptions of the following products are taken directly from their site and therefore are written in the first person and may have some translation problems.

The Balloon Bench:






description: This bench was visually inspired by the feeling of floating that the main character felt in the French movie, “Le Ballon Rouge”(1953).

In reality the bench is suspended from the ceiling by 4 anchors concealed by the balloon shapes. This creates the illusion of the bench being lifted by balloons.

Available in red or white, the Balloon bench is sold by Somewhere of Tokyo

The LED Mushroom Lamp:


description: After the end of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, the crisis of nuclear wars was believed to have disappeared. However, even after the Cold War, India, Pakistan, China, and France have continued the development of nuclear weapons. The number of nuclear powers is still increasing and the crisis of nuclear wars has not yet ended. At present, there exist (sic) the incredible total of 23,000 nuclear weapons, which are said to be capable of annihilating the whole earth several times over. Under these hopeless circumstances, what we can do to aim for a nuclear-free world is to have concern about this issue, to deepen our understanding, to have discussions and to continue to advocate the elimination of nuclear weapons.

The Edoma Lamp:




description: In recent years, the permafrost covering Siberia has started to melt very rapidly. It encapsulates the potent greenhouse gas, methane, which was produced over millions of years by bacteria that existed before the ice ages. Furthermore, there is a massive ice layer called Edoma in the permafrost that is no less than 40 meters thick. It has been discovered that Edoma contains an amount of high-concentration methane that is one thousand times that in the earth’s atmosphere. Once the permafrost on the surface, and then Edoma, start to melt, the issue of global warming will become even more serious.

We represented the melting Edoma, which might eventually disappear, with an incandescent lamp that is also disappearing, evoking the image of a faint light that glimmers while consuming methane in the deep ice.

It might be difficult to become conscious of what is happening far away from your daily life. However, this lamp must help broaden your perspective toward the global environment. You might be able to find a different point of view if you think about the future global environment under the melancholic yet mellow light of this lamp.

The Larson C Vase/Holder:




description: In the Antarctic Peninsula, there is one of the largest ice shelves called Larsen. It consisted of a series of three shelves, namely Larsen A, B and C, from the north. Ice shelf Larsen A was regarded to have existed for more than two thousand years before its disintegration in 1995. Then, in 2002, huge ice shelf Larsen B broke up after an existence extending back 12 millennia. Those disintegrations in recent years caused a tremendous amount of ice loss, which corresponds to an area more than six times as large as Tokyo. Only ice shelf Larsen C remains, but unfortunately, its disintegration, too, is just a matter of time.

We created an acrylic object and named it Larsen C, which will remind you of an iceberg split from a disintegrating ice shelf floating in the sea. It has two holes in the top, and you can use it as a toothbrush holder or, by putting it into another vessel with water, as a bud vase. When it is wet, Larsen C looks even more like a real iceberg melting off the shelf, which will make you speculate more realistically about the serious condition of the Antarctic area, even though it is far away.

We would be glad if the users come to think about global warming and consequently take some actions to prevent it by using Larsen C in their daily lives.

Powers Of Table:




description: This table is homage to “Powers of Ten”, which is the short film created by Charles Eames in 1968.

Our narrow-mind is one of the reasons for causing a conflict or environmental problems. The issues, we are currently facing in this world, would be better if we have a broad mind with large scale vision when we think the issues at the table as it described in “Powers of Ten."

Ivy Chair:




description: Living in the city where nature is excluded to the utmost limit, we tend to forget that we depend on the power of nature and only remember it when natural disaster strikes. However, I believe that it is essential that we should appreciate nature and always respect it.

The white but otherwise realistic leaves of “ivy chair” act as a metaphor for the exclusion of nature from the city.

The artificial white color of “ivy chair” merges it into daily life without a sense of incompatibility. The intention of “ivy chair” is to make you feel comfortable as if you were surrounded by trees and flowers. Whenever you sit down in the chair it will prompt you to think about nature over its function as a chair.

The Mimic Bench




description: In addition to ideas such as comfort and endurance which have traditionally been associated with benches, I should like to add the concept of mental well being. (I believe this topic is common to all product designs.) To address this issue, I produced the MIMIC BENCH.

At a first glance, the bench appears to be floating on it's own. In reality three manikins have been integrated with the bench to support it. I hope that by placing the bench in an area where the public gather the MIMIC BENCH will improve the condition of it’s surrounding and it’s users.

all images and info copyright (C) 2011 h220430.

Walrus, Octopus & Rhino Chairs by Maximo Riero

The Animal Chair collection by Maximo Riero consists of a diverse range of species; an octopus, a whale, a rhino, a walrus, a lion and even a beetle. Each unique chair is faithful to the animal's image and yet has incorporated traditional tufted seating in its appearance. Thus far Maximo has completed three of his intended collection, the first being an Octopus, followed by a Rhinoceros and a Walrus. A Lion, a Beetle and a Whale are the next three to come.



The Octopus Chair:













The Rhino Chair:











The Walrus Chair:





















About the artist:

Máximo Riera has been a practicing artist for over thirty years. Whilst predominantly working in photography, painting and sculpture, he has also published a collection of poetry. Inspired by his travel and experiences through Europe and the Caribbean Islands, Máximo's vibrant use of colour and evocative attention to detail have been an inspiration which convey the meaning of his creations. His work also demonstrates a predominant influence from abstract expressionism and the Pop Art movements.



Even though his artistic career was relegated to a secondary role due to his professional life in the medical industry, Máximo still organized several exhibitions and events for his work, with all proceeds going to charity.



Born in Asturias, Northern Spain, Máximo has now retired to his studio in Cadiz, where he paints and sculpts each day.



www.maximoriera.com