Industrial Design

[travolta]

Rocking horse 1944-1945 England



Rocking horse ca. 1959 New York (City), United States



Armchair 1986-1987 Basel-Town, Switzerland
Perforated zinc and steel mesh

 

[travolta]

Electric table lamp ca. 1900 London, England




shoe ca. 1510-1530s London, England (probably)


1805-1820 Great Britain


Wedding boots Unknown Great Britain



http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/index.html

 

[travolta]

Snuff bottle 1800-1895 China
Carved agate with a stopper of carnelian and coloured glass

 

[.francesca]

Crochet light:

this is actually a crocheted model of the hyperbolic plane by daina taimina and david henderson. here is the article, from cabinet magazine:

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/crocheting.php

travolta i love those old things you posted! i love antiques. the rocking horses are absolutely amazing! and i love that radio. i also saw a pair of salt and pepper shakers you posted a long time ago and thought you might like these:

hug salt and pepper shakers! when i worked at the SFMOMA store, i was dying to get these (and the tord boontje wire flower light fixtures) but i never did! i regret that now.

here are some chairs that i love...i'm a huge fan of chairs!

http://www.mukogawa-u.ac.jp/~suzuki/modernism/

my personal favorites are the barcelona chair by mies van der rohe, lc2 grand comfort by le corbusier, lounge chair by charles eames, and the wassily by marcel breuer.

 

[FunTimePartyTeam]

Oh, thanks for the info francesca!

 

[travolta]

^ i love those salt and pepper shakers! thanks for posting!

 

[breathe0xygen]

Those Salt and Pepper shakers are awesome!!! nice and simple... with a twist.

 

[Cypresses]

take a guess

GUESS!!! What is it?

 

[travolta]

um...hint?

 

[Cypresses]

"Wet Paint Do Not Sit"

 

[travolta]

i give up

 

[Cypresses]

a sit saver

 

[travolta]

hm...well that makes more sense. i didn't think it was a chaise lounge.

 

[.francesca]

haha...very whoopie cushion-esque humor...who made it, do you know?

gags as art...what will they think of next?

 

[FunTimePartyTeam]

My guess was a fly swatter.

 

[travolta]

^ better guess than my no guess

 

[travolta]

have any new cool stuff to share? B)

 

[travolta]

my favorite designer is Shiro Kuramata.
here is his lamp which goes by the name of "Oba Q" ( something ghostly )

Attached Thumbnails

*posted originally by runner in the interior decor thread

 

[Estella*]

^that's beautiful, a ghost light

 

[.francesca]

i really love it! it's so delicate.