Category — Interiors

When I was younger, I used to keep several aquariums, but I never thought of the scale you could get to, design-wise, as shown by Takashi’s works of art below!

Smaller than commercial aquariums, but larger and more refined than personal aquariums, these are real mini worlds that inspire me to take up the hobby again!

Via Neatorama

First photo via MongoBay

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Check out these funky Sea Urchin lights from the California-based company Lacor. They’re crafted by placing chopsticks in cast resin.

See more on LacorFurniture.com

Via RoadSideScholar

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Hotel Fox in Copenhagen invited 21 artists from all over the world to decorate their 61 rooms.

Here’s a Japanese style room designed by Los Angeles artist Simone Legno, also known as Tokidoki. Works really well for a bold graphical look, I think, but without being overwhelming.

See more at Hotel Fox

Via Neatorama

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As part of the China Chair Project art exhibit, artist Xiang Yun created this chair and footstool shaped like a prickly cactus from a hand-molded silicon!

Xiang Jing also created this Jabba the Hut-style chair. Looks like it will swallow you up if you sink into it!

See more on ChinaChairProject.com
Via Neatorama

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Using Japanese Origami, Kyushu-based artist Takayuki Senzaki creates beautiful interiors.

He uses unique patterns and angled lighting to construct chandeliers, tables, and other room ornaments that cast mysterious shadows to create a magical atmosphere. His colourful origami-style chandeliers are part of his unique exhibit entitled Orikami.

Read an interview with Takayuki on PingMag

Via TokyoMango

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I looked twice when I saw this, and I’m not so sure it was for a good reason! This Sumo Wrestler table might appeal to some people, I’m sure, but I did give a wry smile thinking that it was a joke at the expense of the sumo professional. I.e. as they begin their charge, someone places a glass top on them and tell them to “hold it right there“!

The table is eye-catching no doubt and I can’t argue that it’s East-Asian inspired. It would take a bold shopper to purchase this, but I just don’t think its as witty as Allen Jone’s table sculpture.

Via Popgadget

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I came across these desk-sized Buddha Statue lamps in the window of the lighting consultancy SKK Lighting in London (they were closed) yesterday. As you can see, they had a white (which they say can have a colour-changing bulb inside) and a red one, but the statues also come in gold, silver, black, blue, orange, green and pink as well.

They look quite modern in a sense that the details are clean and simply designed, so having them as statues in your personal altar might be acceptable to the more design conscious. The fact that they light up is an added bonus if you also simply want to light up different areas of your house!

More photos below

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Japanese designer, Naoto Fukasawa, demonstrates the impact of materials in design.

All of these chairs are identical in size and shape, but there’s one important difference between them. Each chair is made from a different material. One’s marble. Another’s redwood. The others are in concrete, acrylic, wickerwork, attaché-case metal, polyurethane foam, felt and even hay.

Technorati Tags: chairs, ideas, interiors, Japan, Naoto Fukasawa, Vitra Edition

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