“Kitty Eames” is not the daughter of Charles and Ray Eames but it is their wire only chair upholstered with six or more Hello Kitty plush toys, fixed from behind with fabric ribbon. Because – Japan loves Eames. All trademarks are copyright of their respective owners.
"Lucky Luciano" is a single drawer stand. The knob is a replica of Browning Hi-Power pistol screwed on the drawer.
Keira - LED-X-Ray-Film-Viewing-Box super slim for double viewing. Three radiographic films (37—43.5cm) of chest, pelvis, skull of Keira Knightley, in an envelope. You are free to hang whichever you fancy of the three above, but always you get an xtreme advanced wall lamp for your room. Clear, we must ask the permission & cooperation of Miss Knightley. By the way, if you can get in touch with Keira, tell her about this project
T4-2 - T for two: two chairs bolted with screws, nylon washers & insert screw nuts (completely hidden by wooden plugs) to a legless table top (kind of knotty pine, a light wood). Seen from a certain distance the table seems to float without legs. The style of the chairs can change, this is just the illustration of the notion; clear you need two more chairs to seat yourself.
Candelabrum - Picard cabinetmaker’s hammer french pattern head, weight: 400 g. Light brown oval smokeless soy candle; sold separately in packs of six. "Hammer & Candle" it’s the name of the thing.
milkoin - Coin box, empty half liter paper milk carton with a slot.
Jack - The proposal is a transparent clear acrylic knife block with internal walls painted in red blood epoxy enamel. It's called "Jack" knife block.
"4 wheels table clock"is a sweep silent quartz movement (no ticking), flat lens, 35 cm dia. with four blue rubber swivel casters 50mm dia. fixed at 12, 3, 6 and 9.
"Aalto" side table, is the Alvar Aalto Stool – three or four legs
in birch and a tempered clear glass 10 mm thick, pencil polished
clear edges. The glass is fixed with flush mount caps and
knob insert nuts into the wood. Orange polyurethane casters.
tibia 'n' fibula - The ideational structure of the object is around the fractured tibia and fibula of a table's leg (Kawaguchi Table 180cm) treated with plaster of Paris bandages.The table should be sell like that, if you like you can write on the plaster or take it off after healing.
"Abbey Lincoln" floor lamp. A dark gray, enamel-painted, die-cast metal case of a dynamic microphone and a steel mesh grille, inside a miniature warm white LED bulb. An adjustable mic stand with die-cast aluminum tripod base and cable. This work is dedicated to the acclaimed jazz vocalist. You could switch the light by the mic command; careful it could be hot.
The AVS is an all video smartphone with plain straight edges and 90 degree corners. The front is total video with a thin metal rim. Primary, front camera and flashes are extractable. To talk with somebody you approach to your face the edge with speaker and mic. The back is a plain plastic surface.
A study published by The Lancet shows that if inactive people increased their physical activity by just 15 minutes per day, they could reduce their risk of death by 14% and increase their life expectancy by three years. So here it is "BiBenefit", a hand weight of 2kg with an interchangeable toothbrush.
"B JANUS" is a 4 sides armchair. Made of four aluminum silver epoxy resin coated pipes joint by a welded aluminum flat bar and also welded punched aluminum sheet seat, on top of it an urethane open cell foam with washable cotton zippered cover (black). Back and arms consist of a black loop of an elastic strip of Darlexx® that moves freely in the grooves of the pipes. At both ends of the pipes black polyethylene round plastic insert. With your back you push the band that becomes the backseat and you rest your arms on the side bands.
"bricklayer's candelabrum" is a multi tealight candles holder , a gauging trowel 180mm (7.5in.), steel blade, wooden handle with the number of candles of your choice.
Two basketballs (Spalding NBA Official Game Basketball) in a welded metal rod cage, painted black, make the Chamberlain stool, about 50 cm high. Dedicated to "Wilt" Chamberlain (1936 –1999) the legendary American basketball player.
The bottle-can of Roots Aroma Revolut (a Japanese canned coffee) becomes a piggy bank with sealed cap, when you want the coins unscrew it. Warning: there is no coffee.
combcard® Combine a credit card or fare card for transportation, also an e-money smart card with a handy comb.
"Contadino" (Farmer) is homage to the Castiglioni brothers, it’s a sort of their –Sella- and the title is a derivation of –Mezzadro-(Sharecropper). It’s a Trenching Hoe (Chillington Tools) with a dull blade. Approx Weight 800 gm. Size: 215mm x 165mm with a eucalyptus wooden handle screwed to a solid rubber ball. There is a resting position & a sitting position, totally opposite, this is its peculiarity.
Time is 4:47 am or pm doesn’t matter and the logo it’s almost perfect. The clock is called "Cougar". The animal is a registered trademark of Puma SE. This is just a digital theorization, don't lawsuit us. Thank you
a facsimile of a cello, made by a great master [like Marcello Bellei, Modena Italy] doing the function of a iPhones & iPods docking station. Inside: two 1-inch tweeters, two 4-inch midrange & 10-inch subwoofer, powered by a 50-watt amplifier. With remote control, cello stand (no bow) & the name is "Dockello".
These doorstops are realistic replicas in non-slip rubber & vinyl of: a fried egg fell from the pan, a toothpaste tube and a piece of cake.
The "Eleonora" stool is a resin replica (43 cm high) of the marble portrait of Eleonora d'Aragona by Francesco Laurana, made around 1468. A saddle (Brooks B17 Titanium, color honey) and seatpost fixed in the head.
"Eye Boots" is a folding screen with black wood frame and frosted Plexiglas panels that are smooth on one side and textured on the reverse side. The silhouette is silk screened. Plus a pair of real female leather eye boots that you should leave there, on the floor.
"skeleton in the closet " (clothing hanger-polypropylene PP). A secret source of shame, potentially ruinous if exposed, which a person or family makes efforts to conceal.
This table lamp is dedicated to the eminent American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer. Two vertical scrolling indoor LED signs back to back, with warm white led, the text –TABLE LAMP- goes slowly from bottom to top. Base in polished brass.
"Johnny U" is a revolving adjustable height caster stool with a Wilson F1006 official leather NFL game football fixed at the seat plate with self tapping screws; dedicated to the quarterback Johnny Unitas (1933 – 2002) nicknamed "The Golden Arm". He played in the 1950s - 1970s.
For the collection: «Dressed to sit», the idea is to cover a chair with a traditional patterned polyester kimono fabric. In the back a fake obi (taikomusubi) attached by Velcro and elastic band. Call it "Kimona.
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A table lamp called "Les Amants", tribute to the painting of René Magritte . A classical shaded lamp with no bulb, no cable & an equally classic Naska Loris with a 330 led corn light bulb warm white lamp that goes inside the shade.
The books are dead, long live e-readers, tablets an so on. Your library is reduced to this, a synthetic scrubbing brush with sockets for recharging, over a console or something.
"Louis-Philippe" is an armchair Louis-Philippe style with an A. Lange & Söhne watch model 1815 ‹18-carat white gold› at its left arm. A crystal clear silicon pad, between the back of the watch & the wood allow the perfect grip. Produced in an unique piece.
"Omotesando" is a neighborhood in Tokyo, an upscale shopping area with trendy cafes, bars, and restaurants. The fabric covering the lounge chair is silkscreened with an exterior wall tile pattern frequently found in many Tokyoite buildings. The color green is the flowerbed. The shape is like the Knoll ® SM1.
A straitjacket well tied to the back of a Louis-Philippe chair. When you seat on and somebody looks at from behind: you are mad as a hatter. Name: "Out of my head".
"Pinokio" is a candleholder in enameled aluminum alloy. To get the idea we used the Alessi funnel in this rendering.
"Portland" cushion filled with 100% organic kapok, pre-washed cotton washable zip-off cover. Silkscreened as a reduced 21kg bag of the Swiss-based international cement giant Holcim (if they allow).
The "Pygmy" pocket collapsible stool is derived from the African ones. Based on the concept of the travel telescopic cup with six rings of 3 cm in light alloy screwed between them and the seat of 10 cm diameter. The cover of soft silicone covers the seat when in use. The lady is Emmanuelle Seigner.
when you seat on the stool you turn yourself into a work of art, no irony in that. Consists of Jørgen Møller Taburet C stackable stool & two polystyrene gold frames glued back to back. "Portrait Sitting" is the name
"Quadrupedal" is a coffee table with a kind of four plastic horse legs fixed to a green enameled wood board.
"Red & White" ottoman. A 25 L cylindrical tinplate tapered white lacquered pail with handle, rolled inside a red sponge silicone sheet low-medium density. You can seat on and rest.
Jimmy Reed (1925 – 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter, he used to play harmonica with a "neck rack" while performing on guitar. This is a smart-phone holder in sturdy aluminum frame and two miniatures telescopic antennas. The phone is secured by a suction cup rotating on a plastic ball. Commuting in Greater Tokyo Area is notoriously long, so watch a movie or whatever you like. Bon voyage.
"Scissomb". We took a pair of Kamisori Black Diamond Hair Scissors to illustrate the theory. They are forged with the teeth of a comb on one blade in the same cobalt steel of the rest. You can easily image how to use this revolutionary hair tool
Another ideational furniture, the chair: "Seraphim". The – vapor chair – in clear acrylic & chrome-plated steel frame (Made in Taiwan) with two polyester resin wings (Bernini style) fasten by four flat head socket cap screws. Observe the visual & fantasize to seat over there: the image of the celestial being (the other) & your-self will overlap in your own “other.”
4 Drawer Narrow Chest H 100cm x W40cm x D42cm with a silhouette of a kid, 8mm thick black anodized aluminum sheet, waterjet cut. Fixed with screws on the back on the chest, Title: "Son".
Sedentarism affects body fat mass index and fat-free mass index in adults aged 18 to 98 years. Chess is a sedentary activity,therefore Mondoleonia propose a "Table Chess". The plastic checkerboard with long rectangles is embedded in the wood of the table; to play you must stand and move around. With a tablecloth on can be a habitual 8 seats dining table.
the glorious old TV set becomes a coffe table. Emptied, a piece of wood instead of the CRT & four castors. Call it "Tellyble"
"TIGRA" (ti?gr??) is - Ethos oak straight chair plus a pillow & a tiger’s tail. Part of the Mondoleonia ideational furniture.
"Torch" is a candle holder made by a reflector of a flashlight without the lamp, naturally. Smokeless soy candle.
"Toucan" coffee table, is the Gerrit T. Rietveld Zig Zag Chair in natural cherry wood and a tempered clear glass 10 mm thick, pencil polished clear edges. The acrylic eye is fixing the glass and it flush with the surface.
A Mondoleonia's character
"weekend" is a height adjustable shooting stick fixed in a cast iron base hidden inside a resin cube terrazzo planter (colored terracotta). On top of the pot a square of realistic synthetic turf.
Whaam! (table clock) is a tribute to the eminent Roy Lichtenstein. Plastic tubes, rubber bands, wires & a quartz clock with roman numerals. An effective old trick.
The "Monarchy" stool by (our friend) Yiannis Ghikas, producer: Feld - Belgium. We explored a couple of possible applications (design re-mix), like a rock ‘n’ roll chair with a Eames Shell Armchair seat or an always standing three drawers. The possibilities are not infinite, but at least endless.
Lying an egg foam rubber (for magicians - Goshman products) on the Rietveld 'ZigZag' after milling the wood with ball nose ends & you get the:
Mondoleonia 'Zig Zegg'.
"Pinocchio" side table – approx: height: 50 cm, length: 60 cm plus head, made with pulpwood and resin, acrylic enameled. The nose is the third leg, the arms don’t touch the floor.
We already dedicated a stool to "Wilt" Chamberlain (1936 –1999) the legendary American basketball player and now a wall light. A basketball backboard and hoop, instead of the net there is a warm white LED net lights. Hide the cables, please.
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