Inspiration comes from a variety and a surprisingly array of sources. We never know what will strike us. After all, E. L. Doctorow leaned back in his chair one day and stared at a patch of stain on the ceiling. From that single image, he created Ragtime.
Dutch-born designer Frank Ligthart was inspired by the ancient Neolithic standing stones of
He created a set of furniture – four chairs and a table – with each piece on its own usable and interesting, yet harmonious when all fit together. It creates an 8'-0” tall sculptural structure by stacking four chairs and a table together in the form of an upright torpedo. He calls it Obelisk.
His Obelisk furniture is much more comfortable that the stones of
It is also a space saver -- when stacked, the obelisk forms take up less than 4’-0” of floor space.
Yes? No? Maybe So? Would any of you place these furniture items on your patio in the back yard? Around a pool? Leave the obelisk structure in the corner of the yard when not in use?
7 comments:
I like the concept, the cleverness of it all. But at almost $8000 I would want it to be beautiful. All stacked up in the photo looks like valley of the martini shaker. Don't go there!
On Mrs. Blanding's post about Tom Ford, I had just come from reading Venetian Red's second installment on lace and thought Ford would look great as a Leonardo da Vinci portrait. I think I strayed too far. Think of his picture on Mrs. B's post and can't you see a modern day Carravaggio John the Baptist? I think the heat in the garden has made me even goofier!
Home, you're right: $8,000 for something that looks like a rubik's cube cocktail shaker!
and YES I can see Tom Ford wrapped up in nothing but velvety red cloth with an unidentified outside source of light gently bathing his inner thigh.
*sigh*
My apologies who I offend, but good lord is he delectably handsome, and manly, and takes my mind places it ought not to go....
I had some thoughts on the patio set, but after reading the phrase "...nothing but velvety red cloth with an unidentified outside source of light gently bathing his inner thigh" I don't remember what they were.
It's good looking unstacked, and would be nice for a small patio.
David, I laughed... a lot and out loud... when I read your comment sneaking my email here at work researching a George II game table which is hardly funny. Oh lord... my mind goes back to the nearly naked Tom Ford.... Oh struggling to concentrate. And I play on his same team!
Its looking fine, you can find more Stacking Chairs here…..
You have great blog and this post is good!
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best regards, Greg
thank you very much Greg!
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