Weird Furniture: Mario Philippona Design (NSFW)

CasaSugar — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:00:57 -0800

Dutch sculptor Mario Philippona developed a series called "Sexy Furniture," which mimics female forms in challenging wood. These shapes, he writes in a statement on his website, are "the most attractive in nature," and have inspired him. He designs his works on life-size working drawings and assembles his sculptures from pre-cut layers of wood, so that they're anatomically correct. He sees perfectionism, he writes on his site, "in the way women use fashion, high heels, fitness, and plastic surgery to portray themselves," and cites artists Allen Jones and Salvador Dali as inspiration. His works are finished with natural oil and wax and handcrafted from regional timber, the colors and textures of which he uses to emphasize his forms.
Shown here is the Boobycase, a sideboard of sorts (and the least graphic of his pieces), which was inspired by "a woman with fantastic breasts, seen in the sauna." Its hinges are all wood integrated into the object. More of Philippona's Sexy Furniture, but CAUTION: for adult eyes only, when you read more.

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Cool Idea: Retro Wooden Speakers

CasaSugar — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:01:11 -0700

My fiancé recently emailed me asking if we could buy these
Sound-e-Motion M100-20 BF speakers (inquire for price), since they'd complement our other wooden furniture. Granted, there's something pretty retro-cool about them, and I have to give my guy props for actually understanding that natural-tone wooden speakers are the correct decor choice for our house. However, I can't help but be reminded of Mario Philippona's Boobycase when I look at them. What do you think? Are these retro-cool, or are they just bizarrely boobylicious?