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Guess What Inspired This Chair?

CasaSugar — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:30:11 -0800

Artist Lisa Jones created a series called Symbiosis that took inspiration from parts of the human body. Though I think this chair looks more lung-like in shape, it was actually inspired by a part of the digestive system. Can you tell me what part of the digestive system inspired this chair?

Designer Spotlight: Lisa Jones

CasaSugar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:33:25 -0700

While Lisa Jones is more of a sculptor than a designer, I couldn't resist showing you her beautiful, imaginative sculptural works. Some of her objects, such as the Symbiosis Chair Series, are beautiful riffs on interior decor, while others, such as the Pipe Series, are brilliantly abstract in their execution. I especially love the coral motifs in the Symbiosis series: Perhaps she's been influenced by the Great Barrier Reef?

Showing primarily in Sydney, where she also earned her Masters of VIsual Arts, in her artist's statement Lisa writes:

Within my sculptural objects a language of internal opposition exists that informs the whole. This apparently conflicting exchange defines the work through the tension between order and chaos; the organic and the refined; repetition and divergence; progress and reversal.The resulting sculptures are not what they appear to be. Seemingly solid forms are in fact rigid, hollow sacks that define the volumes they describe.Their organic forms and the materials of their composition evoke a strong sensory experience of their tactility, provoking a desire to touch.

To see a gallery of Lisa's work, just read more

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Casa Capsule: The Week That Was

CasaSugar — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:32:16 -0700

Su Casa group member Leah Hennen showed us her fabulous seventies living room vignette.
You gave azduring13 some advice on living with concrete floors.
Newlywed Karazzies needs your help in creating a cheap and chic living room in the latest Casa Craving Challenge.
If your walls are blank, The Decoder Ring has some great art online.
There's no need to be tacky on the 31st, get some classy Halloween décor.
Lisa Jones brings sculpture to the interior design world, take a seat!
You too can get the Miranda Hobbes look at home.
The west elm contest winner, kavi484, told us all about her home décor style.
If you're looking for some fruity lighting, check out Pratt student Nick Foley's breathtaking LED pear lamp.
Need to spice up a bland table top? Make your own beautiful pumpkin centerpiece!