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marxist fruit bowl
2007 maple wood, laser engraving 80″ x 14″ x 15″ Advanced capitalism presents consumers with goods whose material origins and production history are often veiled, whether intentionally or as a natural...
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Stacker Vase made of porcelain reconfigures to accommodate tall and short flowers
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wreathing of the lions
photos courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago image by spudart 2010 marked the 19th Annual Wreathing of the Lions. The museum invited Materious to reinterpret the wreath, a joyful symbol of the...
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fallen
photos courtesy of Richard Shay Photography 2010 This bench acknowledges the fallen tree as our earliest mode of furniture. Here the humble form of a hollow log is celebrated and made anew with tufted...
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bone lamp
2005 pvc pipe, electrical components three heights: 18″, 21″, 23″ all 4″ diameter This project is an exploration of the relationship between beauty and waste. Scrap PVC sewer pipes and drainage pipes...
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umbrellas for the civil but discontent man
In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life: “Men are not gentle, friendly...
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cubby
2006 urethane (UV stable), hand cast by the designers 6. 5″ x 6.5″ x 6.5″ The Cubby coat hook challenges traditional form–rather than a coat hook being a fairly linear element (like a nail), Cubby...
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piggy
Available in two colors: bright white and pale pink Personal savings go in the large bank, charitable savings go in the small bank The piggies nest together, but are separate banks Both banks have a...
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adieu
ADIEU with Greg Bethel 2009 gas-fireplace ‘logs’ for the ardent modernist slip-cast porcelain For the ardent modernist, these porcelain, gas-fireplace “logs” offer a torrid farewell to our stylistic...
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puzzle tray
All photography by Bob Coscarelli April 2012 Release a limited edition tray for Newton Vineyard numbered and imprinted with the designers’ insignia FSC Certified Walnut Wood $499 Reflecting the...
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