Established and Son’s space on Via Palermo looks like a beaver damn captured mid-explosion. Making our way through the maze-like construction we enter a doctor Seuss world of antennas springing out of chubby drawers, carried by spiderish legs, to talk to Maarten Baas, standing casually draping a Baas branded bag over his arm. It feels like entering an alien world, and the aliens are the furniture.
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Ettore Sottsass’ childlike pieces are those of dreams and imagination, with lines and colour creeping into realms of fantasy that would rival most child minds. Toy-like constructions are lifted from colouring books to form highly considered, intelligent objects that still manage to evoke the simple doodles and building block towers of playgroup invention.
Tahiti lamp 1981 by Ettore Sottsass
In a drastic attempt at diversification the low cost airline Ryanair has taken on a multi million shipping contract with Zurich Swine, one of the largest suppliers of pork in all of Europe. When confronted with strong scepticism at such a move, Ryanair spokesperson C.A Madden said that the company was more than able to juggle such a large commitment without any expense whatsoever to the regular air flight passenger. Though this seems to many, somewhat at odds with the Ryanair’s recent and controversial introduction of the Safety Ham. Mr Madden replied that the Safety Ham is not, as it is being claimed, a cheap way of transporting meat around Europe, but on the contrary is a very sophisticated, and very necessary piece of equipment, ensuring a considerably safer journey for all involved.
