It’s Easter weekend, and the New York Times has made our Friday very good with these photos of the Peeps factory in Bethlehem, PA. I think this is an American thing, but Peeps are sugar coated marshmallow candies shaped like baby chicks and bunnies. I like mine stale, so I open them up, let them breath for a few weeks and eat them when most peeps would toss them in the garbage. You don’t have to celebrate Easter to enjoy a crunchy, stale marshmallow.
The wonderful Spanish rug company nanimarquina sent us a sneak peak and some process photos of its upcoming introduction to debut in Milan this month. Chillida is based on the artwork of Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002). nanimarquina has created a collection based on a chronological selection of his work, from Figura Humana 1948, through Dibujo Tinta 1957, to Collage 1966 that reflects the process prior to his most famous sculpture, the Peine del Viento in San Sebastián. It also includes two pictures of his famous hands from the 90s, and Gravitación, 1993 and 1994, where he creates a new form of relief, sculpture made of paper. All of this work has been accurately translated into the rugs. All are handmade using various techniques and different materials like wool, silk and mohair, to give texture and show the essence of his work.
To celebrate a slow yet triumphant easing back into a clean, unhacked blog, let’s enjoy this soothing process video of Fritz Hansen‘s iconic Series 7 chair.
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has invented a magnet machine that produces stools made from a specially designed magnetic plastic material. The magnetic fields created by the machine pull on the plastic, creating bizarre organic forms that resemble stalagmites rising from the floor. The shape of each stool depends upon the position and force of the magnets used, so each design is unique.