Hot or Not? Aphrodite Drawers by Ligne Roset

The Aphrodite cantilevered chest of drawers designed by Tadao Hoshino for Ligne Roset reminds us a lot of the Stack Storage which was released at the same time last year and seemed to get all the attention...

We think this is hot because of the wide range of possibilities — it could look highly refined or a little messy. The seemingly impossible balance is achieved though a 83kg steel counter balance and ball bearing runners. It's a functional Donald Judd sculpture for the home. So what do you think?

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Clever I s'pose, but neither original nor particularly beautiful.

posted by bepsf on March 24th 2009 at 2:28pm
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The concept amuses me, but I'd have it all stacked up evenly and where's the fun in that? So cool but pointless for my decor.

posted by SherryBinNH on March 24th 2009 at 2:31pm
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For some reason, this reminds me of Sesame Street.
That is all.

posted by nikkibee on March 24th 2009 at 2:34pm
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I keep wondering if it would fall over if I pulled all the drawers out like a staircase.

posted by Tiamat_the_Red on March 24th 2009 at 2:38pm
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I love them. I would have them all stacked neatly as well and just open them when I needed something. I like that that colors are muted.

posted by modernguy on March 24th 2009 at 2:46pm
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Love the colors. However, I would never want it to look like anything but the first (neat!) picture, so it might as well be a normal chest of drawers instead. Things like this always make me wonder -- if the top 2 or 3 drawers are full and you swing them out, can the thing topple over?

posted by robyn on March 24th 2009 at 2:58pm
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nikkibee I thought the exact same thing! They remind you of Sesame Street too. Why?!

posted by ShopgirlCA on March 24th 2009 at 3:01pm
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*me

posted by ShopgirlCA on March 24th 2009 at 3:01pm
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The drawers don't pull out relative to each, but only go out one drawer-depth. At which point, they're all stopped by the steel post, and they are all stacked on top of each other again, and the steel post, which was original in the front of the chest, is now in the back.

posted by JoanneM on March 24th 2009 at 3:37pm
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So the answer is: no, it will not fall over.

posted by JoanneM on March 24th 2009 at 3:37pm
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Hmmm... reminds me of the stacked boxes out in farmers fields for bee's....

posted by chickiegirl21 on March 24th 2009 at 4:13pm
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They have to be soooooooooooooo expensive that the only way I could have them is if they truly were hot.

posted by Usbek de Perse on March 24th 2009 at 4:14pm
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Why the sudden fixation on AT with Ligne Rosset? If this is an advertising deal shouldn't it be labeled as such?

posted by MrCranky on March 24th 2009 at 6:21pm
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i prefer this better:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/shelving-storage/stack-storage-drawers-by-shay-alkalay-048319

posted by miaedu on March 24th 2009 at 6:49pm
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oops sorry, didn't notice it was already linked.

posted by miaedu on March 24th 2009 at 7:00pm
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As it turns out, I was recently at Ligne Roset and inquired about that piece. The tall colored one resales for around 6K. As for falling over, no it shouldn't, mostly thanks to the bottom drawer being filled with 80 kg of weight (for the tall one again).

posted by alexandre on March 24th 2009 at 11:12pm
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if i had a huge foyer, this is what i'd put in it...
love the color combination

posted by sunan on March 25th 2009 at 12:55pm
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Hot, but the price is not.

posted by littleinkpot on March 25th 2009 at 3:04pm
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