Materials: fiberglass, wood, upholstery
Price Point: $3,000 - $4,500
"Astrojet is a rocking chair, or vehicle, or fantasy. It is one of a set of rocking chairs that suggests a fantastic voyage, a journey at the speed of light. The chair, occupied or not, is sculpture and commands attention, it will not be overlooked. ...."
Designer: Michael Hovey
Link: hoveyart.com
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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• As the Crow Flies Mobile by Contexture Design
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About Design Showcase 2009: This summer we're celebrating the best in design for the home. We're taking submissions from independent and student designers from around the world and letting our readers vote on who they think has the best design. There's also a panel of august judges. Two winners will win $20,000 in targeted advertising placements on our sites to help launch their career. All info is here.
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My mother always said, "If you can't say anything nice..."
view cleeuw's profile
holy hell
view ec05's profile
That is one expensive rocking chair. I do like the sketches though.
view alsoiloveyou's profile
It would be good to have a photo of this in context (ie. with other furniture around), otherwise, the photo could lead you to see it as about the size of an iron.
$3,000 is a bit pricey, I think.
view mei-ling's profile
I withheld a star based on the pretentious description.
view editrix26's profile
I also thought it was an iron. I *might* be able to see this in a child's room... if the pricetag wasn't so ridiculous.
view TravelingRae's profile
I too thought it was an amazing 1950s iron. As an iron, with an iron-sized price tag, I would totally buy this. As a rocking chair, not so much.
view grrliz's profile
I thought it was an iron - but I'll be honest - I think it's ugly.
view lactavia's profile
Living room: The final frontier.
view slowdown's profile
i can understand the price tag, it looks very labor intensive.
that being said, i think the aesthetic is more fitting in a theme park.
view speckledwords's profile
I too believed I was looking at the coolest iron ever.
view Rainybeth's profile
I thought it was a steampunk inspired iron.
view suzy8track's profile
Does it bounce if you put a coin in the slot?
view kelleyk's profile
Hah, I thought it was an iron, too! (an ugly iron...)
This is design (and pricing) gone amok.
view mirandabee's profile
"...it will not be overlooked."
Just wait.
view v1m's profile