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Astrojet by Michael Hovey
Design Showcase 2009

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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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..."

posted by cleeuw on August 14th 2009 at 9:39am
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holy hell

posted by ec05 on August 14th 2009 at 10:22am
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That is one expensive rocking chair. I do like the sketches though.

posted by alsoiloveyou on August 14th 2009 at 10:47am
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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.

posted by mei-ling on August 14th 2009 at 10:48am
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I withheld a star based on the pretentious description.

posted by editrix26 on August 14th 2009 at 11:01am
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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.

posted by TravelingRae on August 14th 2009 at 11:19am
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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.

posted by grrliz on August 14th 2009 at 12:20pm
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I thought it was an iron - but I'll be honest - I think it's ugly.

posted by lactavia on August 14th 2009 at 1:16pm
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Living room: The final frontier.

posted by slowdown on August 14th 2009 at 1:27pm
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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.

posted by speckledwords on August 14th 2009 at 2:05pm
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I too believed I was looking at the coolest iron ever.

posted by Rainybeth on August 14th 2009 at 2:30pm
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I thought it was a steampunk inspired iron.

posted by suzy8track on August 14th 2009 at 3:26pm
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Does it bounce if you put a coin in the slot?

posted by kelleyk on August 14th 2009 at 6:42pm
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Hah, I thought it was an iron, too! (an ugly iron...)
This is design (and pricing) gone amok.

posted by mirandabee on August 16th 2009 at 1:04pm
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"...it will not be overlooked."

Just wait.

posted by v1m on August 19th 2009 at 2:25am
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