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what the hell is that

What do I think? I think the staff at AT needs to hold a meeting to rethink the direction of their website if this is the sort of thing that's being 'fallen in love' with.

I'm cranky because AT never shows plain, crate-and-barrel modern design. I'm a troll.

Please, keep showing us new, innovative and thought-provoking design, despite trolls.

Hideous.

if you've fallen in love with these, i've got a few pieces of old chewed gum which you might like for wall hooks for your landing strip.

I agree these are pretty bad. But the last piece, the section diorama, is interesting. I'm not sure I'd like to live with it...

I´m afraid my imagination is not big enough to see a table in this thing :-). I mean "Fossili moderni".

Note from Publisher:

We meet every day and drink coffee and talk about the direction of the website. We think that two rights, a left and then straight past the gas station is the direction we should go in.

I personally think those things are h i d e o u s but also provocative.

I personally find that I often have this feeling about stuff at Moss and so I think Moss is doing its job well. You can't not talk about Moss.

I professionally love Keehnan, and his take on things is different, unique and awesome.

I like a mix of voices and perspectives.

I like commenting.

i love MOSS but man these things are ugly & overpriced. ick.

New...innovative...UGLY.

And I question how thought-provoking it is. Perhaps if the individual found objects could be seen or at least intuited, this would be an interesting comment on wastefulness blah blah blah. But as is, it's just WTF-provoking.

Aesthetically, they scare me. Fruit Nougat furniture.


https://missdels.com/products/soft-italian-fruit-nougat.html

With all the duct-tape, these could be appropriate in Dick Cheney's home.

The price is the punch line.

I think they're pretty cool looking, but a table which can't come in contact with water sounds terrible.

Hideous. In this case, found objects = garbage. Why would I want garbage encased in polyeurethane in my home?

these are hideous. but not quite as hideous as calling other posters in the community "trolls".

Fruit nougat! Yes, modernguy, that's exactly what they look like. (Though I was thinking of the Brach's version that comes in little cubes.)

I wouldn't want one, but I'd kind of like to see them in person, if only so that I can touch them.

The only thing I can rationalize is that the designer got so wrapped up in his own creation that he couldn't see the fug for the trees. Or something like that. Pass!

I don't find this all too provocative - these tables are incredibly, ridiculously overpriced and completely impractical. I find it disturbing that outrageous work like this gets so much attention - there are so many artists and craftspeople out there who do beautiful work and don't get a wink of attention.

The tables are really beautiful when you see them in person. Photos just can't do them justice. Also they are custom made pieces so no two are alike hence the price. If you can't afford them don't buy them!

How larege are they? (They look huge.) Are they hollow? If they are, my cats could jump in and out. They love empty stuff.

These "tables" do make me appreciate my boring, square, 4 straight-legged, Danish modern teak end tables I've had since 1980. I can put baskets with catalogs and periodicals underneath them.

Their shape (round, sort of) is impractical in smaller quarters where multi-function & spacial considerations rule.

The 80s are baaaaack.

Massimiliano Adami must be laughing his way to the bank.

$5000 for a table that you can't get wet is offensive. But by all means, DIY.

My two cents: I've always loved AT's all-things-considered attitude and enjoy many of the outlandish items that turn up here. It's been my impression that many of the Hot-or-Not posts are supposed to showcase items that the posters themselves think are in dubious taste to begin with. It's all very well to criticize an object (snarky though that can get), but slamming the posters is just below the belt. So an item's not to your taste... what on this site *is* to *everyone's* taste? I'd much rather stumble on an occasional piece of trash on this site than have the style gestapo editing it.

I think this looks like there was some sort of malfunction with some of the mass-production machinery one day, and they are trying to recoup by calling these one-of-a-kind and charging 3 arms and a leg. Just take your recycling to the recycler and ask if you can have your stuff back after it's only partially mangled and compacted; one-of-a-kind things aren't always works of art, they can be just ordinary but not able to come out the same way twice. There's a world of difference!

hey look, my recycling bin just took a dump.

oh dear, those things are expensive eyesores, but rather hilarious :-D i can imagine that it is fun making them. and if you have a house of, say, ten rooms or more, you can have a room with stuff like this and only inflict it on yourself when you feel strong enough :-P

i think they are not really meant as everyday use furniture.

go you, Maxwell, for backing your people up ...

Addressing amt230, I only want to ensure that provocative design isn't censored so that only 'tasteful' is posted--I'm asking that AT post stuff that not everyone agrees with, and specifically user peahen requested this stuff not be posted.

I want to be surprised and inspired here. I can find 'normal' in the catalogs in the mail, or HGTV.

fruit nougat!! funny
these pieces remind me of my time spent in art school. we would have our class critiques of each other's work, and the people with THE MOST BUTT-UGLY work would have the jargon and art-speak down cold. like the above butt-ugly pieces. functionally, they're also nearly useless. whatever happened to the bauhaus maxim: form follows function? this has neither. and that price tag? i don't even have words for that.

but i agree with maxwell: it's good to be provoked to thought, to comment, to dialogue. AT should continue to post these beasties right alongside the sublime; both kinds of posts are educational

btw: i just saw animalhouze's comment, and i'm still laughing

I have no problem with "hot or not" posts about expensive rubbish from Moss. But don't come crying when the "trolls" call a spade a spade.

wow. Give you people something to look at that is a bit different from the normal AT posts of what you see in Pottery Barn or the pages of your beloved Dwell magazine and you all go postal. You all need to chill out.

insanity_pepper: Moss being Moss, I'm afraid touching is out of the question.

sorry- it's a not for me. I have a 6 year old Nephew that makes me school crafts that are much more attractive and clever. i'm serious, not being a sap.

What a bunch of overpriced crapola.

Well, it certainly performed art's true function . . . stimulating conversation. All things considered, I would personally prefer one of those prank companies churn me out a HUGE plastic dog pooh to use as a table and it would probably only be $29.95. Fact is much of the stuff that passes as art and high dollar fancy goods are junk no one else would consider but when an astronomical figure is attached to them they suddenly become . . . "self important" much like the people who sell and critique them.

Who would buy a $5000 pile of plastic crap that's made to look like fruitcake?

I wish I could vote "NOT" more than just once?

This table that looks like vomit is just under $5,000? What is happening with AT? Where is the affordable, yet stylish items for small spaces? This does not seem to fit the mold...and it's not inspiring in the least.

the method and the idea are pretty solid and I've seen MUCH better examples of poly foam being used for furniture. These are very poor examples.

I wouldn't even have that in my home if someone paid me $5000.

A fool and his money....

johnjames - I absolutely agree with your point, what I was clearly taking issue with was your tone. I learned long ago that in order to make your point you should not reduce yourself to name calling.