Apartment Therapy New York

Chair Tattoos

Design Enthusiasts. This is a bit weird but we had to share! Check out these iconic chairs as tattoos by Nick Baxter. We stumbled across them via DesignBoom and DesignNotes. Do any ATers have home furnishing-inspired tattoos?...

(Tattoos by Nick Baxter)

Comments (18)

rad. so rad!

posted by kdkaboom on June 21st 2007 at 10:38am
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I like my Knoll Pollock chair and all, but this reminds me of the guy who got a tattoo of his Chevy Cavlier on his forearm.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/26/cavalier-love-gone-too-far/

posted by Mat on June 21st 2007 at 10:43am
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...this is funny..yet extreme.
i love my risom chair. but not that much.
*hmmm i also love my job, but im not sure how my boss would react if i had Knoll tattooed on my forearm*

hahahhaahha

posted by bellaknollie on June 21st 2007 at 11:25am
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Ick, with the portraits of designers, it looks like a DWR catalog.

posted by paul on June 21st 2007 at 11:26am
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Fortunately, most tattoos are removable these days!

posted by MrGreen on June 21st 2007 at 11:38am
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Tattoos are the new accessory for showing off your occupation. I'll bet cooks represent one of the biggest spikes in elaborate tattoo shop business. Sizzling bacon, spatulas, knives, pigs, salt and pepper. It's interesting though, permanent impressions of materialist objects. Maybe it's a testament to the permanence of the objects throughout the decades.

posted by art on June 21st 2007 at 11:41am
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My tattoos are not furniture-inspired, but coincidently, I posted the pictures above on my blog this morning.

posted by kim.desiretoinspire on June 21st 2007 at 12:22pm
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are these real?

posted by Jess2nola on June 21st 2007 at 3:45pm
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this is so very weird. i can't imagine a design geek drunk and getting a tattoo of robsjohn gibbings on his chest or a little herman miller logo just above the navel.what's next piercings with george nelson drawer pulls.

posted by patrik on June 21st 2007 at 5:06pm
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that cavelier looks like it was crayola markered on his forearm. How horrible.

posted by canadian in swedish clothing on June 21st 2007 at 5:07pm
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I can't commit to any paint color for my walls, upholstery for my furniture, or even what decorating style I truly am. How could I ever decide what design element I could commit to on my body. Of course I like change.

posted by cdb on June 22nd 2007 at 5:27am
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Oh my. What an odd little world we live in...

posted by aesargent on June 22nd 2007 at 6:48am
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Getting this sort of tattoo wouldn't be my thing, but the quality of them is awesome!

posted by iheartveggies on June 22nd 2007 at 6:56am
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Those are stupid tattoos. Good grief.

posted by Sisero on June 22nd 2007 at 8:53am
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wow sisero, that was a very eloquent comment. those tattoos are very good quality. if you don't like the subject matter, then what are you doing here?
debates on design should involve more than "that's stupid".

posted by ange_lune on July 24th 2007 at 11:37am
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hey, that's my buddy's arm! the tattoos are great and look less bizarre as a whole sleave

posted by ebony on August 31st 2007 at 12:47pm
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mat! thanks for sharing the tat pic of the guy with the chevy cavalier. LOL but also :-|

posted by SD913 on September 11th 2007 at 6:32am
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i have an exploded eames lounge

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/hot_robot_sex/2-3.jpg?t=1240296819

posted by Lorenzo on April 21st 2009 at 1:53am
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