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• Niina Aalto elevates the plastic cup with her Everyday Sunday collection of cup holders.

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• The team at Marc & Justus Comandare reimagine the Aeron task chair as a lounge.

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• Blobilicious: Philippe Starck’s BaObab desk.

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• Halftone Hijinks: Steven Nicholson's Hole-Punch Portrait.

 
 

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I LOVE the hole-punch portrait. I think this has the potential to be the next design craze for the next few years. I wonder if it is patented...

However, I'm not quite understanding the Niina Aalto Everyday Sunday cup holders. The point of drinking out of plastic cups is that formal/expensive/fragile cups would be impractical. So why bother placing plastic cups within formal/expensive/fragile cup holders? Why not just drink out of the cup holders?

posted by hejiranyc on August 28th 2007 at 7:23am
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nobody wants to wash the cups.

posted by itsthehouseshow on August 28th 2007 at 8:07am
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...but you still have to wash the cup holders too!

posted by hejiranyc on August 28th 2007 at 8:42am
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It's just more of the self-conscious irony that has become so deeply tedious.

posted by Deborah on August 28th 2007 at 8:45am
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The Aeron task chair as a lounge is brilliant idea, I would love to have one of them to put my feet up when I am on the phone for hours.

posted by Tyson Williams on August 28th 2007 at 9:44am
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Hi people just a quick message to say I am now, because of the high interest, im asking for commissions contact me on.
steven.nicholson3@students.plymouth.ac.uk

Many thanks Steve

posted by Steven Nicholson on August 28th 2007 at 1:07pm
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That desk is too Flintstones-meets-Playskool. And not in a good way.

That Aeron lounge is too Ob/gyn. Speculum sold separately.

Hole-punch portrait, brilliant.

posted by patrick (the other one) on August 28th 2007 at 1:12pm
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I logged-on to also say why would you need a cup-holder with a plastic cup - why not just use a glass or a mug? - its all so pointless and pretentious

Plastic cups are usually used when you're getting a drink somewhere outside - like if someone offers you water when you're at a meeting in someone elses office - are you supposed to take your cup holder with you? - surely people don't use plastic cups at home??

These cup holders would be beautiful made into drinking vessels in their own right

posted by Violetsrose on August 29th 2007 at 3:22am
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