At Apartment Therapy, we're no strangers to treehouses... but what about real-life human nests? South Africa-based creative consultancy Animal Farm has been rolling out a series of cozy nests since 2009, with the latest project, the Kubu Nest, built with 100% organic materials.
The lightweight Kubu lounger is made from Kubu cane, a traditional weaving cane used for furniture. Its frame and cladding are composed entirely of Kubu cane and a wall to wall cushion inside comfortably fits three adults.
The Kubu is an updated version of the original Weaver's Nest, which was built with a welded steel frame under reed thatching. Crafted from local Port Jackson/Black Wattle alien trees, the Weaver's Nest was modeled after the intricately woven nests of the weaver birds native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Weaver's Nest 2 soon followed. According to designer Porky Hefer (appropriately named for his agency, no?), it was designed for kids and slightly modified to look a little friendlier and less like a "skull." It still features the same rope ladder for access, which can be rolled up and tucked away to keep predators — or grown-ups — from climbing up.
Hefer conceived of the nest when South African design collaborative Southern Guild commissioned the project for the FNB Joburg Art Fair. Since then, Animal Farm has custom-built nests for the daring and curious, who don't mind being suspended up to 10 feet in the air inside their own little bird pod.
Want your own nest to nestle in? Contact Animal Farm for more information. A waterproof overnighter version is reported to be in the works.
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Kinda creepy looking but cool at the same time. It seems like it would draw in alot of bugs.
And over here in the central coast of California, in a wonderful location in Big Sur, is the Spirit Nests, created at the Spirit Garden, by a local man named Jason Fann:
http://bigsurspiritgarden.com/Spirit_Garden_/Spirit_Nests.html
Or then you can hatch a dwarf! (Sorry, "Once Upon a Time" reference...)
Kind of cool, although mainly as art...
This is uncomfortably close to the X Files episodes with Eugene Tooms.
Kind of "Where the wild things are"-esque
Oh my gosh SHERRYBINNH, I just watched that episode 10 minutes ago, Haha, although I though of 'Hook' when I saw them, and Vogue photoshoots. Fun.
I thought the wild things houses were made by Patrick Dougherty, who has traveled the world for decades building with sticks, but after looking at his website, his projects list does not include it, http://www.stickwork.net/installations.php.
I will order his book.
This reminds me of Patric Dougherty's Call of the Wild outside the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.
Oh god, all I can think of are the SPIDERS that would "nest" in that thing. YIKES.
If there were some way to seal off the bugs, though, this looks like it would be a lovely place to read a book.
Marsupilami cartoons, anyone? (http://fou2bd.eklablog.com/marsupilami-c75974)
ew?
If you’ve ever seen an old movie called The Naked Prey, you would get the creeps from even seeing these pics.