Tobias Wong always struck us as kind of a dick (9/11-inspired boxcutters? er, shut up) but when he’s not being all aggro he’s so clever. (He’s the one who did the Burberry pins that Burberry first hated and then loved when they realized it made them look all punk rock.) Anyway: These are design objets, if you will, rather than merely … design objects. Oh, the difference in meaning a “c” can lend.
We do sort of want this chandelier. It’s a real crystal chandelier, underneath that industrial white rubber. TW chandelier, $4500
This is slightly more affordable. That rose is officially “bullet-proof”—”made of black heavy-duty ballistic nylon.” So … there. We guess. TW ballistic rose, $175
that chandelier is so bizarre…in a very strange way. it sparks all sorts of commentary…like, why? why must we ruin everything nice in order to protect it? not that this is “ruined” but it is weird. it’s like leaving plastic on a really nice sofa in order to not ruin it. i suppose it’s just a very peculiar design choice. and it’s got me thinking….