The Alligator Says 'Ouch'

It’s hard for me to admit this, but there’s been a void in my life. I love to sit on piles of stuffed animals, and I love to sit on chairs. But there’s never been a chair made of stuffed animals"¦until now.

From Fernando and Humberto Campana, Brazilian design extraordinaires, comes a truly strange collection of “banquet chairs.” The seats and backs of the chairs are made of stuffed animals (mostly endangered), and the legs are metal. They are jagged-edged and odd looking, but absolutely eye-catching and original. The chairs are available exclusively from Moss and production is limited to 25, which pretty much guarantees that you’ll be the only person in the neighborhood with an alligator banquet chair. My personal favorite, though, is the panda version; they always looked like they’d be good to sit on. Is this what God meant when he gave us dominion over animals?

–Dan Steckenberg