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Dutch design brand Moooi has partnered with 3D artist Andrés Reisinger to mass-produce his Hortensia chair, which went viral on Instagram as a rendering and become known as "the chair that could not be made".

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Dutch design brand Moooi has partnered with 3D artist Andrés Reisinger to mass-produce his Hortensia chair, which went viral on Instagram as a rendering and become known as "the chair that could not be made".

Initially designed in 2018 as a purely digital piece of furniture, the armchair with its plump, hyper-tactile exterior has now been made into a physical chair covered in 30,000 fabric petals. It is available from Moooi in the original soft pink colour as well as a light grey. The global release marks what is thought to be the first time that a product designed for the digital world has gone into mass production. The Hortensia armchair is covered in more than 30,000 petals "This is the start of a new dialogue between designers and brands," Moooi CEO Robin Bevers told...

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Muji’s Christmas gift guide features stocking fillers and design classic

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Muji’s Christmas gift guide features stocking fillers and design classic

s Dezeen has teamed up with Japanese lifestyle brand Muji to put together a Christmas gift guide for the design-conscious, featuring an architectural toy set and a range of super-minimal desk tidies. City in a Bag Aspiring architects might enjoy this wooden toy set featuring a mix of building-shaped blocks. You can create your own mini version of Tokyo, or combine several sets to create a design for a new metropolis. Shop now from Muji › Christmas Tin Candles A great stocking filler, Muji's candles are packaged up in simple metal tins and offer a range of distinctive fragrances. There's...

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Spanish artist SiiGii has designed a wearable, inflatable lilo from latex that enables users to lounge on a pool float in the summer without aggravating their allergy to the sun.

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Spanish artist SiiGii has designed a wearable, inflatable lilo from latex that enables users to lounge on a pool float in the summer without aggravating their allergy to the sun.

The blow-up bathing suit, titled Floating Above Limits, is part of SiiGii's wider collection S.A.D: Sun Allergy Diaries, which includes three designs that aim to find ways of overcoming the artist's rare condition that makes them allergic to the sun. Made of latex, the all-in-one bathing suit wraps around the head like a swimming cap to ensure maximum coverage, and features two inflatable areas behind the head and around the body in the shape of a pool float. When the suit is inflated, the wearer can float on water, bathing in the sun – something they would otherwise be unable...

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Whether you like it or not, but research papers make up the lion’s share of your overall coursework

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Whether you like it or not, but research papers make up the lion’s share of your overall coursework

And there will come a time when you’re assigned a research paper. It so happened that this type of academic paper instills awe and fear in the majority of inexperienced students. It’s not a secret that many learners take advantage of professional writing services that offer research papers for sale. They do it to avoid the hassle of researching their topics and putting their paper together, which, as you know, may take weeks. You may also find yourself willing to delegate such a dreary task to professionals and finally stop beating your brains out in the attempt to create an...

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Whether you like it or not, but research papers make up the lion’s share of your overall coursework

Design

Whether you like it or not, but research papers make up the lion’s share of your overall coursework

And there will come a time when you’re assigned a research paper. It so happened that this type of academic paper instills awe and fear in the majority of inexperienced students. It’s not a secret that many learners take advantage of professional writing services that offer research papers for sale. They do it to avoid the hassle of researching their topics and putting their paper together, which, as you know, may take weeks. You may also find yourself willing to delegate such a dreary task to professionals and finally stop beating your brains out in the attempt to create an...

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