installation of bouroullec brothers chairs at the prague zoo

installation of bouroullec brothers chairs at the prague zoo


a lemur hanging out by the installation
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as part of prague designblok 09, vitra presented a special design exhibition on the premises of
the prague zoo. inside the lemur pavilion, daniel pirsc authored the installation of the
bouroullec brothers vegetal chairs and algues room dividers in the form of a tree.
the furniture was intertwined with the actual flora and fauna of the pavilion, allowing the lemurs
to interact with the piece.


view of the installation inside the lemur pavilion
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the twig-like pieces of algues were used to hold the vegetal chairs together
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the chairs intertwined amongst the branches of the trees in the pavilion
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the base
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general view of the lemur pavilion and
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the vegetal chairs hiding amongst the trees
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andrea db
10.12.09  
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ouch.. that's not what you do with the bouroullecs work. simply put, it just doesn't look nice. also, the algues don't gel with the vegetals. get me in there ill straighten it up :)
horrible haridas   10.12.09
The brothers surely didn't do this ?

It looks like they literally threw the chairs into the tree from an overpassing aircraft.
design beater   10.12.09
Horrible expensive plastic chairs in a riduculous construction for depressed animals ?
mil   10.12.09
good designers, bad artists
maurice   10.12.09
comme dit Maurice bon designer mais vraiment mauvais artistes, l'installation est est une verrue dans ce zoo.
sylvain   10.12.09
Wow, can't wait to see little monkey eating away on the 'algae'! How stupid. I believe this is 2009 correct? Threfore the 70's and the reverence for plastics should be over right about now don't you guys think?
noplastico   10.12.09
and what do the lemur`s think ?
ana elena Mallet   10.13.09
I don't know why everybody is so negatively impressed.
I like it.
Nice installation.
Keep up with this kind of things, Bouroullecs!
Thesis   10.13.09
the installation wasn't actually designed by the bouroullec brothers.
it was conceived by czech designer daniel prisc.
andrea db   10.14.09

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