Designed by Jasper Morrison
I found these Cork Stools, designed by Jasper Morrison for Vitra a while ago, and simply fell in love with them. They are each 13 inches high, with seat diameters of 12 inches – perfect for your butt, your cat or a few piled coffee table books. Simply designed, seemingly indestructible and adaptable to almost any style of home decor, these stools evoke both a sense of whimsy and practicality. Very impressive.
Plus, every time I look at them, I think of wine. I like wine. Can you imagine how large the bottles, to which these puppies might belong, must be?
Price: Expensive. Available at The Future Perfect and other fine contemporary furniture and design studios.
justjp
/ June 19, 2009If you find which bottles those stools were made from, count me in!
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curlywurlygurly
/ June 19, 2009those are TOO cool!!!!!! i really would like one…guess i’ll have to swing by the web site and see just how expensive ‘expensive’ is! thanks for the tip.
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Topher
/ June 20, 2009Little known fact: Spain provides much of the world’s sustainably-harvested cork (yes, when harvested correctly, cork is one of nature’s truly sustainable materials). Well, have you seen those new plastic corks on wine bottles? Have you gotten that spiel from the guy at the wine store who says: “oh- a screw cap is now used on some of the finest wines…it helps keep the wine from spoiling.” Well, you’re intuition is right– not only are plastic corks lame, but that guy at the store is indeed a bonehead. Cork has worked for centuries to keep wine fresh. Wine makers are moving to plastic and screw caps for one reason… you know what that is: money. Unfortunately this move is threatening all those farmers who sustainably harvest cork in Spain. In fact, if wine-makers continue to move away from cork to save a dime, the cork forests of Spain run the risk of becoming obsolete, which means those farmers will have every incentive to clear-cut the forests and make use of that land in other less sustainable ways (think developments…space in Europe has been limited for the last, say, five-hundred years). So, the next time you’re at the wine store, get the bottle that has the real cork cork. Not only will your date appreciate the opportunity to hear that pop and smell the cork (as opposed to the cracking of the twist cap or the smell of plastic), but Mama Earth and the birds and the critters will appreciate it too.
emmajames
/ June 21, 2009JP: LOL – it’s a date
CWG: Let me know if you end up getting one! They run between $350-$400, depending on where you purchase them. As I said, expensive.
Toph: See, this is one more reason why you completely rock!!! (And why I will never buy a bottle of wine that is stoppered by something other than a cork… And why I want to go back to Spain…) xo