Recycled plumbing turns into funky furniture over at Van Thiel and Co., an antique slash curiosity shop in Toronto. This is the Radiator-Chair - Pricey indeed at $1,490, and just as uncomfortable I'm sure. It's more of a sculpture than something I'd want to sit on.
It's got a cool companion though - “The Odd Laundry Room End Table,” pictured below, cost $1,200, that I think might look JUST COOL in my house.
These are definitely not your average eyeglasses ...
Genius Eyewear Maker, Scott Urban, definitely made a spectacle of himself when he designed his innovative ultra cool line of spectacles and started selling them through his company, Urban Spectacles of Wood. His creations were an eco friendly bi product born from his life long obsession with wood crafting, using exotic woods from trees that people had never heard of. Like lignum vitae, desert ironwood,amboyna, cocobola ... Tree dictionary please! I love these because they are unique and organic and unlike all other collections of eyewear, these one of a kind funky eye frames are truly handmade with meticulous attention to detail.Using the most eccentric and durable hardwoods as his material, Scott handcrafts each pair of eyeglasses individually to meet the specific desires of his client. As unique as the imagination, the possibilities of eyewear from his company are boundless!
Not only does Scott use exotic hardwoods , but frames can be crafted of just about anything else unexpected. Like say...bicycle parts? Yup, even beer bottles, vinyl LPs...you name it.
Take a look at this informative and entertaining video and then check out more over at Urban Spectacles of Wood. His product is JUST COOL!
JUST COOL is... All the cool stuff in art, architecture, home, fashion, transportation,technology and more....always the weird and unusual... and sometimes a little idle rambling, written by Wendy Presseisen.
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