{"id":88583,"date":"2016-11-30T13:57:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=88583"},"modified":"2021-12-15T01:01:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T06:01:26","slug":"animalia-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/animalia-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Furniture Designers Inspired by the Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_88663\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88663\" class=\"wp-image-88663 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/contemporary-eclectic-bedroom-new-york-ny-by-kelly-behun-studio-1.jpg\" alt=\"contemporary-eclectic-bedroom-new-york-ny-by-kelly-behun-studio\" width=\"580\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/contemporary-eclectic-bedroom-new-york-ny-by-kelly-behun-studio-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/contemporary-eclectic-bedroom-new-york-ny-by-kelly-behun-studio-1-417x350.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/contemporary-eclectic-bedroom-new-york-ny-by-kelly-behun-studio-1-120x101.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/photo\/masterbedroom-contemporary-bedroom\/339032\/\">Kelly Behun&#8217;s design for the master bedroom of a Park Avenue apartment<\/a> includes a pair of ostrich-feather and gold Duck Feet lamps by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/porta-romana\/\">Porta Romana<\/a>. Photo by Richard Powers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animal world constitutes the richest and most varied forms on the planet,\u201d said the late <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/francois-xavier-lalanne\/\">Francois-Xavier LaLanne<\/a>, who collaborated with his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/claude-lalanne\/\">Claude<\/a>, under the name Les LaLannes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The inimitable French sculptor and furniture maker is far from alone: Living animals have been inspiring designers for millennia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88643\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88643\" class=\"wp-image-88643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/XX_20141120_155_l.jpeg\" alt=\"xx_20141120_155_l\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/XX_20141120_155_l.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/XX_20141120_155_l-525x350.jpeg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/XX_20141120_155_l-120x80.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/francois-xavier-lalanne-oiseaux-de-marbre-trio\/id-f_1791042\/\">Francois-Xavier and Claude LaLanne&#8217;s Oiseaux De Marbre chair, late 20th century<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ancient Egyptian furnishings featured stylized carvings of lions, crocodiles, gazelles and cows that served as reminders of the sacred realm, while in 19th-century homes anatomically correct clawfoot tubs and tables with deer legs reflected the era\u2019s advancements in science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the Los Angeles duo The Haas Brothers has turned to biomorphic forms for their second solo exhibition, \u201cKing Dong Come,\u201d at New York\u2019s R &amp; Company (up through January 5). The whimsical exhibition is \u201cfully immersive,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.r-and-company.com\/exhibition_detail.cfm?id=214&amp;extoGet=featured&amp;designer_id=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the press release puts it<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, luring visitors into a magical world where furry creatures and a godly beast named King Dong reside. Enchanting? Yes. True to nature? Not so much. Yet somehow we think French sculptor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/jacques-duval-brasseur\/furniture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacques Duval-Brasseur<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would approve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scroll down to see more contemporary designers who are depicting animalia in all sorts of inventive ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Campana Brothers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_88593\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88593\" class=\"wp-image-88593 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Campana_Brothers_Cake_Stool_sm_l.jpg\" alt=\"campana_brothers_cake_stool_sm_l\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Campana_Brothers_Cake_Stool_sm_l.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Campana_Brothers_Cake_Stool_sm_l-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Campana_Brothers_Cake_Stool_sm_l-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/fernando-humberto-campana-cake-stool\/id-f_1059732\/\">Fernando and Humberto Campana&#8217;s Cake stool, 2008<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Furniture doesn\u2019t get more strange and fun than it does in the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/fernando-and-humberto-campana\/furniture\/\">Fernando and Humberto Campana<\/a>. In 1983, the brothers launched Estudio Campana in S\u00e3o Paulo, from which they\u2019ve forged dozens of partnerships with international brands, including Alessi, Baccarat, Moleskine and Trousseau. Clearly influenced by Brazil\u2019s carnival culture, their waggish animal-inspired pieces include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/armchairs\/fernando-humberto-campana-bolotas-armchair-cafe-2015\/id-f_4984263\/\">furry Bolotas armchair<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/sofas\/fernando-humberto-campana-panda-sofa-2015\/id-f_4053233\/\">Panda sofa<\/a>, made from \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 stuffed panda toys.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Rick Owens <\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89503\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89503\" class=\"wp-image-89503 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Owens_RO29_StagChairNatural2LR-1.jpeg\" alt=\"owens_ro29_stagchairnatural2lr-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Owens_RO29_StagChairNatural2LR-1.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Owens_RO29_StagChairNatural2LR-1-233x350.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Owens_RO29_StagChairNatural2LR-1-80x120.jpeg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/stag-chair-rick-owens\/id-f_2435452\/\">Rick Owens&#8217;s Stag chair, 2007<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/rick-owens\/furniture\/\">Rick Owens<\/a> may be synonymous with avant-garde fashion, but he\u2019s quietly been making furniture since 2007. At first he began with a rock \u2014 \u201cthe rock that I wanted,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/10\/t-magazine\/design\/rick-owens-furniture.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he joked in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 then over time he progressed to carving <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/benches\/tomb-stag-bench-rick-owens\/id-f_2435372\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">angular wood benches festooned with moose antlers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/stools\/tomb-stag-stool-rick-owens\/id-f_1191646\/#0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">muscular marble stools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Clearly, for Owens, pairing natural materials with his brutal aesthetic is all in a day\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Hubert le Gall <\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89573\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89573\" class=\"wp-image-89573 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Placide_le_lapin_calin_vert_02_l.jpeg\" alt=\"placide_le_lapin_calin_vert_02_l\" width=\"500\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Placide_le_lapin_calin_vert_02_l.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Placide_le_lapin_calin_vert_02_l-244x350.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Placide_le_lapin_calin_vert_02_l-84x120.jpeg 84w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/armchairs\/armchair-placide-le-lapin-calin\/id-f_2290332\/\">Hubert le Gall&#8217;s Placide Le Lapin Calin armchair, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Surreal, stylish and slightly off-kilter \u2014 that\u2019s exactly how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/hubert-le-gall\/\">Hubert le Gall<\/a> likes his sculptures and furnishings to be. \u201cEach piece has a beautiful story,\u201d the French artist once told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/11\/20\/travel\/tmagazine\/the-surreal-furniture-of-hubert-le-gall.html\"><i>Times<\/i><\/a> while gazing upon a lamp in the shape of a heron. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/jean-cocteau\/\">Jean Cocteau<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/salvador-dali\/\">Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/a> are two major influences, as is the natural world, to which he turns again and again. Although he typically works in bronze, le Gall has likewise been known to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/baleine-chair-hubert-le-gall\/id-f_2395732\/\">tinker with foam rubber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/armchairs\/dumbo-armchair-hubert-le-gall\/id-f_2413832\/\">varnished wood<\/a>, draped in velvet.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Zhoujie Zhang<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89553\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89553\" class=\"wp-image-89553 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQN1F2C6960x659_l.jpeg\" alt=\"sqn1f2c6960x659_l\" width=\"580\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQN1F2C6960x659_l.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQN1F2C6960x659_l-510x350.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQN1F2C6960x659_l-120x82.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/brass-spider-chair-from-brass-collection-zhoujie-zhang\/id-f_1345400\/\">Zhoujie Zhang Spider chair, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 32-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/zhoujie-zhang\/\">Chinese designer Zhoujie Zhang<\/a> always yearned to do the impossible, which is evident in his dazzling futuristic creations. With his deep understanding of steel manufacturing, Zhang has garnered worldwide attention for geometric pieces like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/brass-spider-chair-from-brass-collection-zhoujie-zhang\/id-f_1345400\/\">S<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/brass-spider-chair-from-brass-collection-zhoujie-zhang\/id-f_1345400\/\">pider chair<\/a>, a product of his own digitalized fabrication system. In the hope of \u201ctransforming digital programs into real objects,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/gallery-all.com\/designer\/zhoujie-zhang\/\">his site says<\/a>, Zhang is creating an animal kingdom all his own.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"> <b>Jaime Hayon <\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89513\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89513\" class=\"wp-image-89513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/HORSE_NERO_l.jpg\" alt=\"horse_nero_l\" width=\"500\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/HORSE_NERO_l.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/HORSE_NERO_l-312x350.jpg 312w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/HORSE_NERO_l-107x120.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/decorative-objects\/sculptures\/animal-sculptures\/horse-sculpture-vase-jaime-hayon-bosa\/id-f_3769612\/\">Jaime Hayon Horse vase by Bosa, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/jaime-hayon\/\">The Spanish designer Jaime Hayon<\/a>, famous for his work on the ultra-sleek Lladr\u00f2 boutique in New York, has created furniture collections for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/moooi\/\">Moooi<\/a>, lighting fixtures for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/swarovski\/\">Swarovski<\/a> and accessories for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/the-rug-company\/\">the Rug Company<\/a>. He <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/decorative-objects\/sculptures\/animal-sculptures\/horse-sculpture-vase-jaime-hayon-bosa\/id-f_3769612\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently turned his attention to horses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when designing a sculptural wall vase for his furnishings line Bosa by Hayon, which is perhaps not surprising, given his Spanish heritage and love of historic symbols.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Videre Licet<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89543\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89543\" class=\"wp-image-89543 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/14108187809691-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"14108187809691-1\" width=\"580\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/14108187809691-1-1.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/14108187809691-1-1-448x350.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/14108187809691-1-1-120x94.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/woolly-bella-chair-videre-licet\/id-f_859123\/\">Videre Licet&#8217;s Woolly Bella chair, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A collaboration between professor-turned-designer Daniele Albright and design curator Stefan Lawrence, the members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/videre-licet\/\">Videre Licet<\/a> describe their work as \u201cconceptual glamour,\u201d meaning it looks as arty as it does decadent. Take a peek at the recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/chairs\/woolly-bella-chair-videre-licet\/id-f_859123\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Woolly Bella chair<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, featuring white Kassia goat fur and hand-cast bronze legs, and you\u2019ll see what they mean.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"> <b>Jacques Jarrige<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89653\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89653\" class=\"wp-image-89653 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Torosm1_l.jpg\" alt=\"torosm1_l\" width=\"580\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Torosm1_l.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Torosm1_l-489x350.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Torosm1_l-120x86.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/tables\/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables\/hand-lacquer-sculptural-coffee-table-jacques-jarrige-2015\/id-f_3418712\/\">Jacques Jarrige&#8217;s Toro coffee table in mahogany, 1998<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/jacques-jarrige\/\">French artist Jacques Jarrige<\/a> has been honing his craft since the 1980s. But for a guy who has said \u201cdesign bores me when it is decorative,\u201d it\u2019s hard to overlook the ornamental appeal of his lean and sensual designs, which borrow from natural forms. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/tables\/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables\/toro-coffee-table-open-shelf-jacques-jarrige-1998\/id-f_806006\/\">Toro coffee table<\/a> resembles a four-legged cow while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/tables\/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables\/unique-toro-coffee-table-jacques-jarrige-1998\/id-f_992946\/\">unique version of the table<\/a>, hand-sculpted in mahogany, looks like its more-slender partner.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><\/b> <b>Paul Marra <\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/dealers\/paul-marra-design\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/4148923_l.jpg\" alt=\"4148923_l\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/4148923_l.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/4148923_l-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/4148923_l-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/4148923_l-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/4148923_l-216x216.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Los Angeles interior designer Paul Marra<\/a> imbues his furniture with rare and earthy materials: see his shaded spool chandelier, made of driftwood, his distressed fir bench covered in blue horsehair, and the cove mirror framed in driftwood and gold. His marble-topped <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/tables\/side-tables\/snake-table-paul-marra\/id-f_4148923\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">snake table<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a darker departure, but the Garden-of-Eden python feels right at home with his other creations.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Haas Brothers<\/b><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_89613\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89613\" class=\"wp-image-89613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Haas-big1.jpg\" alt=\"haas-big1\" width=\"580\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Haas-big1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Haas-big1-450x350.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Haas-big1-120x93.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few of the Haas Brothers&#8217; creaturely creations in the show &#8220;King Dong Come&#8221; at R &amp; Company. Photo courtesy of the gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The \u201cKing Dong Come\u201d show currently at R &amp; Company finds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/the-haas-brothers\/\">twin brothers Nikolai and Simon Haas<\/a> in vintage form. The front gallery is filled with prickly beasts of all kinds, while the star attraction \u2014 King Dong, a 9-foot-tall beast \u2014 lounges in the back. Outfitted with gold-clad fangs, paws and genitalia sprouting from a Cousin It ball of hair, King Dong a testament to what The Haas Brothers do best: cheeky humor with a sexual edge.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/collections\/animalia\/\">Shop the Animalia Collection<\/a><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The animal world constitutes the richest and most varied forms on the planet,\u201d said the late Francois-Xavier LaLanne, who collaborated with his wife, Claude, under the name Les LaLannes. The inimitable French sculptor and furniture maker is far from alone: Living animals have been inspiring designers for 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