Contemporary Aluminium Casted Paw Stool by Hakmin Lee

Paw series is surreal looking furniture pieces inspired by toy figurines, cartoons and street art. The project began when the designer became fascinated by the blurred line that exists between art and design, luxury fashion and street fashion, high culture and sub culture. he therefore attempted to combine furniture with toys and figures to create the sculptural ‘paw’ furniture series. The designer uses an aluminum sand casting...

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