I Like Tord Boontje

When I have a house of my own and some money of my own I’ll buy a piece of furniture designed by Tord Boontje.

Look at that, it’s a wardrobe! That crazy bastard.

He designed a series of pieces for Bisazza Mosaico, in which he used mosaic to represent pixelated digital images. Here’s what he says about it.

“When I look at mosaic patterns, I am immediately reminded of a pixelated image, a digital image. We use digital images from cameras and video to capture moments of life, these become our memories. The collection of mosaic for Bisazza is based on the idea to use images that trigger memories when you look at them. A pattern of sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees can remind you of a nice summer day, a picnic in the park or daydreaming in the back of a car and watching the landscape going by.These patterns become personalised memories for each viewer, we all share these memories.”

I think I dream in that colour scheme. (EDIT I just realised now that this piece of furniture fed my current fixation on the olive green/aubergine colour combination. Just a little biographical detail for you there.)