Yesterday I was in a holiday mood, sipping vanilla tea while perusing the MoMA store website for holiday cards. I especially like the intricate pop-up cards designed by Robert Sabuda.
While on the MoMA site I also saw that they sell miniature versions of classic chairs, each only a few inches tall at a physical scale (and almost financial scale, as well) of 1:6. That’s right, you can get a tiny Eames lounge chair and ottoman for $525, which, as Thom noted, is a lot more than a “normal” life-size chair might cost. And how nice of the MoMA to put the real Eames chair on the same page as a related item, reminding us of its larger-than-life price.
Still, I can just imagine furnishing a midcentury modern dollhouse with these chairs. “Billy, won’t you have a seat on the Eames?” “Thanks, Carlos, but I’m fine here on the Barcelona.”
Speaking of miniature chairs, see also Design Within Reach for their neat annual Champagne Chair contest.