The theme of preserving things that are too nice to discard was echoed elsewhere, notably with the Duct Tape chair by Brooklyn's Jason Miller. It's an upholstered armchair made to look like it's been repaired with duct tape, and makes the point that "old things ultimately are a truer reflection of your person-ality than new things," Miller said. "If it's been repaired, it's customized by your own hand."
And some old ideas are apparently so good, they're being used again, even by designers as celebrated as Jasper Morrison, represented by Established & Sons. One may be forgiven for mistaking his bedside table called The Crate for an upended wooden wine box. In an artist's statement, Morrison said it was inspired by a wine box, which "does the job better than anything else." That begs the question: Why spend US$171 for an ersatz wine box when you can use a real one for a fraction of that cost?
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