Vintage Wood

Plywood Elephant by Charles and Ray Eames, 1945

Warm and natural, wood is such an attractive material to me. 

I still cherish a Swedish dala horse from my childhood...

too bad that my lovely Enzo Mari animal puzzle is gone!

These modern vintage wooden creations are a

wonderful mix of toy, sculpture and design object...

Riding Snail by Antonio Vitali, 1940s-50s, via Quintessentia

Puffin, Monkey and Elephant by Kay Bojesen, 1951-53

Wooden Ducks by Hans Bølling, 1959

Birds by Kristian Solmer Vedel, 1959

Puzzle Bird Tree by Shigeo Fukuda, 1965

Vilac, Elephant and Tapir from the Mécanimaux series, 1984

now on show at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris!

Sunday Safari - Interior invasions

Their habitats taken over by humans,

maybe it's time for wildlife to move in...

William Curtis Rolph, photo from Six Deyrolle Denizens

Marco Cazzato, Non pensare agli elefanti

Chris van Allsburg, illustration from Jumanji

Maria L. Kirk, illustration from The Cuckoo Clock, 1914

Rafal Olbinski, Suppression of appearances

Karen Knorr, Chateau Chambord, The Kings Reception

Banksy, Elephant in the Room

Domenico Gnoli, from Bestiario Moderno

thanks to Giornale Nuovo's archives

Mikel Uribetxeberria, two photos from Animalia

Chiho Makino

Sandy Skoglund, Revenge of the Goldfish, 1981

Shaun Tan, Tales From Outer Suburbia