Chair made out of natural crystals

For his upcoming exhibit in Tokyo, designer Tokujin Yoshioka is making a natural crystal chair from scratch. He'll do this by submerging a nucleation-inducing fiber structure in four giant tanks of water, and then letting visitors watch as crystals form and the chair grows into its natural shape. (This image shows the artist working on a prototype.) The exhibit kicks off on October 17, and features other cool artsy objects made entirely out of nature.

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( Lisa Katayama is a guest blogger.)

[#1 posted by OM , September 4, 2008 10:30 AM]

...Oy! The thought of sitting on that thing just made my poor colOMoscopied rear end hurt worse! :-( :-(

[#2 posted by hassan-i-sabbah , September 4, 2008 11:21 AM]

Not bad but this dude crystalised his entire flat!
http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.html?Roger_Hiorns_is_having_a_crystal_ball&in_article_id=290485&in_page_id=263&in_a_source=

[#3 posted by Machinehead , September 4, 2008 2:39 PM]

I go with Om. It doesn't look like a very comfy chair.

[#4 posted by Falcon_Seven , September 4, 2008 4:53 PM]

Mmm, pointy.

[#5 posted by dannyhurt28 , September 5, 2008 12:50 AM]

Cool guy

[#6 posted by kaiza , September 5, 2008 3:52 AM]

I really love and appreciate what Tokujin Yoshioka does with his pieces, practicality notwithstanding. Of course whether this counts as furniture design or art determines how critical one can be of his activities, since I've seen much flimsier "furniture" pieces that are ostensibly created as art simply to "question our perceptions" of everyday items.

Anyway, I also pee'd my pants a little in excitement when I realised I would be in Tokyo in time to see this! Can't wait!!!