Accordioning vanity set

From the "Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary" exhibition at the New Museum of Arts and Design, this wonderful accordioning vanity set made out of bits and pieces of old furniture, sawn and reassembled.

'psiche complexo' by courtney smith, 2003 (armoire, vanity table, stool with cushion, two side table/cabinets, hinges, other hardware)

(Image: Vincente de Mello)

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Surely with just a few dials and buttons this could have qualified as “steam punk”. I say boo BoingBoing. Must try harder!
Anonymous

Cory and anyone else who might find yourself in Barcelona; if you like this then check out the UllsBlaus studio (a friend of mine works out of there) where pretty much everything is made out of other things, mainly pieces of furniture and junk found on the street on ‘trastero’ (rag and bone) nights:
http://www.ullsblaus.com/cat/galeria.html
freshyill

I can just imagine some lady throwing a fit when they won’t let her bring one of these into one of the Titanic’s lifeboats.
Anonymous

wow, this is really beautiful. i want to look closer but it looks like this is it for pics of this piece! looks like i need to go to ny…