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Another Impromptu Monobloc Re-Construction

[14 Jul 2005 | No Comment | ]

We had other temporary monobloc repairs here. I like this one very much, since the approach is so straight but the result nevertheless so wonderfully unfunctional.
Photo taken in Playa del Carmen, June 2005, next to a taxi rank along the pedestrian area.

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Mexico Monobloc Stools

[1 Jul 2005 | No Comment | ]

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Tulum Bike Taxi

[28 Jun 2005 | No Comment | ]

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[22 Jun 2005 | No Comment | ]

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Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie

[6 Jun 2005 | No Comment | ]

In Habitat, w/o Designers »

Strandbad Mueggelsee, Berlin

[29 May 2005 | No Comment | ]

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Cleaning out my Erfurt loft

[22 May 2005 | No Comment | ]

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Since 2004 functionalfate.org is examining the most successful and most unloved piece of furniture of all human creation: the Monobloc plastic chair.

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