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So, I was at Dutch Design Week and I’m looking around and thinking about all the awesome stuff there: the design-y chairs, pretty frames, beautiful <\/a>book cases etc. And out of all those things I fall in love with one item. This item is a six foot bright green foam filled dolphin made by Geboren im Wald<\/a>.   \n<\/p>\n

After the design week was over I bought it. It is cuddly, soft and you can lie on it and I just think its a lot of fun. I do admit that it was a<\/a> bit of an impulse buy and that it is not a very standard furntiture item.The net result is that I now have a unique design item and that my mom and girlfriend think I’m nuts. <\/p>\n

Apart from the whacky and loveable appearance of the thing I really enjoy the concept of it. It is an indoor version of a common inflatable pool toy. Another piece by Geboren im Wald is “the island”(pictured below) which you might recognize as resembling quite closely the largest of these toys. So the deisgner took <\/a>something standard and cheap that is for the outdoor use by playing children and turned it into something made for living rooms and grownups. Although some feel, incorrectly, that this purchase disqualifies me from belonging to this category.    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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