Hasta La Ideas

If you’ve been inspired by yesterday’s Poor Man’s Porsche, but are feeling that recreating it might be a bit of stretch of your skills and/or patience, then you might like to consider the simple delights of bootlegging a design classic or two to while away a Sunday afternoon.

Slovak designer Peter Jakubik has hewn an impressively convincing Panton from a rather rugged looking log and—baring any awkward copyright disputes—intends to sell his sculptures for country cottages and gardens.

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