Gallery: Mini Chairs Carved from Champagne Cork

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Since Design Within Reach launched its now-annual Champagne Chair contest a few years ago, they’ve received thousands of handcrafted corks. It’s not exactly rocket science, but rendering anything in miniature is a skill worth celebrating (though getting a tattoo of any cork chairs would be kinda nutty). This year’s winning entries, including Jesse Menayan’s club chair (left), are currently wrapping up a U.S. tour. Can’t make it out? No worries: The folks at DWR sent us some of their favorite teency seats from this year as well as contest’s past, after the jump…


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Paul Sherry

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Edward Christman

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Frank Villanueva

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Kalina Toffolo, Redtop Architects

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Morgan Hertzfeld

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Monica Gibson

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Yong Yoo

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Darin White

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DWR even decorated a hallway of their San Francisco offices with some of their fave entries. The quote speaks for itself.

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One Response to Gallery: Mini Chairs Carved from Champagne Cork

  1. Anonymous says:

    I love the rocker

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