Farmyard Favourites
The family of Dutch designer Floris Meijer has been dairy farmers for generations. When their farm was forced to close as part of the government's plan to reduce livestock emissions, Floris created a collection of everyday items inspired by life around the farm, creating mementos as a way to cope with loss.
The collection includes quirky ceramic tableware such as tea and coffee pots shaped after storage tank and silos, cups which resemble the teats of milking machines and plates shaped like the tags attached to cows' ears. All these are served on an old farmhouse table and chairs which, in a gesture of preservation, have been wrapped in plastic film normally used for baling hay. Those who are exhausted by all the toiling of the land can also rest on chairs and benches that look like metal and wooden fences.
As functional as they are sentimental, these objects commemorate a passing way of life with style and humour.
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Product Inspiration
Go all out for farmyard style with the Yeti sofa from Missana, the Exchange high back chair from Stellar Works and the Rara Avis side tables from Nomon.
Bring the outdoors in with organically inspired lights such as the Dandelion suspension light from LZF, the Scraplight Hive suspension light from Graypants and the Moon T table light from Davide Groppi.
For accessories with a natural touch try the Lotus vase from 101 Copenhagen, the Stomach Vase < Flower Pot from Atelier Polyhedre and the Rabbit salt and pepper set from Ghidini 1961.
