areaware | pig money bank | gold chrome
Dimensions: 45.7 x 13.3 x 25.4cm high
Material: resin and marble
Life size 'Piggy' bank made from resin and marble.
The Reality series by Harry Allen is inspired by the beauty of everyday objects. By casting natural forms, Allen thoughtfully reimagines objects and gives them new uses. Each object is chosen with care and often a comic sensibility. Here, a pig that died of natural causes becomes a bank.
The bank holds up to $10,000 in dollar bills.
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Areaware is a New York City based producer of everyday objects that are both functional and unusual. Their goals are to create thoughtful products that inspire an emotional response and to explore design languages as a means of creating new syncretic forms. They have a good sense of humor and their objects are poetic, creating a strong voice for American design. They believe that appreciation for beauty is central to what it means to be alive and they seek to embody this principle in even the simplest things.
Click for more ideas from Harry Allen (designer)Born in New Jersey in 1964, Harry Allen received a Master’s Degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute. In 1993, he established Harry Allen Design, and since then, he has designed furniture, lighting, products and interiors for a wide variety of international clients.
Harry’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn, Denver and Philadelphia Museums of Art. His awards include the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s Modernism / Young Designer Award and two Industrial Design Society of America IDEA Awards. Harry’s interest in art and innovation has led to some of the most intelligent products and interiors in the world today.
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