A chair designed by American recording artist and producer Pharrell Williams will be on show at Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris next week. Called The Tank, the piece consists of a leather seat on a plexiglass base that references caterpillar tracks.

Photographs are by Guillaume Ziccarelli, courtesy Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin.

Here’s a little text from the gallery and some words by Williams: The Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery presents, on apointment, from 30 March the new design creation of Pharrell Williams, a chair entitled The Tank. After completing the chair Perspective, conceived as a reflection on love, and the sculpture The Simple Things, a collaboration with the artist Takashi Murakami, Pharrell Williams tackles the theme of war.

How does a young person decide to engage in a battle that does not seem to be hers/his ?I’m standing in the mirror…
Shadow boxing…
Kicking ass….
And I thought, how laughable the macho version of me…
Ha…
But could I be?
It takes guts and a reason… or is innate?
Is it simply in man’s nature to fight and show his colors of heart… the scars of experience?
Things he does not like…
So he…
Fights..
One man once said, »war is not the answer»…
But those of us born to this world, ambitious with the taste of change may not always
Understand the social methods of the same.
Instead, we seek and cure our curiosities with sharing our views by any means of a vessel; expression.
We believe Art is the alteration of existence and that which provokes thought.
So, in reference to Marvin Gaye’s brilliant question, I asked myself, «what was the question?»…
When my thought was met with a silence that was so thick it could be cut, it made me ask myself this…..
»Then what must it be like to be young and serve?»…»What if you couldn’t pay your tuition?»…
»What if it is simply family tradition?»..»What if you thought it was the right thing to do?»…
Wow, to sit in the seats of our youth (as well as others)… fighting for a series of reasons most of
Which can be argued and debated but being young and having your own reason?…
Whoa.
To wake up and make up your mind that you’ve found a reason to stand amongst the brave
Where loss at least on some levels are inevitable, even if it’s just time..
The only answer is that which is square.
«Intention» divided by «behavior» which is then divided by «reality» should equal to one’s truth.
Yes, our government, too, should exercise this regularly…
If we would spend «love» and «time» like we do «money», we’d never go broke…
But then again who am I trying to fool or what am I trying to fix?
I’m just a guy in the mirror trying to imagine what it must feel like to be young… headed into war…
I’m sorry, how rude of me…
I’ve left you standing…
I’m sorry, please do…
Have a seat.Pharrell WILLIAMS

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Here are the new project by studio WORKac on the development and design of future road to Hua Qiang Bei in Shenzhen, China. An impressive design on this plot of 1 km in open shopping area.

Images of the Stile Bertone designed Alfa Romeo Pandion have been released prior to the upcoming Geneva autoshow. While other companies focus on sustainability and green initiatives, Alfa Romeo continues to focus on speed and performance. The car has lots of aerodynamic styling details that are intersected with see through elements made of clear plastic. These window panels give the car a very unique profile that isn’t the typical divide between the windows and the paneling. The rear of the car is also very unusual with a variety of pieces sticking out, like a stack  of threads. The design of the new car was lead by Jason Castriota and details of the power train and other specifications will follow when the concept car is released at the 2010 Geneva auto show.

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ODOS architects completed in August of 2009, the 64 square meter extension to a cottage in Dalkey, Ireland providing natural light and realized with a minimal color palette. The simple extension connects the ground floor level with the rear of the min house. A grand expanse of glass allows the garden to become part of the interior as it creates a tone of tranquility and calmness over the interior experience.

Image ODOS architects. Via Yatzer.

The Deco Liner 1939 Lincoln Sedan delivery was a design conceived by Decorides founder Terry Cook. Its body uses a zephyr fiberglass with a unique front wheel chassis. Terry Cook conceived the concept of tucking a 92 Harley sportster inside the delivery after designing the car’s body shape with artist Frank Nicholas.

Images courtesy of Steve Stoltzfus at Hot Rod Portraits.

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The ongoing project of London-based graphic designer and illustrator, Nikki Faquharson, Mixed Media Girls, gives the viewer a lot to look at. The collages appear innocent and sweet but at the same time exude sharp, pent-up energy that does not feel altogether safe. The title of the work is also wonderfully suggestive – or not, depending on how the reader wishes to understand it.

I finished this week end the first box for my vinyls (5 more to come). Love the result, simple, clean and a better protection.