New York designers Constantin and Laurene Leon Boym have created a souvenir to commemorate last month’s first anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Hotel Taj Mahal in Mumbai.
The piece forms part of the designers’ expanding Buildings of Disaster series (see our previous story) and joins recent additions to the series including The Golden Mosque (above) and UT Tower and Townhouse (below).
More about Constantin and Laurene Leon Boym on Dezeen:
Timeless
History Chess
Buildings of disaster
Babel Blocks
Here’s some more information from the designers:
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Our collection of Buildings of Disaster continues with a new edition, Hotel Taj Mahal, to commemorate the first anniversary of the terrorist attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
Over ten years ago, we made our first buildings for the catalogue Souvenirs for the End of the Century. Produced in a limited edition of 500, many monuments are no longer available. Every piece is individually cast of specially formulated bonded metal, hand-finished, and consecutively numbered. The new building is 4.5” long. To order yours, please visit our online store at www.boym.com
December 16th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
mourner tourism. You’ve made a tragic event into a material commodity. Well good luck with sales.
December 16th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Perfect for throwing at the face of prime ministers, heads of state etc. Nice ‘n’ heavy.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
yup…funny to see this up on dz today!
December 17th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Reminds of me of the film “The Science of Sleep”–where Gael Garcia Bernal’s character has (unchecked) dreams of creating a calendar commemorating famous disasters. It was funny in the movie–because it was a movie. This is questionable…
December 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
New gun to Berlusconi face!!!
December 17th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
we’re commemorating terrorist attacks now? don’t people die in those?
December 18th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
send one to Silvio!