Bote by Big-Game for Materia

Milan 2011: here’s another project from Lausanne studio Big-Game (see their furniture in our earlier story) this time a series of cork toy boats for Portugese company Materia.

The toys, titled Bote, have a cork base with an interchangeable plastic mast or cabin.

The series will be on show at Via San Marco 38, Milan, April 12–17.

Photographs are by Julien Chavaillaz.

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Here’s a tiny bit of text from the designer:
BIG-GAME exhibit the BOTE for Materia.
BIG-GAME has made a series of floating boats in cork and plastic for the new Portuguese company Materia.
It will be launched in Milan during the design week April 12–17 at Via San Marco 38.
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