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Dezeen’s top ten: animals
Dezeen's top ten: our latest top ten features the most popular Dezeen stories about designs inspired by, created for or made of animals.
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1: Most popular is London designer Roger Arquer's series of conceptual mousetraps (above) that are intended “only to catch mice, not to kill them”.
![web-fishbowl-dont-piss-me-off.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2007/08/web-fishbowl-dont-piss-me-off.jpg)
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3: Lighting and furniture designed for the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by Landscape architect Anouk Vogel and architect Johan Selbing.
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4: Jewellery and sculpture pieces based on Victorian taxidermy by London artist Kelly McCallum.
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5: Ominous by Swedish designer Monica Förster, an installation of metal birds at the Nordic Light Hotel during Stockholm Design Week last month.
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6: The Menagerie photoshoot, curated by Dezeen's Marcus Fairs and Rupinder Bhogal.
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7: London-based designer Tithi Kutchamuch was inspired to design the Secret Friend range of jewellery pieces with animal-shaped bases following the death of her dog.
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8. Animal-shaped radiators by Dutch designer Guus Van Leeuwen.
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9: City Dog Adventure by Dutch designer Maartje Dros - a play space for both children and dogs.
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10: a collection of rocking toys called Rocky, designed by British designers PearsonLloyd for Spanish brand MO by Martinez Otero.
That concludes our top ten for this month - another coming up in April.
See also:
Dezeen's 2008 review
Dezeen's top ten: glamorous girls
Dezeen’s top ten: Japanese projects
Dezeen’s top ten: student projects
Dezeen’s top ten: interiors
Dezeen’s top ten: stories with most comments
Dezeen’s top ten: Milan 2008
Dezeen’s top ten: houses
Dezeen’s top ten: skyscrapers
Top ten Dezeen stories from December 2007
Most popular stories during our first twelve months
More Dezeen stories about animals:
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Something fishy by Róshildur Jónsdóttir
![stephen-johnson-now-isnt.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/03/stephen-johnson-now-isnt.jpg)
Now Isn't that Lovely by Stephen Johnson
![fiona-thomson-at-new-design.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/03/fiona-thomson-at-new-design.jpg)
Fiona Thomson at New Designers
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Trophy Hangers by Phil Cuttance
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