Rubber bearskin rug

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Rubber bearskin rug
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Cast in urethane by Dutch designer Eelko Moorer. White and black versions also exist. [via designboom]

12 thoughts on “Rubber bearskin rug

  1. Colecoman1982 says:

    So, they managed to find a bear with a liquid latex kink?

    1. Sean Michael Ragan says:

      …the trick is finding one *without* a liquid latex kink.

  2. jeff-o says:

    That’s actually really gross. Do not want.

    1. Sean Michael Ragan says:

      Gross? To me a real dead animal skin rug would be considerably grosser than this polymer version, which I actually think is sort of clever.

  3. Simon says:

    It almost being Easter did anyone else look at that picture first and think it was made from chocolate?

    1. Rachel Hobson says:

      Yes! I was clicking over to comment that it looked like yummy chocolate to me. :)

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