Unique Housing Created by Roger Arquer!!!!!

This collection, of 15 conceptual birdhouses, is by Spanish industrial designer Roger Arquer. The project, Birdland, created in his London studio, continues Roger's exploration of "variations." Beginning with an iconic object, in this case a birdhouse, he redesigns the object to satisfy a variety of factors, not thought about in its original design. In this case the factors include weather, hierarchy, geometry, and the number of the bird family-members!!! Although he has individualized each "house", he relates them together to create a "family." Currently,  the birdhouses are exhibited in Tokyo, at the Spanish Embassy, in an exhibition titled "I'm In Love."

Fishbowl, a project in which Roger created 15 variations of the classic fishbowl, is also part of his design exploration. He gave the fish human characteristics and then solved problems that "human" fish might have living in the classic bowl. The variations are clever and funny ....... including "Under Candelight" about floating on water for a romantic evening; "Private Matters" about privacy for the fish; and "Above Water" about sharing the water between the fish bowl and a plant.

I think that the thought, wit, and charm infused into Roger's work is magical and would love to have a Birdhouse and a Fishbowl ......... or even one of his three MouseTraps (yep, there are even mousetraps!!) in my collection!!!!