Baffling the Mind: Hippopotamus Chair by Maximo Riera

Spanish craftsman Maximo Riera's lavish and verging on strange furniture pieces makes us continually ponder what the fashioner will think of next. After his previous hits Walrus Seat, Rhino Seat, Octopus Seat and Elefant Seat (included on Freshome a while back), the Hippopotamus Seat indicates the line of magnificent seating units. Much the same as whatever remains of the creature pieces imagined by Riera, this creation appears to perplex the brain with its amazing volume and exact enumerating.

Here is an announcement from Maximo Riera with respect to his most recent work: "The Hippopotamus is a semiaquatic herbivore vertebrate, exceptional for its barrel-molded middle, and is a standout amongst the most forceful and flighty animals on the planet. For this outline, its enormous size and volume has been protected, dodging any segments or parcels along its body, so as to fulfill a whole life-size piece. The seat was mounted on top of the creature's abdominal area, having two distinct sides of the equator, one is useful and alternate makes the fantasy of the creature's forcing vicinity." The sticker price for this luxurious seat? $95,000. What are your contemplations on Maximo Riera's most recent outline?

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