Like many guys (at least the ones I know), London-based designers Postlerferguson have a fascination cultivated from a young age: well-made machines of transport and weaponry. The duo fully embrace this boy-hood sense of wonder, and play with it in interesting ways. In the past, they have faithfully replicated AK-47's and Uzi's in paper, and constructed a full-scale model of the Concorde jet engine in styrofoam and paper (from plans purchased on Ebay for 6 pounds). The designers have now turned their attention to the industry of the seas with Buoy Lamps and Wooden Giants, both showing separately this week at the London Design Festival.
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