THE SALE IS NOW UP ON FAB.COM! And now, proudly reintroducing Walter Bosse’s legendary nesting hedgehog ashtrays. Modern Vienna Bronze has released a limited edition of 20 sets of Walter Bosse’s iconic six nesting hedgehog ashtrays, with handmade wooden crates and letterpress-printed certificates of authenticity. These famous nesting creatures have not been available since the 1960s, and now […]
We aren’t able to share as much detail on the Fab sale so we thought we’d share some up close and personal photos of the boxes. A little bit about the process: Each box is a custom made sliding lid wine box made of solid pine. We fitted the lid with some extra support struts […]
Next up, we thought we’d share some up close and personal photos of the letterpress Certificate of Authenticity cards we produced specially for the upcoming sale. A little bit about the process: Each card was hand printed with a Heidelberg Windmill on duplexed Eames solar white paper. The back was printed knockout in black and […]
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Thought we would share some experimental behind-the-scenes shots for the newly released Bosse hedgehogs, their letterpress certificates and the wooden box. We decided to see how a black backdrop looked so we thought we’d call the set Les Hérissons Noirs. I think they came out looking pretty classy! We probably won’t be able to use […]
Michelle McCormick over at Inspiration Resource put up a nice post about Bosse’s work. She is the owner of a set of Bosse’s original bronze hedgehog ashtrays. We’re jealous the hedgehogs have such a cool pad to live in. Check out the full post here! […]
