FURNITURE PLAYTHINGS Maturity is overrated. Now product designers are toying with abstract forms and next-gen materials to bring furnishings into the future. These pages offer a show and tell on how to put the fun in functional. BY CHRISTINA GREEN GAN gan-rugs.com A continuous pleated skirt made of 100 percent felted new wool wraps a solid circular drum of expanded polystyrene and foam rubber to form the Ruff pouf. Spanish multidisciplinary architectural and design office Romero Vallejo drew inspiration from the ruffled collars of the Elizabethan era to create the piece for Gandia Blasco's indoor brand. Available in high and low versions (shown). 74 boutiquedesign.com SEPTEMBER 2016http://www.gan-rugs.com http://www.boutiquedesign.com