There is no doubt about the long-lasting contributions Ray and Charles Eames have made in architecture and design. When their classic shell chair was created in 1950, its creation was initially a submission idea for the Museum of Modern Art's sponsored competition "International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design." The chair's material and straightforward style was designed for families to have an inexpensive alternative for furnishing their homes after the war. Produced in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials, the chair still lives on as an iconic furniture piece found in many homes, offices, and restaurants. 

Understanding the chair's long-lasting impact on the design world, British artist and designer Chris Labrooy decided to take a different approach to the chair's look and use. Part of his ongoing remix project, Garden of Eames, Labrooy turns the Eames chair into pieces of surreal fine art mixed with a bit of quirky absurdity. 

Designs that are sure to turn heads, "in some pieces, he transforms the original fiber material into colorful fluid shapes that look as if they are made out of gummy candy. Other reinventions play with repetition; in one, Labrooy mounted several white shells along a single base, making it look like someone applied the Photoshop clone stamp tool. Other seats grow spherical appendixes along the underside of the simple shell, partially obscuring the chair's wiry legs."