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Wary Meyers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wary Meyers<\/a> has the BEST eye for flea market finds. Dig this giant set of colorful interlocking building blocks he posted on his site. They have no known provenance. Says Wary:<\/p>\n

They could be old, could be new.<\/em><\/p>\n

My guess is this was an old collaboration between Josef Albers<\/a> and Donald Judd.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

and Bill Ding<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We can’t tell their size from the photos but imagine them – would LOVE them – to be about one foot long each, so they could interlock into chic stools, side tables, shelves and other usable structures, for kids or adults. Looking at a bird’s eye view, you can imagine how easy they would be to make a set out of wood using the right power saw (which one Nina?)<\/em>…then paint them fabulous colors.<\/p>\n

Now there’s a d-i-y!<\/p>\n

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Wary Meyers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Via\u00a0Wary Meyers<\/a><\/p>\n

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