How Ugly Is This? Milan Furniture Fair

Nacho Carbonell's recycled chairs with 'cocoons' of papier-mâché

Julia Lohmann made lamps from seaweed

I kid you not. As seen in The New York Times HERE
I couldn't stink up my blog with the rest of the ugly shit in the slide show, so check it out for yourself if you feel like wasting time.
Does anyone remember Memphis design from Milan in the 1980's?
Apparently the emperor still has no clothes.