disney meets gustaf westman

Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has teamed up with Disney to turn Mickey Mouse and his friends into a collection of sculptural furniture and household objects. Mickey’s oversized ears become a mirror, Donald Duck takes the shape of a colorful bookstand, and Goofy’s silhouette finds its way into furniture. Westman borrows details from the animated characters and reworks them through the rounded forms and exaggerated proportions that have come to define his Stockholm-based studio.

Gustaf Westman’s furniture has always had a cartoonish quality, with chunky silhouettes and bright colors that give ordinary household objects a more playful vibe. The designer works here with characters whose visual identities are already built around simple, recognizable shapes.…