American musician A$AP Rocky has launched a design studio with a sculptural piece called Shroom Cactus created in collaboration with Italian design studio Gufram displayed at Design Miami.
Called Hommemade, the design brand is the musician's first foray into homeware with the Shroom Cactus being the first piece to be released.
"This is the first collaboration from my Hommemade decor studio and since I've always advocated for mushrooms it was only right that we made a cactus with them [Gufram]," said A$AP Rocky.
Shroom Cactus is the first piece created by A$AP Rocky's design studio
For Design Miami ? a yearly design showcase in Miami Beach, Florida ? the musician produced a rendition of Italian design studio Gufram's Cactus, originally designed in by Guido Drocco and FrancoMello in 1972. Shroom Cactus is a four-foot-tall green cactus that follows closely the original design, with a variety of hand-painted fungi affixed to the bottom. Nine pieces were created for the collaboration.
According to A$AP Rocky, both the "playfully innovative" and "luxury" aspects of Gufram's design sensibility made him choose to work with the brand.

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Representatives from Gufram told Dezeen that A$AP Rocky played an active role in the design of Shroom Cactus by travelling to Italy where he presented his vision for the collaboration....