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We’re starting to hear a lot about this whole Milan Design week thing—formally known as the Salone del Mobile International Furniture Show. It also appears to be all the rage for fashion designers to act as patrons for ambitious furniture makers—first Bottega Veneta, and now Roberto Cavalli. These wooden pieces, which look like they belong in The Museum of Natural History, are noteworthy for their weirdness, if nothing else.

Roberto Cavalli chose to display an installation by Hungarian designer Laszlo LL Papp in conjunction with pieces from their spring 2010 collection. Laszlo is clearly inspired by anatomy (or perhaps, archeology?)—witnessed by the pieces’ titles, such as “Bone Cabinet,” “Bone Cradle” and “Skin and Bone.” Wait—was that last one describing the models? We kid, we kid. Check out his eccentric inventions below.