It turns out these adorable beasts are Vitra's production of a child's toy Ray and Charles Eames designed in 1945 but originally never went beyond the prototype stage. Vitra released a plywood version in 2007 (for a cool 2007 dollars) and a plastic version in 2008 (for a mere 290 dollars).
I don't know if I'd drape towels over it if I had one--but it would look terrific in a nursery or even as a humorous footrest/table in the living room.
I was inspired to make little cardboard elephants in the same spirit, with absolutely no use except to look cute on my desk. A whole herd would have some visual impact.
They were dead easy to make though, beyond the pattern making.
I traced out a head and body pattern on cardstock (the head was rather challenging, and I'm not sure it's quite cute enough). I scored the fold lines with a knife, folded it up, then stapled the two pieces together--though there's no reason glue wouldn't work well too.
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