Armadillo & Lodge Chair by Baltasar Portillo
Art, sculpture, furniture, all three terms are important in the description of the Armadillo and Lodge chairs, part of a series of unique pieces by Salvadorian artist Baltasar Portillo. The architectural form, brings to mind a spanning bridge which enhances the view without blocking it. The chair becomes a part of its environment by allowing the viewer to see through the chair, thus framing the scene in a new way. It is imposing, yet airy and light. The elegant shapes are inspired by organic forms. Read More…
One&One Chair by Konstantinos Pamporis
One&One chair designed by Konstantinos Pamporis is basically formed of two distinct pieces and based on the concept that each of the pieces symbolized one person in a relationship.
“The idea behind this project was to create a piece of furniture that symbolizes the relationship between a couple. A relationship is only possible when there exists dependence. The elements that come with dependence are “faith” and “risk”. Because of that fact, one chair has only on one side a leg which makes it automatically dependent on the other one. As soon as you become dependent on something we can talk automatically about might!”
‘Cóm-oda,’ Folding Chairs by Mr. Simon
Cóm-oda Folding Chairs are designed by Mr. Simon and double as a side table when not in use as chairs.The Spanish term “cóm-oda” mean “comfortable and it also refers to the English term “commode”. In the 1700s commodes were very fashionable and appeared decorated and featured marquetry motifs or carvings. This Cóm-oda set of folding chairs is also very comfortable and the ”.
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M3 Chair by Thomas Feichtner
Thomas Feichtner has presented his ‘M3 chair’ at Vienna Design Week. The M3 is a chair that exhibits an open, wooden cantilever construction that contrasts with the closed body of the Lounge Chair. Read More…
Anti Stress Chair by Bashko Trybek
The Anti Stress Chair created by Bashko Trybekmetal is constructed of metal that acts as a framework and create patterns. Through an individual choice of ball colours and patterns, you are given the opportunity to participate and co-create the chair. The user gets emotionally involved, creating a chair of his ‘very own’. Read More…
Animal Chair Collection by Maximo Riera
The Animal Chair collection by Spanish designer Maximo Riera is a series of seating from mammals to reptiles, and even including insects. . Rhino Chair is part of his outstanding Animal Chair Collection. This sculptural ‘throne’ is built in a superior scale to generate an authoritative force respecting qualities present in the animal itself. This collection is homage to these animals and the whole animal kingdom which inhabits our planet, as an attempt to reflect and capture the beauty of nature in each living thing. Read More…
Florinda Chairs by Monica Förster for De Padova
Stockholm-based contemporary Swedish designer Monica Förster has created a series of coloured chairs called ‘Florinda’ for the Italian manufacturer De Padova. The juxtaposition of antithetical materials like wood and plastic, in the name of aesthetics and practicality of use, gives rise to the new Florinda chair. Read More…
Batoidea Chair by Peter Donders
Aptly named by Belgian designerPeter Donders for the genus of fish which includes the elegant stingray, Batoidea is an example of design and technology. Fluid and airy the chair defies practical conventions. Read More…
Mikado Chair by Johannes Foersom & Peter Hiort-Lorenzen
Mikado Chair created by Johannes Foersom & Peter Hiort-Lorenzen is a modern expressive interpretation of the 18th-century Windsor chair. The chair is constructed using the same principle as the Windsor chair.
The chairs are based on a construction principle that uses the seat as the element that joins everything together. Mikado comes in solid beech or beech/walnut, lacquered or leached, with solid walnut back spindles and legs. The chair also comes with a standard cushion, which is finished in flax or leather. Read More…
Lounge Module Project by Edgar Navarro
“Module Lounge” is a project realized by the designer Mexican Edgar Navarro. It is an adjustable table that forms a single block, while when the time for dinner comes, the table releases four chairs and a lamp from the center of the table.
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Music Box Chair by Jeroen Wesselink
Jeroen Wesselink recently came up with music box chair that actually has 11 music boxes built in to the chair, one of which appears to play the melody of ‘What a Wonderful World.’ Read More…
Typographic Furnitures by Tabisso
Tabisso’s typographic lounge furniture comes in letters A-Z and numbers 0-9 and the coordinating floor lamps cover more than 20 punctuation marks.
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Wishbone Chair by Carl Hansen & Søn
For the Wishbone Chair’s 60th anniversary, the Danish furniture designer Hans J. Wegner, Carl Hansen & Son has released 12 new colors. Read More…
Dedon Showroom
German company Dedon furniture has sent us pictures of their showroom in the International Furniture Fair in Milan 2011 designed by Nicola Rapetti, creative director of the firm. Read More…
Icons Chairs by Jan Plechac
The ‘Icons’ is a series of iconic chairs made of wire frame unveiled at the Milan Furniture Fair last month. Jan Plecháč revisited the Louis chair, the Red and Blue chair by Gerrit Rietveld, the Kubus by Josef Hoffmann, and last but not least, the Fatboy Beanbag. Read More…
“Cheap Ass Elites,” Seating Collection by Saran Yen
‘Cheap Ass Elites’ is new series of furniture by new designer from Thailand, Saran Yen Panya. Using recycled plastic baskets and cast off chair legs, the installation “Cheap Ass Elites” combines the mass-produced with the glitzy.
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Loops Chair by Sophie de Vocht
Inspired by the technique of tufting which is typically used to make rugs, Sophie de Vocht creates the Loop Chair with metal frame over which the designer placed textile loops that keep growing bigger as they distance themselves from the top side of the chair. As the chaise drops to the floor, the loops become exaggerated until they fan out onto the floor.
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Slice chair by Mathias Bengtsson
Danish-born Mathias Bengtsson (b. 1971), who resides in London and Stockholm, created the Slice chair concept, which weds organic shapes with cutting-edge technology, in 1999. Slice began as a hand-modeled clay form that blurs a chair’s distinction between armrests, backrest, legs and frame. The organic shape was sliced into horizontal layers, digitally manipulated, formed again by a laser cutter, and then hand assembled and polished.
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