Apr
22
Here’s one way to use fashion as inspiration for furniture design, literally cover a chair in it. Granted there’s more grace and craft that goes into creating pieces like the armchairs pictured above, by Clarke & Reilly. The Georgian Chair is a one-of-a-kind set of two, created as part of an exclusive collection for Blackman Cruz (visit and drool). These elegant pieces are upholstered in 19th century Mennonite petticoats, which gives the chair its incredibly extreme depth and texture. A Mennonite probably would have found this a little frilly, but I’m a sucker for anything that takes a poke at utilitarianism…
Via: Remodilista
Apr
04
Check out Paper Chair by Mathias Bengtsson set to be shown this May at an exhibition of Danish Chairs in Milan. Not only is the profile of the chair extraordinary, but it’s the fabrication process that mad our jaws drop. The chair is entirely made of recycled paper glued together in layers and then carved by CNC mills into 2000 profiles which were then staked and pressed and heated to create one homogeneous three dimensional form. Two prototypes were made, one of white paper and one of black with parts interchanged to make two two chairs with inverse patterns of one another. Can’t you just imagine Surface Magazine doing an editorial with a model in Givenchy SS 2010 leggings and shoes strewn about in this chair?
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Mar
25
A little nautical inspiration and a only 10 weeks from conception to completion and you get the ‘ Kurven’ chair by Designer Cody Stonerock. It’s a simple bentwood frame and stretched leather upholstery that gives it such a chic and effortless feel, and its just one of those chairs that almost works anywhere, in any room. I can work as both a focal piece or just as a the perfect fit for that corner you couldn’t find anything for.
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Mar
24
The Ad Hoc Chair by Jean-Marie Massaud for Viccarbe.
Viccarbe designs for those that “live in the present and think of the future” and this chair is perfectly defined by that concept. Often related to a spider’s web, the Ad-Hoc Chair is a fantastic representation of organic design melded with and drapped over an orthagonal frame. Perfect for indoor and out, the chair is composed of a brass frame which may be finished off in laquered black or white, or orange epoxy. For those with deeper pockets a 24k gold version is available as well.
To see more of Viccarbe’s unique pieces visit their site…
Photos via: Viccarbe
Mar
23
Constructed from a single aluminum form by an extrusion process this chair has the ability to be transformed in width to serve as chair, stool, or bench just by configuring the pieces to be as large or small as desired to fit any body shape.
To learn more visit Tarazi Studio…
Phots via: designboom.com
Mar
17
The Parallel Chair by Gwenael Nicolas based in Tokyo, Japan. The seat folds to become parallel with the backrest allowing for easy stacking…
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Mar
16
The Myrkr Chair by Chris Warren of WORD, formerly with Morphosis and a studio professor at USC during second year of Architecture. The project was conceived of light and shadow and fabricated with no metal connections, just a single sheet of 12mm plywood and 12 wooden dowels later dipped in black aniline dye and finished with laquer.
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Mar
15
Uhuru Design’s Bilge Chair available in dozens of finish options…
Photo via: Uhuru Design
Mar
05
KGB’s ‘Mancini’ cantilevered chair, which floats on a base of silicon bronze.
via: Wallpaper
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Mar
04
‘Chair of the Day” a new daily feature, just for you…
We come across dozens/ hundreds of chairs a day, bluntly i dislike most of them, so out of the hundreds I’ll find one I like a day and share it.
Photo via: Design Milk
Featuring: Japanese designer Kin ichi Ogata and his beautiful beautiful handmade pieces offered through unity523ny (website not currently working).
