Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
All of a sudden this chair came along on Helmut Palla‘s FaceBook timeline where he put it somewhere in 2013. Part Escher (its name is MCesChair, after M.C. Escher), but also part Rietveld this time and maybe Helmut didn’t think of Rietveld’s Steltman Chair. And a bit of Steffen Kehrle as well.
This industrially knit fabric was created to respond to human interaction and physically change when sat upon. The tubes expand and reveal a hidden color as the chair flexes to support weight. This dual seater was created in collaboration with Mayela Mujica MFA Furniture 2016. This chair will be exhibited at both the XXI Triennale International Exhibition Milan 2016 as a part of the Milan Furniture Fair and ICFF in New York.
Via Michelles Behance Portfolio
Another chair designed by students of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) 2016 design class.
Alessandro Mendini’s take on the Zig Zag chair of Gerrit Rietveld
Hah! Trying to feature a chair designed by Tanya Aguiñiga….The P Tree Stool is the tenth chair we feature from Tanya…sometimes you tend to forget..
Tanya Aguiñiga (b. 1978) is a Los Angeles based artist/designer/craftsperson who was raised in Tijuana, Mexico. She holds an MFA in furniture design from Rhode Island School of Design and a BA from San Diego State University. In her formative years she created various collaborative installations with the Border Arts Workshop, an artists’ group that engages the languages of activism and community-based public art. Her current work uses craft as a performative medium to generate dialogues about identity, culture and gender while creating community. This approach has helped Museums and non-profits in the United States and Mexico diversify their audiences by connecting marginalized communities through collaboration.
Via Design Milk I found a couple of chairs designed by students of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) 2016 design class.
This Sinuous Chair was designed by Noelle Antignano. It has a simple metal frame that is filled with lushy upholstery rolls weaved through it. A bit like Eleonore Nalet‘s Serpentine Chair. See also this post.