Hiroshima Armchair by Naoto Fukasawa
This Hiroshima Chair by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa comes from my pile of draft posts I’m trying to clean up now. I’ve more Naoto Fukasawa on the back burner.
Via Designboom
Tag: named after a city
Second Hand Barcelona Chair – If only Ludwig knew
Sunday, strolling over the The Hague open air antique fair, I noticed this dark red Barcelona Chair with ottoman.. If only Ludwig knew…
Currently it is so hot that the trees are losing their leaves due to heat stress as if it is autumn.
To me the back looks as if it is an original one, but I’m not sure.
Does the little Persian rug detonate or not? I believe it does and you?
Jongeriuslab: Rotterdam Chair
Rotterdam Chair by Hella Jongerius for Vitra
Date: 2008
Commissioned by: Vitra, Basel
Type: Industrial product
Vitra asked Hella Jongerius to design a ‘standard’ chair that is stackable.
Jongerius decided to use wood, a historical and archetypical material for a chair, which offers both a simple basis ánd character through it’s detailing.
The design-process was most of all an interesting exercise in producing an affordable chair which would carry the typical Jongerius’ handwriting. The result testifies of a clever marriage between a hands-on approach to design and industrial production-methods. Skillful refinement and high tech solutions. Because of the limits of price and production means, only the details that were essential for the character of the chair could stay. For instance the legs are left straight, bare, in order to give the object a sturdy and modern appearance. As a consequence of this choice there were some production challenges, like how to connect the legs to the seating, which curves above the construction. The seat itself is complimented with a plastic insert, a striking colorful detail that recurs underneath the legs. The chair has a timeless elegance and a modern sturdyness that suits its title: Rotterdam.
Utrecht or Metz chair by Gerrit Rietveld Reissued by Cassina
The reissue by Cassina of Gerrit Rietveld’s Utrecht or Metz Chair:
IMM Furniture Show
Cassina presented its Maestri collection which re-produces classical designs in new materials. The exclusive reproduction rights have been acquired by the company for Le Corbusier, Rietveld, Mackintosh and some more.
Via Core77.
RONALD KRUECK AND MARK SEXTON, Pair of Chicago chairs
RONALD KRUECK AND MARK SEXTON
Pair of Chicago chairs, ca. 1987
Mirror-polished stainless steel, brass, Edelman leather. Each: 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm.) high Manufactured by Tesko, USA (2).
ESTIMATE $40,000-60,000PROVENANCE Residence, Untitled No. 2, Chicago
LITERATURE John Morris Dixon, “Elevated Urbanity,” Progressive Architecture, December 1987, pp. 74 and 76-77; Y. Futagawa, GA Houses 24, “Krueck & Sexton Architects: Untitled #2: Chicago, Illinois, 1984-87,” pp. 75, 77, 79 and 81; Michael Walsh, “A Sensuous Space,” Inland Architect, May/June 1988, p. 46; “Untitled No. 2,” A+U, no. 284, May 1994, pp. 111-112, 115 and 117; Ronald Krueck and Mark Sexton, Krueck & Sexton: Work in Progress, New York, 1997, pp. 82, 84-85 and 87