Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
The aluminium Balloon Bench by Japanese studio h220430 appears to be floating in the air, lifted by clusters of polyethylene balloons, whereas in reality it’s suspended from anchor points in the ceiling, which are then concealed by the balloons.
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At first look I thought it to be a super candy bench, but it is a bench of wood on a steel frame…only the colors are deceptive. The Pylon bench by Kristoffer Fagerström and Marcus Abrahamsson for Nola
About Fagerström and Abrahamsson
The design duo Fagerström and Abrahamsson consists of Kristoffer Fagerström and Marcus Abrahamsson. They met at University College of Art Craft and Design, Konstfack, in the fall of 2006 where they studied Interior Architecture and Furniture Design together. The two soon started working in various projects and found the collaboration very successful.
– Kristoffer is the perfect college; he’s extremely professional, full of different skills and stubborn like an old donkey. Which of course is good, it pushes me to work even harder when we disagree. Kristoffer replies: -†Well, I agree. I am stubborn, but if there is someone that can change my mind it is Marcus. He is the most competent designer I know and he has an inquiring mind with a sense for details. However, he reevaluates everything into the very last minute and I’m glad he has me. When designing the duo takes all their inspiration from the client and the context that surrounds it. – “Our minds starts working the very minute we have a problem setting before us. We see ourselves as problem solvers, whether its furniture design or architectureâ€. Marcus continues:
-†We make decisions based on what’s best for the client and what they need to communicate.†With our brand related approach to design we still think that you can recognize our work even though the client got something totally customized, says Kristoffer.
Broken skateboards are a byproduct of our culture usually destined for the landfill. The deckstoolâ„¢ recycles this waste into a unique, heirloom quality piece of furniture. The scrapes and scars on the decks create beautiful patterns over the original skateboard artwork. Every deckstool is meticulously built and finished by skilled craftsman in Pennsylvania, USA.
While we’re at the subject of Laurie Beckerman, let me also feature my first real bench – the Ionic bench by the aforementioned designer from New York, USA. This is by far the most elegant, the most unobtrusively simple in its curviness and the most luxurous wooden bench I’ve seen. Definately the kind of a bench to serve double duty as a seating object and a little piece of art! I would go even further, and suggest one can use it as a shelf or a table/magazine rack.
Made from one inch thick Baltic Birch plywood and fabricated with the use of CNC technology. Slices of the profile are laminated together to form this light and resilient bench.
49″ Length, 21″ Height, 18″ Width
Fabricator: Heritage Woodshop, Brooklyn, NY
A collection of oak furniture by Lausanne-based studio Big-Game will be presented by Japanese design brand Karimoku New Standard in Milan next week, from 12-17 of April. The collection, called Castor, includes a stool and a bench (there’s also a shelf, but here at Chair Blog this interest us just a tiny bit less) – all made from small sections of Japanese oak. The stool is stackable and the bench makes reference to traditional Japanese furniture typology.
Via dezeen.com