Category: chair bookcase combination

Lese+Lebe by Nils Holger Moormann

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Lese+Lebe is German for Read+Live

In a clever way Nils Holger Moormann brings together the traditional North German StrandKorb and a book case.

‘Hieronymus im Gehäuse’, a beach chair on the sea, a Lokomotive dining compartment – Lese+Lebe awakes pictures in us. An escape in the room, which invites you to just sit down and relax while having a cup of tea and browsing in your favourite book.

The back of the two-seater is formed by the shelf itself. On the left or right side of the backrest, a board can be folded down as a table. This makes it possible to access the shelf from both sides. Hidden under the seat are extendable footrests and drawers with a lot of space for stowing.

Found via smow.com.

Plus I’ve updated the Chair Bookcase Combination category.

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And here is a photo of an “original” Strand Korb

Strand Korb

Chair – Bookcase Combination by Erwan PÉRON of Turrini By

Chair – Bookcase Combination by Erwan PÉRON of Turrini By

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TurrinBY | Design Milk

(Source: http://design-milk.com/turrinby/)

New Chairs from Seung-Yong Song: Object-A, Object-B & Object-E

New chairs by Korean artist and designer Seung-Yong Song are part furniture, part art objects, part art installations:

Object-A: “I am looking in every nook and cranny of the room to find hidden spaces. Under the table, beneath the bed, above the wardrobe… All the space in the room is completely full of odds and ends. There’s no other choice. And I start building my object like the city’s tallest building seen from the window in the room.”

Object-B: “I climb on a chair. I put books on a ladder. If things are freed from their own unique functions, we might agonize over how to use this objects.”

Object-E: “The unique name of things limit the range of product’s shape and function, but above all, the fact that there exists stereotyped function in accordance with each unique name suppresses my imagination. I am not willing to deny or destroy the identity based on the stereotype, but I only reinterpret the uses I need in my own design language.”

Klaps Seat by Malafor: Add Some Mags & You’re Ready to Go

KLAPs seat by Polish designers Malafor is not a seat until you have a pile of magazines to help it become one. In order to sit on KLAPs you need to first put your magazines between the “KLAPses” and then tighten special belts at sides. The seat has wheels for easier moving , as it can get heavy with all your old reads, and its height depends on the amount of magazines you use.

Material: laminated MDF, belt, buckle

Size: 35 x 45 cm

Via design-milk.com

 

P.S. If you’re more of a book reader, check out a similar idea from Harry Hassan –  The Strap It Stool.