Category: chair fun

The Animal Chair Collection: Rhino by Maximo Riera

This incredibly artful Rhino Chair by Spanish designer Maximo Riera is part of his outstanding Animal Chair Collection that constitutes a diverse range of species, starting with the truly spectacular Octopus Chair, followed by Rhino and Walrus. Lion, Beetle and Whale are yet to be revealed to the public.

Each creation retains the animal’s natural vitality whilst being totally biologically accurate in their appearance. This collection is homage to these animals and the whole animal kingdom which inhabits our planet, as an attempt to reflect and capture the beauty of nature in each living thing.

The Rhino Chair is on show at 100% Design London from September 22 – 25, 2011.

Via designboom.com

Pally by Laura Väinölä

Pally is a stool by Laura Väinölä that comes in two sizes and can be enjoyed both by kids and grown-ups. By moving the colorful sticks which are covered in soft superlon material you can create countless patterns for the seat (watch the video below).


Via characterblog.com

Glass Covered Chairs: Breaking the Bottle by Mark Reigelman II

 

Breaking the Bottle is an installation by Mark Reigelman II that is currently on display at Heller Gallery in NYC (runs till July 30, 2011).

With about 40 layers of over 1,000 lbs. of 100% recycled broken glass and 20 gallons of Epoxy Resin used to cover twelve typical household objects, including chairs, the tedious process took about three months to finish.

Reigelman on his installation:
“By fusing elements of protection with objects of the home, my installation debates the need for fervent homestead defense while pointing out the repercussions of over-protection and the impact it has on social dialogue.”

 

Via design-milk.com

Lazy Football by Emanuele Magini


While we’re still on the subject of Emanuele Magini, let me share another design that caught my eye – the Lazy Football chair. Just like most of Emanuele’s creations, the chair combines two worlds into one: the active game of outdoor football meets the lazier version of watching the sport at home. Inspired by the evolution of the designer’s love of football, Lazy Football is undoubtedly a chair for adults in touch with their inner child, and even though it’s not positioned as kids’ furniture, it’s easy to imagine it in a children’s room. Sold on Garage Design website.

Size: 70 x 43 x 90 cm

Materials: metal extrusion and synthetic thread net

Mr. Chair by Soojin Hyun – Milan 2011 (24)

Mr. Chair by Soojin Hyun
One of our FaceBook fans suggested after the previous post:

and why not try to influence some female designers to photograph their prototypes with lightly-dressed sexy men on them ?

Here is an answer. A female designer from South Korea, who graduated from the Dutch Design Academy in Eindhoven has worked it out for us all with her Mr. Chair: It simply doesn’t need a model having a six pack from itself:-). However with model it does catch eyes as well:
Mr. Chair by Soojin Hyun with female model

However, one has to see the front of the chair first before understanding this photo….

Designer : Soojin Hyun (Design Mong Studio), Sangho Park(VIN & Co.)

Photographer : Mina Hwang

Model : Misun Lee

During our research of chairs, we found that armchairs and men have a lot in common, Men have arms, skin, and muscles and comparatively, armchairs have arms, leather and cushion. Mr. Chair shows the commonalities with a dignified wit.

** we have a plan to show different colors of Mr. Chair, such as human skin has different colors.

Size : 884 x 872 x 1077mm

Material : Cowhide, Metal

via Design Mong Studio.

With a male model it certainly works better:
Mr. Chair by Soojin Hyun with male model
Via Vin and Mong‘s Facebook series from Milan 2011.

Now I’m daring the (male) Facebook fan to come up with a classy photo of himself on his own chair:-)