Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
What’s green, new and antique all at once? Why a sofa or chair from MetroSofa, of course. They take antique wood frames, rescue them from a landfill, and turn them into something “new†and unique for your modern home. Not only can you feel good about recycling these high quality frames, but you’ll be enjoying a work of art that will last generations.
milan design week 2008 preview: samare – ‘territory’ chair
Samare is a montreal based company which has been selected to display at the 2008 salone satellite in milan. At the show they will be presenting the ‘awadare’ collection, meaning ‘we live in’. the seating collection is a modern re-interpretation of the traditional aboriginal craft of babiche, which uses woven natural leather hind commonly used in lacing snowshoes. because the craft’s cultural heritage is slowly disappearing, samare proposed this seating which re-invigorates the technique in a contemporary context. The collection is made entirely from steel and babiche rawhide. ‘mountie stool’ ‘mush!’ lounge chair & ‘glide’ side table ‘métis’ chair ‘chaise capitaine’
via designboom)
I Found Nacho Carbonell on Designboom.
A couple of years ago, we met Spanish designer Nacho Carbonell ivars in Valencia, Spain.
Last year we saw him in Milan at the designersblock venue and in the “The Family of Form” show Curated by the Design Academy of Eindhoven (where he studied).
He now has sent us updates of his work. enjoy!
For “Soft concrete” concrete is poured into bags to create rock-hard sofas
via designboom
Sitting in the tub differently
It looks like it has some nefarious medical purpose, but Reddish Studio’s ready-made bath chair is just a metal tub that lost a lot of weight (50%) and now has a new perspective on life (by 90 degrees). Founded in 2002 by ID ers Naama Steinbock and Idan Friedman, Reddish Studio spends most of the time helping objects feel better about themselves.
via Core77
Hey, there is a genius in the house today… his name is David Delthony. I’m not sure what else to say but genius. Maybe I’ll say it a few more times – genius genius genius! Just look at what he does to wood: weird chair
via Offbeat Furniture Finds