Category: chairchez la femme

the lady seated in a chair or draped on a sofa

Thonet no 14 or 214 X 214

Thonet no 14 or 214 X 214 1
Thonet no 14 or 214 X 214 2
Thonet no 14 or 214 X 214 3
Thonet no 14 or 214 X 214 4
Thonet no 14 or 214 X 214 5
Thonet no 14 or 214 X 214 6

This is our post number 2,500. We’ve worked hard to reach this number before the 4th anniversary of this blog and I want to make the circle round. My chair fascination started with my fascination for the Thonet story, because I am mesmerized by the sheer size the company reached in its hey days around 1900, because of their influence on chair design and the fact that the story still evolves over several countries and continents and, last but not least, the fact Thonet made a chair affordable for everybody, which was not possible before they played their part in the industrial revolution: They truly democratized the chair.

The German branch celebrated the 150ieth birthday of their 214 model (they renamed the original number 14 into number 214) with a photo competition some time ago. Here my ranking of the first 6 of the photos they published.

Via Thonet 214 X 214 and the Galery

Ashes to Ashes Chair by Johanna Mattsson

Ashes to Ashes Chair by Johanna Mattsson
Ashes to Ashes Chair by Johanna Mattsson
Johanna Mattsson, a recent graduate of the Danish Design School in Copenhagen, has created the Ashes to Ashes chair as her graduation project.

via Contemporist.

Hidden Light by Giha Woo

Hidden Light is both a chair and a light presented in a simple, clean cut and elegant form by Giha Woo from South Korea.

Matreshka Light Chair by Georgi Slokoski – Milan 2011 (09)

Matreshka Light Chair by Bulgaria based Georgi Slokoski is a modern take on a traditional Russian doll. Its fibroglass curvatiosness comes in two colors (black and white), the base promises endless rotation both ways and the built-in LED RGB lighting allows for a unique experience of sitting inside a lamp. The chair is to be presented tomorrow in Milan during the design week.

From the designer:

The chair invites and embraces you, it enhances and dominates your emotions. Touching the chair is a discovery – you subside into a harmony of immaculately chosen materials, skillfully amplified by comfort and functionality. You sink into your own harmonic ambience of colour and a sense of softness. Matreshka Light Chair is an interior solution which inspires and seduces you, turning into an essential accent in your personal space.

Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung

Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung (Chairchez La Femme)
Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung
Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung, or the Thonet no. 14 in resin.

Via Design Boom.