Category: chairchez la femme

the lady seated in a chair or draped on a sofa

Cul is Cool Tour

cul-is-cool-photo-Manel-UbedaPhoto Manel Ubeda

cul-is-cool-photo-Nienke-KlunderPhoto Nienke Klunder

cul-is-cool-photo-PorcuatroPhoto Porcuato

cul-is-cool-photo-Bill-DurginPhoto Bill Durgin

cul-is-cool-photo-Juan-GattiPhoto Juan Gatti

cul-is-cool-photo-CiveraPhoto Civera

I must have been under the rocks … Only this week Yatzer pointed me to the Cul is Cool Tour. It started last year at ICFF in NYC and arrived at Valencia Design Week this year.

So I came across “Furniture Publisher” (I would prefer furniture label) ABR again – see Cul Stool by ABR and Sitting Pretty in Berlin – and HAT Gallery a new Spanish Gallery.

It always amazes me how good photography can tell a very good story of a product, in this case a stool, the Cul Stool. It is also amazing that ABR itself doesn’t pimp up its own website a bit more with larger size photos….

The Stronger the Lady (Britney), The Stronger the Chair (Emeco)?

I looove beautiful ladies. They are frequently used to advertise chairs. Not for nothing have I coined a category here on the blog Chairchez La Femme thereby abusing the French “chercher” which means “to seek”, to express “look for the lady”, “look at the lady” or even maybe “watch out for the lady” …rather than the chair;-)

Britney Spear (ab)uses an Emeco Navy chair extensively in a recent video clip of her song Stronger. What better promotion can a chair manufacturer whish?

Thank you Jan

Thomas Heatherwick wins London Design Medal 2010

Extruded Bench by Thomas Heatherwick

Thomas Heatherwick, known from his extruded benches has been awarded the London Design Medal 2010 at the occasion of London Design Festival 2010. It’s

given to a designer who has made a significant contribution to design and London having achieved international acclaim for their work. This year, Thomas Heatherwick has been awarded the Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to design.

The bench was a contender for the 2010 Brit Insurance Award as well.

via Dezeen.

Gisele Bundgen on couch

Gisele Bundgen on couch

SANTE D’ORAZIO

Gisele on couch, New York City, 2006
Colour coupler print. 46.4 x 58.4 cm (18 1/4 x 23in). Signed in ink and copyright credit stamp on a label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount. Number 5 from an edition of 25.
ESTIMATE £2,000-3,000
SOLD AT £3,750

Via Phillips de Pury & Company:.

Chairlize

Charlize Theron Chaired
I know, like many men I can get distracted easily and like many men I’m not very good in multitasking. After a period of extensively editing Chairblog, other projects asked for my attention and I realized I didn’t post for a whole week here, because I – and many newsletter subscribers with me – didn’t get a newsletter today…
I had this photo of Charlize Theron lying around somewhere between my to publish stacks for quite some time. I probably found it at Starophile a French site of star lovers and I couldn’t resist publishing it here.