Seating Designs by Erik Griffioen

Low Rider by Erik Griffioen, Limited edition of 10
Kaluza by Erik Griffioen, Limited edition of 25
Growl by Erik Griffioen
Ragno by Erik Griffioen
GR-13 by Erik Griffioen
Grin by Erik Griffioen
Gio by Erik Griffioen

Erik Griffioen is a young Dutch designer who will be exhibiting at the Salone del Mobile furniture show in Milan, Italy for the first time this year.

Erik Griffioen designs with a powerful monumental beauty in mind. For him shape comes first, then material. His chairs and couches invite you to view them from all sides. As you walk around they seem to be changing their shape. Griffioen: ‘My work has to be exciting from every angle, have character, beauty and quality. And most of all: it has to be comfortable’.

Many of his chairs are interconnected. From his first chair came a second, a third and a fourth. And each generation would produce one or two new designs. He allowed himself only to change a design to create a new one, by rearranging points and lines according to a certain number of rules. This method of working has made Griffioens work into a recognizable visual idiom.

A couple of years ago he changed his way of working and broke with his own rules. He started designing more intuitively and more from his imagination but without losing his visual signature. This opened a new creative door and resulted in a great number of new designs of which the Low Rider (based on a chopper) and the Spider are the most illustrative examples. Designing these metal chairs have also made him realize how important material and craftsmanship is for a design. This is why in his work, quality and durability are equally important as comfort and the creation of exciting design.

Via Erik Griffioen

Swing Chair Loveuse B120 by Zedset

Loveuse B120 by Zedset
Loveuse B120 by Zedset

If you want to enjoy your favorite activity other than sitting behind a desk, then this chair designed by Zedset is certainly the most original solutions. Supposed to optimize the use of a laptop when installed in the Loveuse B120 hangs on your ceiling and will bring a great design to your decor. Price: € 3000.

Via Geek and Hype

As a geek myself, I’d spend more than 10 hours in front the desk staring my computer. I would love to have one of these hanging in my office and help me get away from the stiff chair and curl in the swing and chill. So I looked up where I could buy Loveuse B120 but wasn’t able to find Zedset’s website, neither did searching the keyword Loveuse B120 return any signs of its original source, so lets just admire its picture for now.

Nemo Chair by Fabio Novembre

And then I’m blown out of the water by this white Nemo Chair by Fabio Novembre.

Via Design Boom

Tuyomyo Bench by Frank Gehry

I featured Emeco’s Tuyomyo Bench by Frank Gehry earlier, but got a special from Emeco after I had asked for a photo of Frank Gehry and Emeco’s owner together on the Tuyomyo Bench. That was published in a Wallpaper* issue of last year. Alas it was copyrighted, but now I have a second best: The Tuyomyo Bench with the daughter of the owner as a model:-)

Revisited: Erika Winters – Mexican Chair Redesigner

Erika Winters Logo

The logo from Erika’s Blog

Polkadot-Cover-Erika-Winters-60ies-Chair

The nice Polka Dot upholstery fits wonderfully with this 60ies style chair.

Erika Winters Polka Dot

But also with more dated chair design…

Erica Winters Polkadot coroflot2

A model like this will “sell your work”  undoubtedly. More of this please!

I introduced you to Erika Winters earlier on February 21, 2008. Since then she has been very active.

  1. She has enhanced her Design Shop website Erika Winters Design
  2. She has uploaded many of her re designed chairs and sofa’s to her Coroflot Portfolio
  3. She even has started a blog Erika-Winters.blogspot.com

I would like to make a couple of suggestions to Erika:

  1. Do away with the flash on your site…it is much too wild and not functional.
  2. Also see to it that one can find your complete portfolio on your own site as well as on Coroflot
  3. If possible combine your site with the blog. That gives you an opportunity to create a historical narrative about your portfolio..
  4. In any case bring the design of your blog more in line with the design of your site
  5. Do give us more photos of your portfolio with yourself as a model. I believe you do sell
  6. I love the polka dot upholstering you were using here which shows us it is usable both for more ancient chair design and pure 60ies chair design.

I hope Erika doesn’t mind me a to be a bit critical. What are your thoughts?