Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
I’ve been browsing IMM Cologne irl (In Real Life) for chairs yesterday, January 23, 2011. I’ll post about it as a series at 2011 IMM Cologne (1) etc.
The first chair that asked my attention is this Speedster by long time Dutch designer Gerard van den Berg. Just before I decided to pay IMM a visit, I was wondering why I hadn’t published anything from his hand, because some of his chairs are very comfy. Nowadays Gerard produces some of his designs himself under the name Label.nl.
I rediscovered the designer who is responsible for the various Pixel Chair and Sofa Upholsteries, the Spanish designer Christian Zuzunaga, also know as Mr Pixel. Here on the Moel Lounge Chair by Inga Sempe for Ligne Roset
Via Blog Esprit Design
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I found this Mr Lounge Chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on Christie’s site where it was sold 5 years ago for $1,146.
A green chair manufacturer is Philippines based Passad. They put together tiny chips of wood of the Gmelina tree which grows abundantly in the Philippines and hand craft them into sculptural furniture like this Easy Lounge chair
Via Christopher Adach .
I found this image of the LCP Lounge Chair by Maarten van Severen at Hive, an interesting Portland, USA, based chair distributor.
LCP – “Low Chair Plastic” – is a fitting name for this low lounge chair. Created with a single piece of molded transparent plastic which spirals around itself to form a radically innovative seat. Thanks to an exclusive technology, LCP is elastic, soft and resistant in spite of its light and transparent appearance.
This one is made by Kartell in Italy while most other chairs by Maarten van Severen, one of my favorite chair designers, are made by Vitra in Germany/Switzerland
Hive was founded in 2002 with the idea that Good Design can and should be presented in an inspired, knowledgeable and friendly manner.
From humble beginnings fueled primarily on inspiration, hive has grown to inhabit its own free-standing building in the Pearl District, Portland’s most upscale urban neighborhood. We are proud to be an authorized retailer for Alessi, Artemide, Artifort, Carl Hansen, Cassina, Flos, Kartell, Knoll & Vitra to name just a few. hive has been noted in national magazines such as Dwell, Index, In Style, Lucky and Western Interiors magazines.