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Morphogenesis Chaise : Design Milk


Morphogenesis Chaise : Design Milk

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Rocking Recliner by Let’s from India

Rocking Recliner by Let's from India

Let’s is a collective movement from India that’s aim is to salvage items, that have been thrown away and give them a new life. ‘lets’ hopes people will see that products can have many lives and still be valuable.
Nupur Goenka initiated the program and believes that some of the best items are found on the streets of India. Items that have been transformed are wooden chairs, window panes, plastic bags and cartons.

Via DesignBoom

Added October 2009 :
This post is part of the experiment to automate the import of 20 of my prior Charblog | Tumblr tumblrings into this blog via Chairblog | Posterous which initially resulted in 20 posts without a title whereupon I had to edit it manually… Experiment failed:-)

Pincushion Eames Chair by Paula Scher

Pincushion Eames Chair by Paula Scher gives me the shivers:-)

Paula Scher has reinterpreted an Eames molded plywood chair as part of a Herman Miller-sponsored charity auction to raise money for the Peace House Foundation. Each of the eleven participating designers and design firms were given an Eames’ classic “potato chip chair” to modify. Paula’s contribution was inspired by a typeface she designed called Pincushion. “We wanted to think of the object as something soft that could be punctured, in this case, with large hatpins, giving it the feeling of a pincushion” she said. “In our expression, the chair becomes a purely visual, rather than a utilitarian object.” Other participants include Ayse Birsel, David Rockwell, Todd Oldham and Maharam. The chairs will be auctioned off at the Herman Miller National Design Center in New York on 22 August.
The Peace House Foundation is a U.S. based non-profit that is committed to educating children affected by the AIDS pandemic in East Africa.

Via Pentagram