Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Designer Judith van den Boom created a collection of stools with ceramic seats called Qing Zuo! in collaboration with local crafts workers during a three-month visit to China.
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frank lefebvre is the founder and designer behind the french furniture company, bleu nature. the company produces a wide range of craft built pieces which use driftwood and other found objects as their primary material. by scouring beaches and forests near lille, france, the bleu nature team is able to find material to create indoor and outdoor furniture for their collection. the pieces combine the natural objects with man-made materials to create a harmonious juxtaposition that is clean and organic at the same time. they created a number of new products for this year’s collection, some of which were just released.
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About the birth of ABR a new Catelan (Spain) based furniture “Publisher”
The arrival of a new furniture publisher is significant in Spanish design.
Designers are nothing if they do not have a company willing to put its money where its mouth is by producing their designs. Therefore, the arrival of ABR is welcome. This new company, which has been undergoing preparations for just over a year, is a publisher. This is different to being a manufacturer. In the field of design, the publisher is an extremely Catalan component whose forerunners include such distinguished brands as Bd Ediciones de Diseno, Santa & Cole and Mobles 114, historical examples of our country’s design. ABR operates in the same way as they do: it does not have its own factory and seeks the most suitable industrialist or provider for each project. That may be on a nearby industrial estate or as far away as China. This is the only way to operate if the publisher does a little of everything and the same catalogue offers lamps, flowerpots, furnishings, shelves, hangers, seats and even the Virgin of Memory.
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The managers of ABR (an acronym of ABReviatura or abbreviation in Spanish, a name that was acquired from an old Barcelona company) is Marc Hernandez, and Toni Pallejà (Porcuatro Studio), who was educated at the Eina school, carries the creative design baton. Marc holds a degree in business sciences from Pompeu Fabra University and outside office hours he is a resident DJ in Razzmatazz, Barcelona. Both were born in 1979.
I would rather call it a Label
Noticed the site disappeared from the Internet…
Last edited June 5, 2013
More from the Royal College of Art Show Two: this time a selection of projects by Jon Harrison, a graduate of the MA Design Products course. His Steel stools (above) were created with the aim of holding an adult’s weight using the thinnest section of steel possible. The material for the seat is taken from the waste of the bottom rail.
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A first furniture approach from LaLa chair, the LaLa stool. Once again total exploration and full minimalism.
danilo calvache design blog: LaLa sequel #1 : LaLa stool / butaco