Made from 10,000 drinking straws, the Clutch Chair by Scott Jarvie comments on our disposable culture.
It was Zaha Hadid’s Choice at Noise Festeval 2008.
Category: unusual
Chair Candy 1: Ron Arad at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Ron Arad at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (1)
Chair Candy will be the name of the little series of photo’s I will showcase here. I took them at The Paris Centre Pompidou in February, 2009, when there was a Ron Arad overview Exhibition. This is one of my faves: The Stair Chair (at least that is what I coined it). Oficially named the London Papardelle.
Copy your butt with the iBum Chair
Japanese designer Tonomy Sayuda explains it as follows:
I believe that human buttocks are one of the less discussed and focused part of human body. In this “iBum†project, I would like to reveal the visual of this less popular part of body without notice. The chair reveals human unconsciousness and reality. When audience sit down on the chair, a scanner on the top of chair start to scan people`s buttocks automatically. Then the scanned image is printed out from the right hand side of the chair. A sensor is detecting people`s existence all the time. So people will not realize the existence of the scanner. Without notice, the photocopy of the bum will arrive next to the chair.
I believe it’s a hilarious mirror for humanity. She must have been inspired by Yoko Ono who in the sixties produced her famous buttocks film.
Via Gizmag. They comment rightfully that around christmas and maybe also around April’s Fool Day in the Western world the usual office prank is to copy once butt with the danger of ending up with a butt full of glass splinters. Thus the designer’s assumption is not completely right!
Where to find the Mystery Solar System Chairs?
Just as Knoll delivered chairs for a feature film, a reader of mine, a USA based producer of feature films, has asked my assistance to source the designer and/or manufacturer of this Solar System Chair.
Some research on this design has learned thus far:
Drinksuff had a couple for sale for US $ 99.-, but they are sold out now. I have pinched their photos to help us find the source.
The Solar System Chair is crafted from stainless steel and has chromed steel legs that will charm any room! The seating and arm rests are filled with a soft foam and finished with a synthetic velvet for superb style and ambience!
It may look uncomfortable but trust us, this stool has class, style and is so unique to sit on you won’t want to get up!
Dimensions:
H 950mm
W 880mm
D 800mm
Drinkstuff had acquired them at the UK Spring Fair
Flatrock mentioned it
Zedomax mentioned it;
TechChee mentioned it
Chair Du Jour has even painted it!
Many more sites including Gizmodo mentioned it, but most refer back to Drinkstuff
I would appreciate any help to find the source of this mystery chair or where to locate it.
Put your Director’s Chair in a Messenger Bag
Put your Office Chair in a Messenger Bag and Carry on
The Messenger Bag Director’s Chair is what you call sheer portability, if not innovation. Made of rugged aluminum and steel frame and 600-denier nylon mesh seat, the portable chair just weights 9 lbs and can sustain up to 250 lbs.
Via Crib Candy