Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Sitting on the 1,600 pencils-with-erasers of this Pencil Bench probably gives a similar sensation as sitting on the Shotgun Shell Chair but beware the indigo of your jeans is erased rather than shot off.
The extra in it is that you can use each pencil, sharpen it and place it back. Eventually the seat will be very comfortably tailor sharpened.
Via Neatorama
A product of Boex in Cornwall, UK, and awarded at the 2007 Cornwall Design Week.
The Lupita
Thanks to a fellow Trend Hunter, Ben Preiss, I found this funny peeled sofa, the Lupita.
This unique seating arrangement is constructed from a single piece of red oak, cushioned with pleather-covered, high-density foam. The possibilities are great for modular combinations: side-by-side and end-to-end offer some interesting options, but I’m sure you could transform your living room into a veritable jungle gym of loopitas, limited only by your imagination (and funds, perhaps).
Inventor Spot said:
The latest concepts in on-floor seating have quite literally taken a turn. The Loope Lupita, designed by twenty-one year old Victor Aleman, reminds me of a cross between some kind of fruit peel remnant and a mini racetrack my brother used to have (a Scalextric, I believe it’s called?).
The Lupita is a design of Victor Aleman. Here is Victor’s portfolio at Coroflot
Huit Sofa is a design of Emanuel Laffon de Mazieres. Nice names!
Emanuel is a Frenchman who sometimes resides in San Francisco. According to his resume on Coroflot he was looking for a job, but from what I see that search won’t last long!
I wouldn’t be surprised if this sofa becomes a Style Icon.
Also found on Yanko Design Siting on a Figure, Elit Alice’s bilingual (Hungarish and English) Blog Number Eight Sofa and Elit Alice’s Trendhunter portfolio Optical Illusion Furniture – No. 8 Huit Sofa
Via Yanko Design I noticed Alexander Reh, a US based artist who graduated in 2001 with a BFA in Design from The University of Texas at Austin and in 2006 with a Masters in Industrial Design from the Pratt Institute.
Alexander coined the chair: Fully Loaded Chair
With over 400 12 gauge shotgun shells, this chair truly comes Fully Loaded. The bright brass tips create a massaging texture on the top of the chair, much to the contrary of their intended use.
The back of the chair creates a stark contrast to the front with its web of red hulls protruding outward in an intense array of plastic arterial sections.
Via Neatorama I found a fellow addict: Not a chair addict, but a bed addict: Bedzine “Crazy about beds”.
I like this idea of Korean sdisgnunit