Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Oorstoel or Ear Chair (referring to the huge wing) by Jurgen Bey
the hungarian design festival, ‘wamp’ will begin on february 22nd and run until february 24th, featuring the theme of dutch design. one of the key exhibitions is the ‘via budapest’ exhibition organized by uniquole. this show will display dutch design in the same way as their successful ‘via milano’ series.
Via Design Boom dutch design via budapest
Richard Schultz was the man responsible for the classic leisure collection of Knoll before he set up his own studio together with his son. At the 2008 New York Design Week (ICFF) he introduced his outdoor Wing Chair collection. When you use the covers you can cosily pull them up and snuggle against a fire place in early spring or late autumn and enjoy the open air in cooler northern or southern climate zones.
Via Design Boom
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:-)
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Richard Schultz Outdoor Wing Chair
Via Luxist
The Half Moon Chair is a wing chair by designer Louis Saul. And, I agree with DeZona that it’s reminiscent of Batman. But, that’s not all about it! It also features avantgarde design with skeleton-like seat cushioning made from bright orange sponge rubber and it comes with a matching ottoman. And, both the chair and the ottoman also feature storage space for your books. No word on price can be had.
via Born Rich
In 1960 Wegner released his soon to be famous CH445 Wingchair in limited quantities. In 2006 Carl Hansen & Sons dusted off the blue prints and reintroduced the lounge chair to immediate success and awards at the IMM in Cologne, and the Copenhagen International Furniture Fair that same year. Today the wingchair is what Hans Wegner envisioned it to be and then some reaching true furniture icon status and a place in the homes and hearts of modern furniture lovers world wide. According to Carl Hansen & Sons we have worked with Wegners original drawings and some of the few pieces that remain from the sixties, when a smaller number of them were produced by hand. And we’re proud to say that we have upheld the original construction and materials – including solid beech frames and hand-sewn piping – just the way that Wegner designed it. If you want furniture that will last in not only quality of construction, but style as well, the licensed modern classics are the way to go.