Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
The Z-ball by James Van Vossel is an inflatable ergonomic ball, but its 3 handles are positioned in such a way to allow the user to sit further forward than on most balls. This supports the loin area more and results in more comfortable seating.
via MoCo Loco
Studio Rafaschierii recently completed an interesting project for a church in Metz: modern chancel furniture in magnesium and glass. Very non-traditional!
FutureFactories is all about the “digital generation of one-off products.†Lionel Dean took the iconic Louis Ghost chair by Philippe Starck and developed unique chair backs and arms from laser sintered nylon, based on a generative computer script, to create Holy Ghost. Each new back is derived from a virtual design template that keeps re-building itself in real time. Lionel Dean points out that the use of this chair is a “comment on the possibilities and pitfalls of digital 3D data.†Pitfalls? Well, the information can be sent and used around the world or actual 3D objects can be scanned, and as Dean comments, “We are entering an age of digital manufacturing in which iconic designs can be sampled like music. This will bring both good and bad.â€
Slidedesign by Marcel Wanders
via Design Art News.
The Tubo chairs by Joel Escalona are constructed by using only one cylindrical steel tube of 8.5 metres. Escalona even suggests that this chair be used in the bathroom to help recovering patients take their baths.