S-Chair by Tom Dixon

S Chair by Tom Dixon

I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum

A seating-sculpture that has become one of the company’s icons, the S-Chair is the object that made its inventor Tom Dixon famous. The chair is characterized by the unmistakable lithe sihouette that is developped upward and ideally inscribed in a cylinder: form that makes it possible to distribute weight across an extremely reduced circular base and still maintain perfect stability, the result of which is an object which is both elegant and dynamic

Milan Triennale Design Museum – 10

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High Back Armchair by Werner Max Moser

High Back Armchair by Werner Max Moser

Can be found at Embru

Werner Max Moser was a Swiss architect, he was born in Karlsruhe and studied architecture with his father Karl Moser at the ETH Zurich from 1916. After working in Stuttgart and with Frank Lloyd Wright in the USA, he returned to Switzerland in 1926. In 1931 he founded Wohnbedarf AG together with Sigfried Giedion and Rudolf Graber, in 1937 he was a co-founder of the Haefeli Moser Steiger architectural firm and from 1958 he taught at the ETH Zurich.

Moser designed a whole range of furniture for Embru, some of which became very popular with customers and were subsequently produced in series. His designs are often characterized by a hidden sophistication, such as the adjustment of the seating position in the Moser armchair. These special features enabled the piece of furniture to be patented.

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Goldsmiths’ Chair by Tom Vaughan

Goldsmith’s Chair by Tom Vaughan

Private commission from the Goldsmiths’ Company as part of a showcase installation ‘Made For The Table’.

Show here in cast phosphor bronze, mirror polished with an oak bark bridle leather seat.

Available in a variety of materials and finishes.

Four legs pour molten-like to the ground; cast in bronze or aluminium, and formed from two flowing lines that cross where seat meets leg.

The metal at the back twists to support your form, against it’s form.

Reenacted in bronze – solid mirror polished and weighty – or aluminum – the chair is material play and lessons in finishes.

Via his company Object

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Wink Armchair by Toshiyuki Kita

Wink by Toshiyuki Kita

A design of 1980

I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum

In the Wink armchair, Kita created a playful, ironic and amusing image, its two big Mickey Mouse ears contrasting with the designer’s rigorous choice of materials and technological research.The metal frame is padded with polyurethane and Dacron, while the supports are made of ABS. A knob at the side adjusts the angle of the backrest, as in a car seat, and slides the leg-rest forward. In this way Wink can be turned in a bed/chaise longue. Even the ears/headrests are fully folding and become armrests when the user is sitting sideways

Milan Triennale Design Museum – 09

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Green Peacock Chair by Dror Benshetrit

Green Peacock Chair by Dror Benshetrit

Designed in 2009.

I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum

A peacock tail is a remarkable creation. The feathers are lightweight and fragile, but become powerful when positioned in a particular way. I wondered if it was possible to give this quality to a textile. Could a strategic configuration give fabric uncharacteristic strength?

We discovered that folding felt into a gentle wave provided enough structure to support a person’s body weight. When gathered into a crescent, the undulating form mimicked the shape of a peacock tail (and the backrest of a chair). As a fowl’s tail is made solely of feathers, it was important for our design to somehow let the felt stand on its own.

The Peacock Chair consists of three felt rings, which are folded and clipped into place on a simple metal frame. No stitching, glue, or additional material is required for the felt to maintain its distinctive profile. Manufactured by Cappellini, the cocoon-like lounger, now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection, is among the Italian furniture maker’s most iconic pieces.

Milan Triennale Design Museum – 08

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