J67 Chair by Ejvind A. Johansson
J67 Chair by Ejvind A. Johansson for FDB Møbler
“There is much more to furniture design than maths and science”
The architect Ejvind A. Johansson (1923-2002) headed the FDB design studio for three years from 1956 to 1958 after Børge Mogensen and Poul M. Volther.He trained as a cabinetmaker, and completed his studies at the School of Arts and Crafts in 1949. At the age of 33, he was appointed head of design at FDB Møbler, where he kept the flag flying for three years.
During this period, he managed to design a range of furniture with broad appeal, and which embraced the future to a slightly greater extent than the designs of his two predecessors. This is perhaps reflected in the prices which Ejvind A. Johansson’s furniture often fetches at auction houses today.
As a cabinetmaker, he favoured – like Mogensen and Volther – solid craftsmanship combined with aesthetic design which was built for daily use.
It is therefore with great pleasure that Coop has relaunched the chair J67, designed by Ejvind A. Johansson in 1957.
By Flou price is € 339,00.
Due Più by Nanda Vigo
Due Più by Nanda Vigo for Acerbis Design
Nanda Vigo’s seat known as Due Più armchair is an astonishing, enigmatic object where the use of two rollers that look like they’re floating makes for truly unique features. Futurist in aspect, we can see it as an emblematic design blending Vigo’s two souls: the esprit de géométrie that shines through the minimalist metallic structure with its light reflection, and an eccentric, pioneering spirit apparent in the use of Mongolian fur. Currently presented by Acerbis with a steel frame and furs reclaimed from food industry waste, according to circular economy principles that make it compatible with contemporary ethics.
We are proud to announce that the Due Più armchair by Nanda Vigo won the Archiproducts Design Awards 2023.
About Nanda Vigo
Nanda Vigo was born in Milan in 1936. She lives in Milan and East Africa.
She was interested in art from a very young age when she spent time in the company of Filippo de Pisis, a family friend, and when she saw the architecture of Giuseppe Terragni from whom – we might guess – she learnt to pay attention to light.
After having graduated from the Institut Polytechnique, Lausanne, and having studied further in San Francisco, in 1959 she set up her own studio in Milan. From then on the basic theme of her art was the conflict/harmony between light and space, something the artist uses in her art work as well as in her architecture and design. From 1959 on she frequented the studio of Lucio Fontana, and then she became close to the artists who had founded the Azimut gallery in Milan, Piero Manzoni and Enrico Castellani. In that period, due to her journeys for her numerous exhibitions throughout Europe (more than 400 solo and group shows), Vigo came to know the artists and places of the ZERO movement in Germany, the Netherlands, and France.
Via Nanda Vigo
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Hudson Street Lounge Chair by Ralph Lauren
Hudson Street Lounge Chair by Ralph Lauren
After the replica the real one. Her you see the nuts clearly.
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Lounge Chair Basque by Eichholz – M&O 2017 (06)
Lounge Chair Basque by Eichholz
I see I have an enourmous backlog in showing my own photo’s here. This is mainly because I haven’t taken the time to find a proper title on many occasions or noted even creator or designer. The main reason for starting now to work on this is the fact that I now can try to identify the chairs I took photo’s of via Google lens.
I first believed this is the Ralph Lauren Hudson Street lounge chair, but it is a replica. I’m missing 4 nuts on the sides…I had hoped Maison & Object in Paris would have banned a replica….but not….Eichholz “works with in house designers err I would say copiists”
Luckily I had a photo of a tag.
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