Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Designed in 2006
I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum
Two striking outsize elements upholstered in velvet repeat and reinterpret the form of a starfish, evoked in the product’s name. The two superimposed parts, one on the top of the other, create the chair itself and the supports for the back and arms in an enfolding sofa.
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A design of 2010. For Capellini.
I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum
Looking like the corolla of the flower from which it take its name, the seat was created by revising the proportions of a classic armchair, which Wanders lengthened considerably. It has a swivel base in black lacquered metal, while the shell is made of soft polyurethane coinjected with rigid polyurethane.
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Design of 1936. I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum
On the occasion of the VIth Triennale di Milano Bottoni and Pucci designed some models of self-sprung armchair for “Waiting room in Doctor’s Surgery”. This unique piece, with a new type of elastic suspension based on a cross-over frame is part of this project.
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I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum
In 1957 the Catalina Chair, brought into the spotlight on the stage of the 11th Milan Tiennale, masterfully attested to the foundations of the design orientation of the figure known as “Caccia”, who was as reserved as he was intellectually appreciated for the way he went about his profession. The structure in cast iron, hot lacquered in Renault gray – the same gray as the first metallic cars – consists in three thin metal rods joined at the top by a ribbon made of the same material. The idea was to model an iron bar in a ribbon that after a few short centimeters would curve into a comfortable armrest. The oval seat in black polyester-lacquered wood in the original version of the chair is fitted with an expanded polyurethane cushion upholstered in Azucena leather or velvet fastened by the three upright rods.
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Chairs!
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A design of 1993. I took this photo September 24, 2011 in the Milan Triennale Design Museum
The plain aluminum frame is reduced in thickness and form. The design of this chair expands into two rich volutes produced by a continuous strip of bent beechwood that serves as the back and armrest. So if the part in metal first glance reminds one of a functionalist stool, the wooden part evokes the classical forms of a comfortable armchair, hollowed out so that just the outline remains. The coldness of the metal and the warmth of the bent wood, designed with a poetic all-encompassing image: The result of this union is an object that seems to be balanced between the two worlds of tradition and modernity and plays on the contrast between natural and artificial materials. The careful detailing is reflected in the small features that make this chair highly original, like the bifurcation which supports the back and its transition to the metal leg which, overall, appears to be rotated 45 degrees from normal.
Found Icons has one for sale for Euro 900,-
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Chairs!
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