Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
The Borghese sofa was inspired by the Stone Pines of Villa Borghese in Rome: the metal structure is reminiscent of the intricate tree branches, while the cushions serve as the landscape. Again, the emotional relation with nature is the primary source of inspiration.
The Borghese sofa exists in a longer and even more sculptural version, covered with Pierre Frey fabric.
#13 of the Big Sofa Book
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A Happy 2024 to you all. Like last year I’ll try to post at least once per day in 2024. Last year, after Easter, I stopped when I was hospitalized for 10 days and had to lie down for a couple of weeks. Then my whole rhythm had disappeared. A new Year with new chances!
Lot 140 at a Wright Auction (same as lot 140 at the Lama Auction) shows us:
one of Pesce’s two original studies for the Feltri chair. The felt is covered in rubber, which allows it to be washed and waterproofed. This prototype’s base is made of bent felt treated with a rigid resin; this idea was later abandoned because of the materials’ fragility.
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The ear flap chair is often set in the context of heavy upholstery furniture. This type of chair, aims to create a safe and undisturbed space in the space of the user. In this project, work has been done to create a light and open construction that preserves the good and safe qualities of the ear flap chair. The frame of the chair is designed so that the user is lifted away from the cold metal construction. In this way, the user’s body is only in contact with the chair’s hot materials -hearing flagline and oil treated ash.
Update:
Some people seem not to believe you can sit in the chair. Therefor I add Astrid herself seated in the very chair:
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Kiki van Eijk lives in a peaceful farmhouse in Eindhoven and works in a warehouse where she makes fantastical things. She looks at the delicate small details of nature with joy and delight and uses colors with uncommon intuition. Her beliefs? Imagination is more important than knowledge! She is never in a hurry.
Joost van Bleiswijk is a prolific Dutch designer who gives great value to the process of making. He grew up in Delft, and studied at the Design Academy of Eindhoven, where he met his future partner, Kiki van Eijk.
Joost welds, saws, screws and constructs. He casts and moulds. In short: he makes. The workshop as his kingdom where design unfolds. What truly defines him? Interest in the construction of the objects and a quite physical approach. And with only one rule: never follow trends!
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The Lawless Sofa, made by Detroit-based furniture designer Evan Fay, consists of a steel pipe grid interwoven with exuberant foam tubes upholstered in stretch fabric. The juxtaposition of the steel grid and the randomly woven foam offers a playful exploration of how chaos and structure can coexist in society and living rooms alike. Tactile, exaggerated, and altogether unconventional, this sofa is a statement piece that is both comfortable and inspiring.
Via Walker Art
Evan Fay is an American born furniture designer, maker, and educator currently working/living in Detroit, MI. His work focuses on intuitive building systems and spontaneous form within the realm of functional objects that express an obvious nature of craft and structure.
In 2014, Fay received a BFA in furniture design from Kendall College of Art and Design, and an MFA in 2016 studying 3D design from Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 2015 he worked under the Dutch design studio Kiki & Joost, which Fay describes as a liberating moment in his education.
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