Black Paper Chair by Kibardindesign
Heart Chair
Infinity Bench by Andrew Williams & Tom Huang
Infinity by Andrew Williams and Tom Huang is a bench that explores the possibilities of bamboo strip construction and is made using a similar method of construction as used in canoe building. The bench is designed as public seating.
Via design-milk.com
Felted Rock Cushions by Ronél Jordaan – 2011 IMM Cologne (26)
Felted Rock Cushions by Ronél Jordaan
I’m heading to IMM Cologne for the second consecutive year and realized I haven’t even published all material I collected last year. Then the first boot I stumbled on was from Unseen Products. I couldn’t connect the dots last year until recently I saw the Felted Wool Stones again at the site VivaTerra.
The rocks seem so real one of the visitors had to touch them.
About Ronél Jordaan
In 2004, South African textile designer Ronel Jordaan, having been a textile designer for 26 years, began researching the possibilities of using felt as a creative medium. Entirely self taught and following her own creative instincts, she began to turn fine gossamer thread into robust felted forms. By patiently rubbing and coaxing threads of pure wool into shapes in nature that inspire her, she found her direction and started a small home industry. Next she trained a handful of women to help her. Recognized for their originality and design uniqueness, her creations found an immediate market. Within a year she sought bigger premises and a year after that she needed to expand further.
Annie Cogan of Chairs and Buildings
I found this interview on Herman Miller’s Blog series Lifework. It’s with Annie Cogan of Chairs and Buildings. Annie is a fellow chair lover. She’s an artist/designer/architect. She lives and works in the same building. First a brownstone in Brooklyn, NY later in a Victorian Mansion in a small town in Mississippi and lately in a commercial building in Charleston and recently she has moved again. There are many similarities here, but I will address them later (maybe).