Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
With the motto “Grand confort, Sans confor, Dommage a Corbu”, or “Sorry Corbu, a Grand comfort without comfort” Stephan Zwicky created this Concrete LC2.
I had featured this chair earlier, but the reason I repeat it is that it wasn’t until I read Fabio Novembre’s blogpost that I realized this was an ode to le Corbusier.
This incredibly artful Rhino Chair by Spanish designer Maximo Riera is part of his outstanding Animal Chair Collection that constitutes a diverse range of species, starting with the truly spectacular Octopus Chair, followed by Rhino and Walrus. Lion, Beetle and Whale are yet to be revealed to the public.
Each creation retains the animal’s natural vitality whilst being totally biologically accurate in their appearance. This collection is homage to these animals and the whole animal kingdom which inhabits our planet, as an attempt to reflect and capture the beauty of nature in each living thing.
The Rhino Chair is on show at 100% Design London from September 22 – 25, 2011.
Via designboom.com
The Stray Bullet Chair by a Brazilian design studio Design da Gema was inspired by a real chair that was stuck in a bar shooting, from the designers:
Survivor chair turns into luxury item. Chairs were target of shooting at a carioca bar from the Northern Zone of Rio de Janeiro. One of them, severely injured, was brought to our studio and, with luck, resisted the tragedy. And so, we celebrate it with our new Stray Bullet Collection.
Materials: Plastic chair, Eyelets
While surfing I grabbed this photo of this wonderful stylish and seemingly comfy Olga Chair by Claudia and Harry Washington from the web, but forgot wher I’d seen it. Now I know: The Future Perfect.
Next question is: Who are Claudia and Harry Washington? Some searching:
Bernhardt Designs says:
Harry met Claudia when they were students at the University of Applied Arts in San Salvador. Their rise to become design pacesetters in El Salvador may appear to have been overnight, but they have been perfecting their skills for four years, as designers in a world where they not only create, but have to execute their work by whatever means possible.
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The very distinctive Olga chair won San Salvador’s design competition Contempo, sponsored by USAID. As winners, the Washingtons’ work was exhibited at the ICFF in New York in 2008.
And then I found their temporary website: Due e Studio
Online chair by Emilio Nanni
How one post can lead to another:
When Julia posted the Outline Chair by Sebastina Errazuriz I thought “When there is an Outline chair out there, there certainly must be an Online Chair out there” and after a simple search found this one. Next question off course is “And how about an Inline chair?” Answer: There is..stay tuned!