Spook by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station



The Spook armchair by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station is made exclusively out of heat-formed fibre felt and comes in anthracite, burgundy or navy blue color.

The inspiration for this design comes from the ghostly silhouettes that are created whenever chairs are covered with a sheet, and this idea is applied to the production of Spook. The mono-block is made in one single process by thermo pressing the polymer fibre: a preheated flat felt mat, draping the three-dimensional shape, creates natural folds that stiffen after being cooled down. This way, every Spook armchair is unique – no two products are identical.

Measurements (mm):

  • Seat height 360
  • Overall height 610
  • Seat width 420
  • Overall width 1020
  • Seat depth 450
  • Overall depth 935
  • Weight, kg 9,4
  • Cbm 1,2

The design team Iskos-Berlin was founded in 2010 in Copenhagen by the two established designers Aleksej Iskos, born in 1965 in Kharkiv, and Boris Berlin, born in 1953 in St. Petersburg.

Limited Edition Gold Panton Mini Chair

While we’re at the subject of gold, let me also share this little beauty – a mini version of a timeless classic, Panton chair, in, you guessed it, gold! Limited to only 500 pieces, the chair was made to celebrate the opening of the Panton Chair exhibition at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in 2009. The chair comes in a 1/6th scale to the original.

Via highsnobiety.com

Golden Chair by Fredrik Mattson

Golden Chair by Fredrik Mattson is a 24 carat gold covered version of his TBS chair, design inspired by Mattson’s ‘Golden Chair’ award. Simple, but definitely makes a statement!

Chairwear by Claire-Anne O’Brien

Chairwear by Claire-Anne O’Brien
Chairwear by Claire-Anne O’Brien backside

Claire-Anne O’Brien is originally from Ireland and has recently graduated from the Royal College of Art [2010] with a Masters in Textiles.

Articulated Skeleton on a Thonet Bentwood Chair

Portrait of an articulated skeleton on a Thonet bentwood chair
I was just searching the Commons on Flickr and saw this chair photo of ca 1900 from the collection of the Powerhouse Museum. Couldn’t wait till Halloween to share it with you:-)

Via Portrait of an articulated skeleton on a bentwood chair.

The Powerhouse Museum, located in Sidney says:

This collection of glass plate negatives was acquired by the Museum in the 1980s and appears to have been made by a Sydney based photographic studio from around 1880 through to 1920. The images are on both whole and half plate negatives and many of the larger images are of a high quality.