Stitching Concrete Chair by Florian Schmid

Stitching Concrete by industrial design graduate Florian Schmid is a collection of stools made from a material called Concrete Canvas. It consists of cement layered between fabric and a PVC backing that can be manipulated for a few hours when wet and then hardens.

Schmid shapes the Concrete Canvas and then stitches the edges together with bright colored threads, making the stools look like stitched pieces of folded fabric.

From the designer:

Stitching Concrete combines the softness of cloth with the stability of concrete. Once brought in the final shape, you just have to water the material and within 24h it will alomst harden out completely. The challenge was to get into the material and bring it from its rawness to something new. Approching trough patterns, origami and stitchings a unique series of stools got born. Waterproof, fireproof, resistant against UV, durable. The fibre reinforcement makes it strong and the cloth gives back a warm atmosphere.

Via dezeen.com

Mr. Smith the Second by Anthony Hartley

This multi-colored Mr. Smith the Second chair by UK furniture designer Anthony Hartley totally looks like a piece of some twisted candy, don’t you think? It’s not really made of candy though, Mr. Smith the Second is colored beech wood with a high-gloss lacquer finish!

Flexible Sandwich Chaise by François Azambourg

François Azambourg patented his 1999 “flexible sandwich” of wood ply and foam, used to make this chair and ottoman. The ergonomic material represents VIA’s mission to promote original combinations of traditional materials.
via Dwell.

Note: This post has been on my backburner for a very long time:-)

About Via

For 30 years, the Valorisation de L’Innovation dans l’Ameublement, affectionately known as VIA, has promoted contemporary, innovative furniture design with economical and eco-friendly projects by new talent. “We have a very important action to reveal French designers,” explains Gérard Laizé, executive director of the company. Through its impetus to finance projects based in both technical research and creativity, VIA aims to connect manufacturers, designers and retailers. Laizé teamed up with the widely recognized Paris modern art museum, Centre Pompidou, to create Via Design 3.0, an exhibit highlighting the company’s history of modern design for the home. To coincide with the show’s last weekend, contributing writer Suzy Evans shares the history behind a few of the pieces on view.

Recreated this post that got lost in the vines of internet.

Last edited by Guido on August 10, 2011 at 4:11 PM

WIKL by Gerlinde Gruber: a Stool to Walk and Live With

WIKL is a lovely portable stool by Gerlinde Gruber, but with five and a half meters of luscious satin fabric wrapped around its dark wooden trestle and knotted in circle handles, it looks like it could be some avant-garde fashion designer’s idea of a women’s handbag. In reality, the stool is meant to be carried if needed!

In addition to its attractive looks, WIKL is stackable and is easy to clean and reclothe.

Top Posts of July, 2011

1) Man Stool: 527 views.

2) Mushroom Pouf from Anthropologie: 495 views.

3) Anchored Candy no2 by Vivian Beer: 484 views.

Anchored-Candy-no2-by-Vivian-Beer

4) Luso Lounger by James Uren: 483 views.

5) Button Chair by Sanil Choi: 481 views.

Other matters had kept me personally from posting here extensively in June and July. Luckily Julia kept us afloat during these months.

Hence total visits and pageviews dwindled from 53,704 visits and 118,068 pageviews in May, 2011 (52 posts) via 41,216 visits with 88,953 pageviews in June, 2011 (10 posts) to 36,467 visits with 80,189 pageviews in July, 2011 (22 posts).

A new contributer has announced warming up to start posting in August. Hope to see him and you soon !

Update: I had to recreate this post after it got lost when we had some issues with our hosting during the first week of August, 2011.

Last edited by gje on August 6, 2011 at 11:12 PM