Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Korea based designer Sanil Choi created the Button Chair, inspired by the buttons on our everyday clothing. The back is separate from the seat to make them feel like different elements buttoned together.
Material: wood & fabric
Size: H740 x W430 x D430 (mm)
h220430 is two Japanese designers Satoshi Itasaka and Takuto Usami. Their new EVA kids chair is designed to be flat-packed and then formed using only a piece of string.
Tomorrow for sale at Von Zezschwitz : Armchair Interlux by Manfred Kielnhofer.
Estimate € 1.800,00 ($ 2,500.00)
Update: Hammer Price € 1.200,00 ($ 1,692.00)
Whenever I see a chair designed by Jean Prouve I think:”Hm, sturdy but not very elegant”, but this fauteuil de grand repos (or lounge chair) is an exception. It is made by the German Tecta company and has been sold at an auction of the Munich, Germany based, auction house Von Zezschwitz. The Hammer Price was Euro 900,00 or $ 1,269.00 on April 15, 2011.
Makoto Azuma collaborated with Herman Miller to create this custom Aeron chair covered in green AstroTurf, a type of artificial grass. The chair’s functional parts, like the wheels and knobs are left uncovered for easy operation. The chair will be on display at the Tokyo Herman Miller store this summer.
