Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto

Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto Side

Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto Front

Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto. Not so much if you look at the front, but certainly when you look at the side. It is stackable and designed for Italian manufacturer Gruppo Sintesi.

ChairKIT_ by Dan Civico

ChairKit_ bay Dan Civico
Dan Civico is an artist, designer and maker based in the UK.

The design of ChairKIT_ is a happy accident.

During the recent recession I began designing a high quality, handmade chair for the domestic market that retailed under £100. I set about experimenting with a mix of production and handcrafted processes in order to fulfill this criteria.

The result was a range of chairs that combined CNC routed birch plywood with various handcrafted, solid timber inserts including walnut and oak.

The chairs, although they didn’t quite make the £100 mark (selling at £120), sold out not long after they were first exhibited and I have since had many re-orders. However, it was a subsequent visit to the CNC manufacturers that interested me more.

The off-cuts from the chair’s leg profile, which I’d asked to be discarded, were still in the workshop and they instantly struck me as being very similar in dimension and proportion to that of the seat pan. I went straight back to my studio and within an hour I had designed the first version of ChairKIT_.

The idea is simple; it maximizes materials — sustainably sourced birch plywood, cuts down on processes and provides people with the experience and pleasure of constructing their own chair. I feel this idea will make people more inclined to keep them, giving them longevity and ultimately a nod to the environment.

Also found via the via the Deconstruction tag of Design Milk …..

Chair Fix by Ben Wilson

The idea seems similar to that of the Chairfix by Ben Wilson who exhibited it at The Aram Gallery already in 2003. However Ben Wilson asked various other artists to create their own unique image on the cut out plate.

Fusillo by Marco Goffi

Fusillo Lounge Chair by Marco Goffi
Design Milk has a nice series of how designs came from concept to prototypes or products which they tagged Deconstruction. In one of those posts Fusillo by Marco Goffi. I discovered this lounge chair by Marco Goffi.

Loops, the Ultimate Knitted Chair by Sophie de Vocht – Milan 2011 (22)

Loops by Sophie de Vocht
Loops, the Ultimate Knitted Chair by Eindhoven Design Academy student Sophie de Vocht who is based in Utrecht, The Netherlands, was presented by Casamania at the Salone 2011. Actually it is based on the tufting technique to create carpets.