Only when I visited the Tecta booth at 2011 IMM Cologne, I realized Bauhaus founder and architect Walter Gropius had designed chairs as well. Here his F51 Chair and Sofa.
Wire Chair by Nendo
Wire Chair by Nendo
The next generation of the ‘cord chair’, with its 15mm diameter legs of stainless steel clad in a hyper-thin wood skin. The wooden skin has been stripped away and the diameter of the steel rods increased from 9 to 12mm, giving them the strength to support the chair independently of the wood. Multiple layers of powder coating and hand polishing give the chair a rare lustrous finish, reminiscent of traditional Japanese lacquerware. The new finish also heightens the chair’s flexibility of use: the resulting durability and water resistance of the finish allow the wire chair to be used outdoors, and the colour selected. These modifications bring fresh charm to an already innovative chair.
sorry for the early lookers: I pushed the publish button a bit too early
Cuoio by Eoos at 2011 IMM Cologne (12)
I Found Cuoio at the Walter Knoll booth at IMM Cologne 2011. The second photo of the lounge chair demonstrates that the decorators of a booth should not interfere with a chair. The additions obliterate a clear view on a clear design. The first photo is of the bar stool variant.
Cuoio leather, which gives the chair its name, and black powdered steel form the skin and frame. The cutouts in the seat and back surfaces are not only decorative, but have a form-giving function analogous to tailored clothes.
About Eoos
Gernot Bohmann (left) was born in 1968 in Krieglach/Styria, Harald Gründl (middle) in 1967 in Vienna and Martin Bergmann (right) in 1963 in Lienz/East Tyrol. After their graduation from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, they founded EOOS in 1995.
Via Eoos
Blow Sofa by MALAFOR
The Blow Sofa (Black) and Blow Sofa Red by MALAFOR. Made from 100% recycled paper dunnage bags. It is easy to transport when deflated and simple to inflate. Each section can be personalized with a pen and if the cushion gets dirty, it is inexpensive to replace.
MALAFOR stands for Main Laboratory of Form, started in 2004 by two Polish designers, Agata Kulik and Paweł Pomorski who went to the faculty of design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland.
Via Design Milk, but it can also be found on Art Syndicate that represents various designers.
Tec Chair by Bao-Ngi Droste
Bao Ngi Droste created this light and stackable Tec Chair.
Bao-Nghi Droste was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1977. After an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, he studied Industrial Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany. Gathering further work experience at the offices of Werner Aisslingler in Berlin, Germany, and Hannes Wettstein in Zurich, Switzerland, he finally set up his own studio in Heidelberg, Germany, in 2007