This old footage I found on Youtube of a chair that folds itself into a briefcase might spice up some new inspiration from some old goodies. Check out the full video here.
Oyster chair by Studio KG
Madrid, Spain based Studio KG was formed by Key Portilla-Kawamura and Ali Ganjavian. Here their Oyster Chair.
Sometimes the same idea originates at several places more or less at the same time. See The Chair Stool
Issues with my hosting
I’m having issues with my hosting. Therefore you’ll see me testing the 2010 Theme as an alternative to the Thesis Theme.
The Chairs 2011 Calendar by Storybymia
Mia @Etsy was inspired by her husband’s passion for Eames chairs and created this modern desktop calendar. It’s just a colorful treat to please my day.
The Chair and the Nobel Prize
Found this photo at Global Grind. It shows Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Price committee, last week during the Nobel Prize giving ceremony. The empty chair next to him was reserved for Liu Xiaobo. Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese dissident as we say in the Western world, but a criminal according to the Chinese Government. He had won the 2010 Noble Prize for Peace….Hm, I see many people from China visit this blog. Would China now attempt to block this blog as well?
Amazing how a chair, an empty one, can become very political…
On a different note: It seems a good habit that Nobel Price laureates autograph the chairs in Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm. Here you see Ei-ichi Negishi autographing one…so to see a Thonet Chair… on 6 December 2010.