Ghisolfa Sofa by Raffaella Mangiarotti

Ghisolfa sofa by Raffaella Mangiarotti for IOC Project Partners

Ghisolfa is a seating system for individual moments or for private sharing, ideal for offering a protected micro-environment in the most open spaces. The armchair or the sofa can be coupled at the front to create more isolated and complete spaces. The thickness of the ribbed upholstery and the fabric give these seats a high sound absorption coefficient, making them ideal for holding meetings in total comfort. The characteristic embracing profile,the curved shape above the seat with the soft cushions increase the internal comfort by offering more room to the body therein contained. The new low-back sofa and armchair guarantee the same comfort of the seating but at the same time allow to have a look to the surrounding environment.

Winner NYCxDESIGN Awards – New York 2019.
Winner GOOD DESIGN Awards – Chicago 2019.
Honoree Best of Year Awards – New York 2019.

via Architonic

#3 of the Big Sofa Book .

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Thanatos Chair by Philipp Aduatz

Thanatos Chair by Philipp Aduatz
Thanatos Chair by Philipp Aduatz

Thanatos Chair by Philipp Aduatz

Via the RSS feed here from Core77 my eye was drawn to this chair.

It is nice to see Philip as always generous in showing the “making of” his mostly limited editions.

The Thanatos Furniture Collection is inspired by morbid forms and structures at the end of vegetation during autumn.

For this collection, Philipp Aduatz developed his own material, a resin-marble composite, combining the material advantages of stone and resin polymers. The material is composed from cast resin filled with a marble powder additive, a waste product from marble industry. During marble production processes, the marble industry generates large amounts of waste that give rise to environmental pollution. This project should demonstrate a possible application of these wastes.

The collection further represents the result of an intensive one-year research and experimentation in mould making techniques. First, a fragile model from paper was made for each piece. The chair and the table were cast in one piece in experimental moulds made from plaster. For the stool, first a master pattern was cast in experimental moulds made from silicone rubber and a composite material. Finally, durable silicone block moulds were made to replicate the stool in a larger edition.

Main goal was to develop an ultra-resilient but also tough material suitable for long-term use. Because it is cast in one continuous material, it can easily be refurbished by sanding and polishing as often as necessary. These properties together make it a sustainable and exceptionally long-lasting material.

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Desk Chair by Alphabet

Desk Chair by Alphabet

Based in Montreal, Canada, Alphabet has fused the chair and desk, to form a chair with a laptob or tablet table in front of it. Seems clever and comfy.

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Airplane Seats by Pearson Lloyd

Airplane Seats by Pearson Lloyd

Recently London based designers Pearson Lloyd designed a new interior for  the German Aircarrier Lufthansa’s Airbus A350 Cabin.

Designing Airplane seates, like designing car seats is no senecure as comfort and sturdiness are high on the shortlist.

Drawing inspiration from ideas of space and scale, the studio designed a cabin in which the seat is both a singular product with an immediate visual character, but also feel part of a broader whole, in dialogue with its surroundings inside and outside the aircraft.

The colour palette of the design is based on Lufthansa’s ‘colour breeze’ design concept, reflecting the multiple tones of blue in the sky and horizon, rooted in a modified Lufthansa blue. A combination of yarns is mixed in different proportions for different seat covers and creates a gradient that runs from dark blue for seats by the windows, where natural light is strongest, towards lighter tones of the colour breeze for seats at the centre of the cabin. The effect visually stretches the space, making the experience more inviting, calming and dynamic.

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Dandy Armchair by Pierre Sindre

Dandy Armchair by Pierre Sindre

Pierre designed this chair in 2017 for Gärsnäs.

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