Orgone Stretch Lounge by Marc Newson at Phillips de Pury & Company

Orgone Stretch Lounge (1993) by Marc Newson on auction May 14, 2010 with a whopping Estimate of $400,000-$600,000:

Polished aluminum, enameled aluminum. 24 3/8 x 70 1/2 x 32 5/8 in. (61.9 x 179.1 x 82.9 cm). Produced by POD Edition, UK. Artist’s proof number one of two for the edition of six. Underside impressed with Pod logo and “MARC NEWSON/POD EDITION/AP 1.” This is the only example produced with black interior.

PROVENANCE The Gallery Mourmans, The Netherlands; Private Collection

LITERATURE Phil Starling, “An Australian in Paris,” Blueprint, February 1994, front cover and p. 29; Volker Albus and Volker Fischer, 13 Nach Memphis: Design Zwichen Askese und Sinnlichkeit, Munich, 1995, p. 127; Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 172; Alice Rawsthorn, “Marc Newson,” I.D. Magazine, January/February 1996, p. 70; Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson, London, 1999, pp. 90-93; Museu do Design: Luxo, Pop, Cool, De 1937 Até Hoje, exh. cat., Museu do Design, Lisbon, 1999, fig. 224; Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, London, 2002, pp. 144-145; Louise Neri, ed., Marc Newson, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2007, p. 64

Via Phillips de Pury & Company.

Less Chair with the Chairless by Alejandro Aravena

Vitra introduced Chairless, a sitting strap only, designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena in Milan.

Aravena was inspired by a similar sitting strap commonly used by the Ayoreo Indians living in the border region between Paraguay and Bolivia. A portion of the proceeds from Chairless will go to the non-profit Foundation for Paraguayan Indian Communities, for support of the Ayoreo Indians.

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Urban Bench Metro40 by BMW


Recently USA, Kalamazoo, MI based Landscape Forms has introduced its striking Metro40 line of city furniture designed by or in cooperation with BMW Group DesignworksUSA. The Benches come in aluminum or aluminum with wood, with or without back. I like them with back better. Curious how they will withstand wear and tear.

LEC Auditorium Chairs by Jouko Järvisalo

LEC by Jouko Jarvisalo from Mobel
LEC by Jouko Jarvisalo from Mobel

LEC was designed by Jouko Jarvisalo, the chief designer and artistic director of Mobel. Mobel‘s well-known Kolo Armchair blown me away with its minimalism and steel structural statement sometime ago, and now I love this tilted auditorium chair set even more. The frame epoxy coated steel, and the seat and backrest is made with plywood. The plywood parts can also be layered with laminate or fabric. The stiff and strong construction requires only 2 legs for a group of 4-5 seats and offers more freedom to plan technical installations and facilitates cleaning. Foldable writing tablet can be optionally installed.

About Mobel

Founded in 1996, Mobel designs and markets furniture primarily for the contract market. Design philosophy of the collection embodies the views of the designer without compromises. Mobel furniture represents clean-cut and refined design heritage.

Company’s Chief Designer and Artistic Director is Interior Designer Jouko Järvisalo. The range includes also products designed by Interior Designer Pentti Hakala, Designers Vesa Damski, Teemu Järvi and Heikki Ruoho. The collection has received several internationally recognized design awards over the years.

Mobel acts as marketing company and Huonekalutehdas Korhonen Oy as producer of the collection. Founded in 1910, HKT Korhonen has successfully combined high quality tradition of handicraft and technology. Intense co-operation between the companies and strong emphasis on product development creates excellent prerequisites for advanced technical solutions. The first ever Pro Finnish Design award to be awarded for a piece of furniture was received in 1999 by Mobel for the Kova chair designed by Jouko Järvisalo.

Marketing and sales are conducted in co-operation with professionals in the field of design, mainly architects and interior designers. Mobel products are the preferred choice of people who appreciate timeless and unique interior design and high-class architectural design. They also regard interiors as a significant element of the image of their company and want to invest in the comfort of their quests and their staff.

Product development, sales and administration of the company are located in Kaarina, Finland. The main showroom is situated in Helsinki.

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Flower Chair by Icelandic Studiobility


Since an Iceland Volcano attracts a lot of attention, it seems appropriate to ask some attention for the Icelandic Chair designers of Studiobility [note that the site needs some good old fashion time for loading]

Gudrun Lilja Gunnlaugsdottir was educated at Eindhoven but chose to set up shop at home. She founded the design firm Studiobility with her husband, Jon Asgeir Hreinsson, in Reykjavik in 2005, and began producing projects like Flowerchair.

It was produced from a line drawing of a flower, “extruded” through strips of wood. An alternate version exists in shiny PVC.

via Core77.