Dutch Designer Joris Laarman will be exposing work at Friedman Benda, nyc from march 4 until april 10, 2010.
Among works exposed will be this Bone Rocker Chair.
Via Design Boom
Best Test 1-400 or Computational Chair by Philippe Morel
Best Test 1-400 or Computational Chair by Philippe Morel, 2004
Cut and laminated elm. 35 3/8 in. (89.9 cm) high. From the edition of 25.
ESTIMATE $12,000-18,000
via Phillips de Pury & Company: PHILIPPE MOREL, “Best Test 1-400†or “Computational” chair.
Granite Chairs project by Max Lamb
For some time now Max Lamb is in the process of overhauling his website. He’s probably still in China…
I worked in close collaboration with a small stone yard called An Li Stone in Chengnanzhuang, Hebei Province, 350km southwest of Beijing. I don’t speak a word of Mandarin and the stone-yard workers not a word of English, but with the help of the young nephew of Ling Hejun, the owner of An Li Stone, who could speak a tiny bit of English (and the dictionary on his mobile phone), plenty of sign-language and sketches directly on the surface of each boulder, we were able to successfully realise a collection of furniture pieces in Chinese granite. These include a concave-cut boulder chair in Chinese green granite using the natural radius of the diamond blade, three straight-cut boulder chairs in both Chinese green granite and black granite, a natural split quarter table, a twin boulder table and a selection of boulder stools and tables. Each granite boulder was selected for it’s natural characteristics as generated through millions of years of geothermal activity and revealed during the quarrying process, and only the minimum amount of cutting was performed on each boulder to achieve the desired appearance and function. Each cut surface was then polished using graded diamond pads and water.
Wood by Åke Axelsson
Åke Axelsson has presented this chair Wood for Garnas at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010. He seems inspired by Thonet in several of his designs.
Wood is made from beech from sustainable managed forests. The components are made with a traditional steaming technique that uses a minimal amount of wood. Wood is packed disassembled in a recyclable cardboard in order to reduce transport volume and thereby carbon dioxide emissions. Wood is lightweight and comfortable and meets the highest requirements for both product durability and environmental sustainability. Wood is available in untreated or waxed beech, or with a eco labeled stain in black, white, dark brown or red. The back can be upholstered in a choice of vegetable tanned leather, sheepskin or cotton canvas.”
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Crème Deux Redux by Stuart Fingerhut
I’m reworking the blog backward (at page 53…not even half way) but I found the Crème, searched for Stu and can now present the Crème Deux Redux by Stuart Fingerhut and what an impressive WordPress powered website he has!