This ‘beehive chair’ created by designer Christoffer Angell was on display during the stockholm furniture fair as part of the ‘under construction’ exhibition by oslo national academy of the arts.
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New York Design week 2008: Johnny Swing Coin Bench
Vermont based designer Johnny Swing displayed his series of furniture pieces made from actual coins at this year’s ICFF. his ‘nickel couch’ uses 7,000 nickels welded together with 35,000 welds. the couch is supported with a metal rod base that is extremely re-enforced. other pieces in the coin series include an easy chair, side chair and a bowl. swing also creates other pieces of furniture and sculptural works.
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TUNTO / Tunto Design / Skede
The Skede chair by Finish designer Mikko Kärkkäinen. is available
with a leather covering or in plain steel.
The chair is made out of brushed, stainless steel. It comes in beige or black; the stitching options are beige/beige, black/black, black/beige and black/pink.
The graphic decks are Finnish Control decks.
The chair is also available without a deck, if you feel like fitting it with an old-school deck or one your own favorite, heavily lipslided decks. Screws and installation instructions are included with the chair.
'mushrooms ate my furniture' by shinwei rhoda yen
‘mushrooms ate my furniture’ by designer is of garden furniture that is made with natural wood, embedded with mushrooms’ spawn. after a time of exposure to the weather, mushrooms will grow our and live with the furniture for a few more years. as the nutritional material from the wood is eaten by the mushrooms, the furniture will start to break down, eventually dying while giving its life to the mushrooms.
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The Trademark Blog: Heller v. Design Within Reach (Bellini Chair)
Since 1998 plaintiff Heller has been selling in the US a chair designed by Mario Bellini. The chair has received various design awards and is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY. Heller filed for and received trademark registration 3,270,850 for the shape of the Bellini chair:
Design Within Reach is a retailer of designer furniture. Since 1999 it has sold the Bellini chair and in fact spotlights Mario Bellini on its site (see above).
Heller now alleges that DWR has begun selling or will shortly begin selling a Bellini knock-off chair (the complaint is not yet on Pacer so I don’t have photos yet of defendant’s chair).
The Trademark Blog: Heller v. Design Within Reach (Bellini Chair)