Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Blue Art Studios, also responsible for that snazzy Modern Classics Alphabet poster, is at it again with another design classics print–this time featuring four mid-century modern favorites’ furniture and wall pieces. The 11″ x 17″ print has all four, Bertoia, Nelson, Eames, and Prouvé, on one poster for $35,
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Mozzee brings you NEST® a high chair that combines minimalist form with superior function. This chair fits babies and children from 6 months to 6 years. The new enhanced NEST® features a larger removable tray for easy cleaning, improved tray position to accommodate small babies and a complimentary 3 in 1 conversion kit that allows you to turn Nest in to Nester a low chair for children up to 6 years of age. Nest has won the coveted Design Mark by Standards Australia.
Designer: Sally Dominguez Made in Australia
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Lounge Landscape is a curved seating surface made out of a new multilayered composite based upon a polyester based fabric reinforced with glass fiber, bringing together lightness and the necessary strength.
After a series of digital and physical modeling the seating could be made, or calculated, from a single master mold with creative machining (check out that marker doing the job!). The necessary mathematics and ergonomics were not focusing on finding an optimal sitting position but rather to offer users the freedom to change positions and sit or lie down as they please.
Last July, they enjoyed a great response from the audience during the 175th birthday of the HfG Offenbach University for Art and Design. Lounge Landscape was not just about offering a comfortable seat but together with the play of light the seating elements create a smooth and friendly atmosphere which is key to an enjoyable break.
The Lounge Landscape is designed by product design students Nicola Burggraf, Susanne Hoffmann, Steffen Reichert, Nico Reinhardt and Yanbo Xu, guided by Professor Achim Menges. We caught them lounging at the MATERIALICA Design Show last month receiving their first design award, and probably not their last!
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Hunting Lines by Daniel Becker
You want to use it as a couch? As a lounge chair? Try to find your way to sit – lean back, if you can. Lay down, if you wish. Share it with others. Just don’t expect any help.
Designer: Daniel Becker Made in Germany
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A new and innovative event has just taken place in the UK as part of the Design Council’s dot07.com festival. The event was created by Richard Liddle of Cohda design and ran from the 20-28 of October. As the event began, onlookers saw very little-only machinery and open space. As members of the public brought in their trash which consisted of mainly plastics, a great change was witnessed by all. Sustainable plastic designs were being born from the public’s recycled rubbish. The event from Cohda became the life of the festival. On the last day of the festival, winners were picked randomly to take home pieces of the designs.
Designer: Cohda Studio
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About Cohda Design:
British company Cohda Design Ltd was founded in 2006 by product designer Richard Liddle as an urban design brand with a mission: “to design, manufacture and supply innovative contemporary products that break down the pre-conceptions of what sustainable, innovative designs should be.â€
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