Shigeru Ban: Carbon Fiber Chair for Tokyo fiber 09 Sensware

Carbon Chair by Shigeru Ban

Carbon Fiber composite chair by shigeru ban image © designboom

shigeru ban conceived a light-weight chair that uses carbon fiber TENAX® for lightness and tensile strength. rather than using carbon fiber on its own, he created a tough structure by sandwiching aluminum between thin layers of carbon fiber. The use of aluminum in the combination enables successful pinpointing of the characteristics of carbon fiber.

Via Design Boom

Aluminum Lounge Chair concept by Erick Sakal

Aluminum Lounge Chair by Erick Sakal

Concept for a aluminum lounge by Erick Sakal (Mexico)

Via Modern & Contemporary Design Magazine / Another Long Chair/ Products / DESIGNSPOTTER.COM

Carbon Fibre Ch.airs by Laisr

Carbon Fibre Chair by Laisr

Laisr is a design studio based in Basel, Switzerland. They specialize in producing furniture using a very non-traditional material, carbon fibre. This super strong and ultra light material is mainly used for engineering purposes, but Laisr has applied it to three chairs in their product line. the reason they use the material is because of its super strength. While most don’t like to think of carbon fibre as a green material, Laisr believes that because its durability makes it last so long, the required energy to manufacture it is justified. They also took the design of the chairs into consideration, creating sleek and, what they believe, to be timeless form.

Via Design Boom

Phillips de Pury & Company: MAARTEN VAN SEVEREN, Pair of No II chairs

Pair of aluminum No II chairs, by Maarten van Sevener, ca. 1998

Bent aluminum sheet, tubular aluminum. Each: 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) high Produced by Maarten Van Severen MEUBELEN, Belgium (2).
ESTIMATE $5,000-7,000

LITERATURE Maarten Van Severen, Maarten Van Severen: Work, Oostkamp, 2004, pp. 36 and 39, pp. 38 and 40 for similar examples and p. 42 for a drawing

Via Phillips de Pury & Company:

Corona Chair by Poul M. Volther

AN ALUMINUM AND UPHOLSTERED ‘CORONA’ CHAIR,
DESIGNED BY POUL VOLTHER FOR ERIK JORGENSEN CIRCA 1961, WITH MANUFACTURER’S LABEL
AN ALUMINUM AND UPHOLSTERED ‘CORONA’ CHAIR,
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Estimate $1,000 – $1,500
Sale 2031 christie’s interiors 1 – 2 October 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Lot Description
AN ALUMINUM AND UPHOLSTERED ‘CORONA’ CHAIR,
DESIGNED BY POUL VOLTHER FOR ERIK JORGENSEN CIRCA 1961, WITH MANUFACTURER’S LABEL
36in. (91.5cm.) high, 33½in. (85cm.) wide, 28in. (71cm.) deep

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