Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
aluminum or aluminium chairs
The Flow sofa features a contrast of colors like much of what you would see in a common domino. Black and white combine to make a cool looking design fit for a contemporary home setting. This piece comes from Indera Furniture and is designed by Xavier Lust. The frame has been constructed from a single sheet of aluminum. The one piece construction technique creates a futuristic feel since there are no seams anywhere on the frame.
New Aluminum Rocking Chair by Satyendra Pakhale.
New Aluminum Rocking Chair with Satyendra Pakhale.
Via DesignBoom
Added October 2009 :
This post is part of the experiment to automate the import of 20 of my prior Charblog | Tumblr tumblrings into this blog via Chairblog | Posterous which initially resulted in 20 posts without a title whereupon I had to edit it manually… Experiment failed:-)
Last edited by gje on October 18, 2009
Emeco Rocking Hudson Chair
Via Behind The Curtains
About the ad
In the March 2008 Wallpaper* Magazine (UK) my eye was drawn to a new ad with nudes seated on an Emeco Navy 1006: One brushed, used by Petty Officer FTG3 | Tony Cost, and one polished, used by Parisienne socialite | Amelia-Louise Enright.
Ad by Wieden Kennedy, brand champions to many, who had assembled a creative team featuring Neil Wilder, celebrity photographer and maniacal visionary.
This is the first time I see full but decent nudity used for a chair ad.
Notice the hairdo analogy brushed (cropped) versus polished!
About Emeco
It all began in 1944 with the Emeco NAVY 1006 Chair in 1946. Then handmade and still handmade.
In an older ad they used to emphasize the solidity of the lightweight chairs with some weight in stead of nudity.
About Environmental Issues
Emeco claims: The content of recycled aluminum used to make Emeco chairs is 80%. Of the recycled aluminum, half is post consumer (soft drink cans) and half is postindustrial (manufacturing scrap). Chairs made out of virgin aluminum have an energy density that is 17 times higher than that of Emeco chairs. Well I like it. It is of course only half of the story as everybody knows aluminum is a hell of an energy gobbler before it reaches usable state. I see another slogan here: Drink and you will have half a chair:-)
About the Navy 1006 Chairs
I add two photos of the Emeco Navy 1006 Chairs:
Photos: Emeco
