Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel – 2013 IMM Cologne (11)

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel - 2013 IMM Cologne

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel 2013 IMM Cologne

Sitting Stones by UNStudio/Ben van Berkel

Informal working and lounging in an often formal world. Cheerful, free and variable – the Seating Stones by Ben van Berkel create generous seating landscapes. Inspired by nature, they fulfil our longing for naturalness and original forms of seating. Users intuitively follow the possibilities on offer: sitting or lounging around, relaxing or concentrating, on your own or in dialogue. A lively coming together of familiar Lounge Chairs, new Silent, Tub and Side Chairs as well as Poufs. No limits to the arrangements for creative spaces – in an open space office, in lounges, in an inviting entrée.

Text via Walter Knoll

Mademoiselle Lounge Chair by Ilmary Tapiovaara (1956) – 2013 IMM Cologne (10)

Mademoiselle Lounge Chair by Ilmary Tapiovaara (1956)

I’m not a Ilmary Tapiovaara design fan as the chairs and stools tend to fall apart because they cannot bear the load of sitting. In one way or another he wasn’t able to give his designs the sturdiness of real shaker chairs.

Mojo by Michal Riabic for Ton – 2013 IMM Cologne (9)

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Mojo by Michal Riabic for Ton

I first saw this interesting chair at the Ton Booth of Ton at IMM 2013. Speaking with one of the Ton people he believed it to be the first wooden cantilever ever.

Grande Papilio Chair by Naoto Fukasawa – 2013 IMM Cologne (8)

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Grande Papilio Chair by Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa designed this chair for B&BItalia.

I noticed it at B&BItalia’s IMM 2013 booth.

The color polyethylene cover matches the curves…

Mem Chair by Christoffe Pillet – 2013 IMM Cologne (7)

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Mem is old Egyptian for “water”
I first encountered the new stackable Mem Chair by Christophe Pillet at Mocoloco. The second time at the Kristalia Booth at IMM Cologne.