Belgian James van Vossel created this stitched Granny Wobbling Chair.
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Manuf®actured: The conspicuous transformation of everyday objects | Artists | Marcel Wanders
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders finds inspiration in traditional Dutch craft materials and techniques as well as in the larger world of everyday objects. In the projects chosen for Manuf®ractured, he explores the expressive possibilities of the nautical knot (primarily a functional element) and the handmade doily (more typically thought of as kitsch ornament). His Knotted Chair, addresses the essential properties of rope “flexibility, malleability and strength” embracing and ignoring them at the same time. His Crochet Cube wryly merges homey, handcrafted doilies with spare, minimalist form. Both represent classic studies in contrasts: softness versus rigidity; minimal form versus maximal pattern; handcrafted appearance versus machine aesthetic; and open web versus closed volume.
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Stitch Chair Capellini by Adam Goodrum
Vermelha chair Campana Brothers
Designed by Fernando and Humberto Campana (Brazilian, b. 1961, b. 1953 ) Manufactured by Edra Designed in Brazil, 1993, Manufactured in Italy, 2007 Steel structure, hand-woven and dyed cotton rope
Chair courtesy of Edra
Photo: Andrew Garn
Via Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum [Ed: link disappeared since posting].
Itti and Ette by Mareike Gast
At IMM Cologne and Passagen 08 the peter/c/neumann gallery exhibited various designs by international designers. Among them Itty and Etty by Germany based Mareike Gast
via designboom