Tag: Milan

Skull Chair by Pool Reminds You That You Will Die – Milan 2011 (01)

Skull Chair by Pool
‘Souviens Toi Que Tu Vas Mourir’ (French for “remember that you will die”) chair by Pool is definitely one of the most interesting reminders of the mortality of all living things I’ve seen so far! I appreciate a chair with a purpose too, and would have gladly put it in my backyard (if I had one) or even by the house’s front door to add some meaning to the surrounding landscapes.

The chair is on show April 12th through April 17th at ‘Nouvelle Vague, the New French Domestic Landscape’ exhibition during the Milan Design Week 2011.

Via designboom.com

Less Chair with the Chairless by Alejandro Aravena

Vitra introduced Chairless, a sitting strap only, designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena in Milan.

Aravena was inspired by a similar sitting strap commonly used by the Ayoreo Indians living in the border region between Paraguay and Bolivia. A portion of the proceeds from Chairless will go to the non-profit Foundation for Paraguayan Indian Communities, for support of the Ayoreo Indians.

Via Cool Hunting

Corvo Chair by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design

Corvo Chair by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design

Bernardt Design will unveil this Corvo Chair by French Designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance in Milan next week.

Marina Bench by Lime Studio


Marina Bench via Designspotter

Marina Bench designed by Lime Studio.

Marina Bench was designed by Spain design firm Lime Studio found by Panos Vasiliou and Oscar Tange. The inspiration came from the ocean and comes in ocean blue, orange and white. Combining mother nature’s cheerful color and the sleek and modern form, Marina Bench brings in a fresh spring breeze. Literally, it will be presented in the soon coming Salone Satellite 2010 Milan Furniture Fair, which will exhibition their designers on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at the Rho-Pero Fair Center from 8:00am – 6:30pm. Be sure to stop by if you’re around the area!

Emeco Goes Green : The 111 Coca Cola Pet Bottles Navy Chair

This photo from a post at Design Paris



The bottom of the seat reads:

When you recycle a plastic bottle, you’re doing something good. When you recycle 111 of them, you’re doing something great!

Firsts Emeco went nude, then they went light, then wood and now they are going red…err green:

Do Drink 111 Coca Cola Pet Bottles empty and bring them to Emeco who will use them for 60% of their reincarnated 111 Navy Chair. On Show in Milan Next week

Emeco:

After four years of work, we have created a new Navy Chair made of 111 recycled plastic PET bottles (about 65% post consumer content). We designed The 111 Navy Chair ® to have the attributes of the original aluminum version – super strong, durable and comfortable, but now its also warm, colorful and about half the price of the aluminum one (195₤). We expect to use about 3,000,000 plastic beverage bottles each year in production, which will start in June 2010.

Via David Report, a post that happened to disappear, but still remained readable in a Feed Reader.