Tag: outdoor

A’view Sunbed


A’View Sunbed

This Sunbed is a new, innovative concept in furniture design, which allows for the ultimate relaxation experience and the sculptured lines make it more like a work of art than a piece of furniture. Constructed of marine grade stainless steel that resists all stains, the a’view sunbed has been designed and developed with the best quality and ultimate visual pleasure, with a seated experience of pure luxury. The sunbrella canvas is available in many standard colors. Spending summer in the lap of luxury with a’view sunbed will set you back $2150.

Via Born Rich

Veneman Furniture – Design Milk

Veneman Furniture - Design Milk

Veneman Furniture – Design Milk

Veneman Furniture has introduced a new version of its classic Beidermeier Side Chair – this piece offers a dramatic pop with its bright orange hues and French-inspired pink and orange all-weather cushion. Pink + orange=fabulous. Summer’s not over just yet!

Via Design Milk

Duvtal: Green seat for the Bus Stop Pole or Lamp Pole

Duv tal
Waiting for a public bus can be a boring experience. In bigger cities the benches are usually so filthy, you wouldn’t want to sit on them.

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The “Duv-tal” public transportation insta-squat seating system by Catherine Pena could be a solution. It has an inspiring message printed on the surface “You are a role model. You are actively improving the environment by riding the bus.”

Designer: Catherine Pena

Via “Duv-tal”, Instant Seating System by Catherine Pena | Yanko Design

Update August 22, 2008:

I found out this design was a runner up in the One Good Chair 2008 Competition:

Catherine Pena’s own words are much more interesting

Duv-tal was designed in response to America’s obsession with cars and the lack of support for public transportation systems. For those that use public transportation out of necessity, cars symbolize luxury while public transportation symbolizes an individual’s limits. Many bus stops do not have adequate seating and passengers are left to sit on the ground, further reinforcing their position in our economic system.

It is my aim to construct environmentally friendly, efficient, and streamline seating for people who use public transportation, to give passengers a sense of authority and autonomy by providing an elevated vantage point— a position of honor.

Duv-tal utilizes the electric poles that many bus stop signs are attach to. A pole will accommodate a unit of green back-to-back seats that resemble and function much like theater seating and do not exceed the space that a passenger already occupies at the bus stop. Included on the seat, printed text will read: “You are a role model. You are actively improving the environment by riding the bus.”

The very nature of chairs and the additional text will highlight and commend an often-ignored social class, for their environmentally friendly activity that should be recognized in the environmental movement.

tina roeder

white monobloc plastic chair: SERIES OF FOUND/OLD/DECAYING GARDEN CHAIRS STARTED IN 2002. THE CHAIRS ARE INDIVIDUALLY PERFORATED AND SANDED IN ORDER TO GIVE EACH ONE A NEW LIFE AND MAKE IT COLLECTIBLE.

The monobloc, a mass product made into a limited edition raises the question of its material and immaterial, societal, cultural, aesthetical and ethical values.

The monobloc’s charm lies in its democratic concept – it’s the most sold chair worldwide, everyone can own it. The project is an attempt to reveal the beauty of that idea and to make visible what lies beneath the surface.

Collection (2002-2009), old and rare monobloc models, polypropylene,
individually perforated (up to ten thousand holes each), sanded by hand.
Various sizes. Numbered limited edition of 33 unique pieces, 2009

White Billion Chairs is being distributed via Appel Design Gallery, Berlin.

tina roeder

young design award adam’o eva : francesca perani enterprise

A very unusual but poetic Grave Bench:
Grave Bench 2

Actually it is not designed as a bench, but as tombstone, a grave monument. However, the design looks a lot like a bench and I like to copy it as an outdoor bench.

The grave. Sacred art or design? A unique piece of artwork was given special international recognition by honorary mention in the Adam’o Eva Creations International design price 2008 for young designers. The monument (a grave) stands out for being at the same time linear, sharp and sculptural. The aim is to interpret such a delicate design bringing the viewer’s attention to the dematerialization of the present style of monuments which frequently appear as platforms weighing down ascending bodies. Hence her desire to create elements that are no longer oppressive but ethereal, hinting at a possible future resurrection. Vertical sects of Sarnico stone rise as linear blades from the ground to create a sharply tridimensional structure. All this is softened by the spherical indentation that cuts its shape. A connection is thus created with the the deceased’s wife’s gravestone (represented by a large marble sphere), which, although not placed nearby, is willingly and strongly remembered. The work was produced by Paganessi Marmi, Vertova, Bergamo, Italy

young design award adam’o eva : francesca perani enterprise