Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
‘lavenham’ executive chassis by patricia urquiola
images © designboom
the back has a quilted decoration, the part of the chassis in contact with the body is clad in a padded cover that is easy to remove for washing. different types of bases are available. besides the classic 4-5 spoke bases, with feet or wheels, there is a 4-foot version in ash wood and metal.
Via Designboom
Description
The 2008 show will witness the presentation of the Tropicalia collection, the design of which starts off from the same structure as the Antibodi collection, though using weaving techniques.
The collection comprises a chaise longue, couch, armchair, chair, outdoor bed, swinging nest….
The design envisages a tubular steel structure with complex geometrical shapes, embellished with a clever weft of threads that alternate solids and voids to a specific pattern, paying meticulous attention to detail.
Each object in the collection takes on a different personality depending on the material and the colour used. It can be made playful and cheerful by using thermoplastic polymer threads free of heavy metal and recyclable, sophisticated and precious by using leather, simple and elegant by using HT polyester double plaited cords in either one or two colours.
The coloured versions are made using three threads combining different colors and creating interesting colour mixes.Structure
Base in stainless or varnished steel, seat made of string weave available in 3 different versions:– polymer
– polyester HT
– leather
UT super star designer Patricia Urquiola got it right. This new chair called Frilly was introduced in Switzerland last week. See www.designboom.com for more info. For more info on Urquiola its best to Google her and see her work through the many manufactures that she works with.
If you look at www.patriciaurquiola.com you would think that in one way or another Patricia Urquiola doesn’t like a real web presence…
Via Design*Sponge
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:-)
Tropicalia by Patricia Urquiola
Via Apartment Therapy New York