Tropicalia collection by Patricia Urquoila for Moroso

Tropicalia by Patricia Urquoila for Moroso

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

Via Moroso – divani, poltrone, sistemi di seduta

Chairs and Buildings: Imagery Building

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.

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565 Wired Chair by Patricia Urquiola

565 Wired Chair by Patricia Urquoila

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

Tropicalia by Patricia Urquiola
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Frilly by Patricia Urquiola

Among the designs Kartell will be showing during the upcoming salone del mobile are frilly by Patricia Urquiola and honeycomb by alberto meda. both chairs are made from innovative plastic materials. honeycomb uses, as its name implies, a honeycomb material which provides a lot of strength with immense lightness. frilly on the other hand, uses a transparent polycarbonate material which is manufactured with the flowing curves of fabric or a waterfall.

via designboom