Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
In a June 2025 post Dezeen pointed me to eight overlooked mid century designers of which Ray Komai is one. Japanese American Interned during WW II He designed several pieces for JG Furniture Company, a New York-based manufacturer founded in the 1920s. The most recognizable of these pieces is his one-piece molded plywood side chair.
Photo’s from Wright (Lama) June 2007 and December 2011
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Chairs!
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Fully assembled maple and pine plywood chair with water-based lacquer, rubber flex-mounts, and stainless steel screws.
Hand engraved, sequentially-numbered edition plate on each chair.
Made in USA.
33.5″ x 18.5″ x 18.5″
Weight: 15.5 lbs
Total shipping weight: 24 lbs
S/N: 2019.274
The original Shop Chair (Gray) will be available in small batches.
We reserve the right to close the edition at any time, and cannot hold or guarantee stock for a future date.
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Chairs!
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Nicely integrated plywood bench.
Update via Google Lens:
Tronskapell Stockholm Woodland cemetary by Erik Gunnar Asplund, 1940
2seat is a chair with two faces that invites you to interact in a new manner with the most often used object, the chair. It is an interactive design due to the fact that by simply turning the chair over, you transform it into a low chair, and the process can be reversed. Both sides are carefully designed, in relation one to each other, in order to control the final volume but without compromising the ergonomy of either one.
Material: birch plywood with natural finish lacquer.
Sizes: L 810 mm x l 400 mm x h 790 mm
Photo Credit: Mihnea Ghildus & 201 Design Studio
Bucharest, Romania, based 201 Design Studio was founded in 2012 by Ene Mira & Stanciulescu Codrin. They received various international awards and acclaims.
Beautiful, light clever and elegant design and beautifully executed.
Found it on a page of the Cargo Collective.
However Francis also has an Etsy page Designed by Francis.
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