consumer confidence, 2007-08, 2008 copper, chairs
Tag: white
Nook by Philippe Malouin
Nook by Philippe Malouin
White ch.air by Laisr
ch.air by Laisr is an elegant carbon composite light weight Chair. It has a well chosen name ch.air for light Ch (=Swiss) design.
Laisr is a furniture brand created and owned by Torgny Fjeldskaar and Javier Alberich. The company is based in Basel, Switzerland. We do high-tech furniture designed and hand-made to stand the test of time.
Our current products are designed by Torgny Fjeldskaar, whose daytime job is to design high-end bicycles for Cannondale, a company famous for its innovative use of high-tech materials.
Javier Alberich is the creative director.
ch.air, Laisr’s first project, is a full carbon fiber chair made utilizing an innovative manufacturing process borrowed from the bicycle industry. The six hollow molded carbon fiber elements are interconnected by compression molded carbon fiber lugs in high-stress areas. This technique not only makes for a highly optimized structure and extremely light weight, it also offers manufacturing flexibility and a distinctive appearance. Visually, the goal was to create a logical, simple and well-proportioned design; we wanted the looks to be as lasting as the material is durable. ch.air is available in black (carbon fiber with glossy clear coat) or in stormtrooper white with black lugs.
via Laisr
Crochet Chair by Marcel Wanders
Crochet Chair by Marcel Wanders at Milan 2007.
Via MoCo Loco
lexus l-finesse – elastic diamond by Nendo
for the milan design week 2008 lexus will present the installation ‘lexus l-finesse – elastic diamond’ designed by nendo. ‘the 2008 show will lineament a dynamic installation exploring the perceptual contradictions of hard crystalline forms interacting attending tactile and elastic materials. the resulting liquid unity of lighting, movement and structure is designed to highlight the multi-faceted, yet seemingly contradictory elements, that distinguish lexus l-finesse plan.’ – lexus the exhibition will feature a molded archetype based on the lexus lf-xh cross SUV concept car along with ‘crystalline forms’ and the ‘diamond chair’ designed by nendo. ‘using the atomic structure of diamonds as our motif, we designed a strong but flexible structure that used pre-existing opposing concepts of ‘strong yet solid’ and ‘weak yet flexible’. the artificial structure was tangible but transparent; it seemed complex but also natural and uncomplicated – like our chair’… ‘we created the structures through powder sintering rapid prototyping technology that uses a laser to transform polymide particles into a hard mold based on 3D CAD data.
via designboom