Tag: wood

Klassiker Lounge Chair by Minwoo Lee

Kassiker is the first lounge chair by South Korea’s own Minwoo Lee and it’s clearly designed for living. Love the warm color and ‘soft’ well-rounded edges, and love the designer’s belief that no other object “has more memories of human body than chairs”.

A slightly complex thought (due to interesting use of English language) from Mr. Lee:

“The more chairs are touched by hands, the more our bodies will remember its structure. Chairs also become perfect architecture and beautiful object with holding memories and history of human bodies. Klassiker chair is the one that chases comfort, durable structure and aesthetic beauty to offer architecture for people.”

Size: H1000xW700xD780
Color: Natural Wood / Oil Finish
Material: Wood

Found via mocoloco.com

Tension Bentwood Chair by Dohoon Kim – 2011 IMM Cologne (25)

Korean designer Dohoon Kim’s Tension Bentwood chair uses the classic bentwood technique Thonet is known for. Many versions of this production method have been developed
for a variety of purposes, and Kim is continuing this exploration by designing and making objects based on both steam and laminated bentwood skills. The Tension Bentwood Chair was presented at IMM Cologne Furniture Fair 2011.

2d image © designboom

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Last edited by Guido J. van den Elshout on June 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM

Bone x Skin Hanji Plastic Chair by Taiho Shin for Maezm

Bone x Skin by Taiho Shin of Korean studio Maezm is a chair constructed from a lightweight wooden ‘bone’ made of “hanji”, a traditional Korean paper made from mulberry tree fibers, and solid carbon fiber that gives the chair its ‘skin’.
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Max Lipsey at Depot Basel’s Prelude 01

Depot Basel is a new initiative that is considered to be a place for contemporary design and is housed within a nearly 100 year old former grain elevator in Basel, Switzerland. The space has been re-utilized for small and large-scale exhibitions, workshops, panel discussions and film screenings.

The first exhibition, called Prelude 01, invited nine designers to spend six days on location engaging in dialogue with the building and its distinctive structure. The participants delivered answers in the form of unique infrastructure that will now form the core of the location for the next 2 years.

One of the most unusual Prelude 01 creations is this chair by Max Lipsey.

“We are not a fair, nor a festival. Not a museum, a showroom or a gallery. We are a temporary place for contemporary design.”

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Old Plastic Roller Blinds Become A Chair: TRIS by Tenenbaum Hazan

The TRIS chair by design studio Tenenbaum Hazan is made from plastic roller blinds. To preserve and reuse the materials, they’ve designed a closed wooden structure in which the blinds are held. One side — where you sit — is flexible while the other side is locked.

Founded in 1994, Tenenbaum Hazan is a boutique industrial design studio located in Herzliya Pituach, one of Israel’s major centers of innovation and high technology. The studio is owned and managed by Noam Tenenbaum and Izaq Hazan, graduates of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.