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Kids Globo by Amazonas

One of the apartment makeovers TV shows here in Russia (today’s Kvartirniy Vopros on NTV channel) just featured a room re-design that very well showcases the idea of how the whole decor concept can be created around just one object – in our case, a chair.

The show’s decorators chose the Kids Globo swinging hanging seat by Amazonas, and by the end of the show the choice proved to be a success. When asked what the show participants liked the most about  their renewed room, the answer was definite – “The chair!!!”. Who would’ve doubted. This is exactly what I’m talking about, kids!.. It’s all about chairs.

There’s also a  Double Globo for the grown ups still in touch with their inner child, or for the grown ups who are parents to more than just one kid and need a chair that can fit all.

Military Chair by Gerrit Rietveld

Military Chair by Gerrit Rietveld at Wright front

Military Chair by Gerrit Rietveld at Wright sideview

Found this Military Chair by Gerrit Rietveld at Wright where it fetched $21,600 in 2008.

Update: Same or similar chair fetched $21,250 in 2012

Bloemenwerf Chair by Henry van de Velde

Bloemenwerf Chair by Henry van de Velde
Bloemenwerf Chair by Henry van de Velde. It always amazes me how on the turn of the 19th to the 20ieth Century the Art Nouveau movement in which Belgium based Henry van de Velde was one of the famous architects, spread all over the world but also seemed to wrestle with stern design principles.

“Bloemenwerf” chair, ca. 1898

Elm, leather, brass tacks. 37 5/8 in. (95.5 cm.) high Manufactured by Société Van de Velde & Co., Belgium.

ESTIMATE $15,000-20,000

SOLD AT a whopping $33,750

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium; Private Collection, Berlin, Germany

LITERATURE Klaus-Jürgen Sembach, Henry Van de Velde, New York, 1989, pp. 44–45 for the original model; Wendy Kaplan and Elizabeth Cumming, The Arts and Crafts Movement, London, 1991, p. 203, fig. 164 for the original model; Amy F. Ogata, Art Nouveau and the Social Vision of Modern Living: The Belgian Artists in a European Context, Cambridge, 2001, p. 97 for the original model.

via Phillips de Pury & Company.

Branca by Industrial Facility Nominated for 2011

Branca Chair by Industrial Facility

British based Industrial Facility is Sam Hecht partnering with Kim Colin and Ippei Matsumoto added. Their Branca Chair is nominated for the 2011 Brit Insurance Design awards.

Wait… a Chair Ring?

If you think what you see is a chair, think again. It’s actually a Chair Ring! Yes, the kind of a ring you wear on your finger. I’m sure though, it would look equally as interesting if it was big enough to sit on. The Hand Engraved Chair Ring pictured above is by Kent Perdue

Ken:

“I like to use my Chair Ring to experiment with different ideas I have. This one was very exciting to see come alive. I made a chair ring about twice as tall as normal and engraved a brass plate that I then attached to it’s back. The chair was painted white and sanded back to give it an antique distressed look.”

About the designer:

Ken Perdue received a BFA in Crafts and Material Studies with a focus in woodworking and furniture design from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2009. He is interested in making furniture, jewelry and other sculptural forms using a wide variety of techniques and materials.

Note: The link to Ken’s Etsy portfolio has disappeared.

Last edited by Guido J. van den Elshout on November 30, 2011 at 5:44 PM