Richard Meier designed what we call “the Ice Palace” here in my hometown The Hague. Never knew he designed an armchair until I found this one, numer 810, at the Brooklyn Museum.
Tag: wood
The Coiling Collection by Raw Edges
Raw Edges, a collaboration between Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay is currently presenting their Coiling furniture collection at the Fat Galerie in Paris. They made each piece of furniture by coiling strips of felt around wood structures and coating one side with silicon which soaks into the fibers to create rigid forms.
via Blue Ant Studio
Thougtwood Chair by Rob Davies
Rob Davies, based in Devon, U.K., has created the Thoughtwood furniture label.
The thoughtwood chair was designed and made as an experimental piece for the thoughtwood brand. Its design was primarily conceived having previously explored forms created using the simple repetition and binding of just one shape. Further exploration into the effects of complicating the original shape in addition to the variation in surface and pattern brought about the finished prototype.
Due to its diversity in any client specification, ease of reproduction and durability, the thoughtwood chair is able to find a comfortable home in countless environments from dining rooms to public gardens.
This piece was commissioned and sold for £545.00 (each).
About Rob Davies
Born in 1986, Rob Davies – thoughtwood’s head designer maker – graduated from the University of Portsmouth having obtained an honours degree in three-dimensional design. Here he was taught and practiced the fundamentals in art and design. The study of form amid function, scale, mood and environmental relationships became most important to him.
After graduating, Rob enrolled at David Savage’s world-renowned school of fine furniture making. Here he was intensely trained in traditional furniture making techniques and the use of its appropriate tooling. Working primarily with wood, Rob learnt the skills required to materialize his unique design thought in accordance with the individuality of a clients need.
With everything considered necessary to begin, thoughtwood was created in 2009.
Tina L. Stool by Florian Kallus
As Florian says: “This is not a lamp”
Florian Kallus
… was born 1983 into a German family
in Bonn, West Germany. After finishing
school he did a carpenter’s apprentice,
which evoked his passion for form, function,
technique, material and design. Momentarily
he lives, studies and works in Münster, Germany.In his creative work he focuses on pieces of furniture and objects.
Via Florian Kallus.
Wooden Hammock by Adam Cornish at Workshopped 10
Adam Cornish showed this beautifully detailed Wooden Hammock at Workshopped 2010
The human spine, and its unique range of motion largely influenced the simple, flexible structure of this design.
Designed as an innovative stylish alternative to the common cloth hammock, the wooden segments allow the hammock to flex and mould to form a wooden cocoon, which cradles the body of the individual user.
Wooden Hammock is designed to be manufactured from a standard sheet of plantation grown plywood, maximizing economy of material whilst minimizing the environmental footprint.