Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Dancing Chair by Constance Guisset
One of the 13 project Assistance grants that was presented during the MAISON MEUBLE exhibition at the VIA stand.
The graphic strip structure in wooden laths delimits an ample yet light volume over which fits an upholstered shell. Dancing Chair is a contemporary interpretation of the rocking chair, and part of its interest lies in its excellent workmanship.
Until yesterday, I used to believe, ignorant as I was, the Chinese, like the Japanese used to sit on the floor or on futons. Not true at all! I discovered a book about antique Ming Dynasty furniture among which wooden chairs with delicious design. From that eureka (actually it is heureka) moment it is one step to do a proper Google…..You will be seeing much more of this here in the near future.
Happy New Year by the way!
Monobloc Plastic chair in wood’ by Maarten Baas, 2008 – carved camphor wood with varnish
Via maarten baas at contrasts gallery in design miami / basel 2008
I Dare You by ~Toilet-Gnome on deviant ART
Deviant Art has a couple of interesting chairs among which I discovered this one.
In my last post (Adirondack Loveseat Project) I promised to upload plans for the loveseat you see in the photograph above. So here they are.
The plans presented here are an amalgam of ideas garnered from several sources, including woodworking books, Internet websites, and of course, my own experimentation. I have completed several of these loveseats to date, so I can attest to the fact that these plans indeed work as advertised.
Here are some quick comments and suggestions before presenting the plans.