Nub by Patricia Urquiola for Andreu World America

This happened to me with the Harpah chair before, and now this happened to Jaime of Design Milk with the Nub Collection by Patricia Urquiola for Andreu World America – we discovered these gems via advertisements on the very websites we write for, respectively, oh irony!..

The Nub collection is the result of a sophisticated cabinet-making process, updated with great care in a contemporary manner. The project’s essential element is not so much the cylindrical bars, but rather the pleasant widening of the bars in the backrest at the height of the lumbar region, an alternating rhythm that grants recognition to the project, offering materiality and a three-dimensional quality to the chair.

Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto

Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto Side

Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto Front

Venezia Chair by Paolo Favaretto. Not so much if you look at the front, but certainly when you look at the side. It is stackable and designed for Italian manufacturer Gruppo Sintesi.

Oru by Ramón Esteve for Joquer

Oru by Ramón Esteve for Joquer

Another seating furniture piece inspired by the art of paper folding, origami. Made with stress-resistant polyurethane and filled with several densities of foam, Oru is a swiveling armchair by Barcelona based Ramón Esteve for Spanish furniture manufacturer Joquer. Available in several bright juicy colors.

Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung

Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung (Chairchez La Femme)
Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung
Amber Chair by Jaeuk Jung, or the Thonet no. 14 in resin.

Via Design Boom.

Dutch or Scheveningen Beach Chair by Marijn van der Poll: Kaigan for Ahrend

Dutch Beach Chair Kaigan by Marijn van der Poll
Huzzay! Dutch designer Marijn van der Poll has taken up my plea in a series of posts to revive the Scheveningen or Dutch Beach Chair:

  1. Postcard from Scheveningen, a Plea to Revive the Scheveningen Beach Chair.
  2. Possible to Revive the Scheveningen Beach Chair Design?
  3. High Back Beach Chair by Patricia Urquiola.
  4. Leather Button Upholstered Porters Chair at Bonhams.
  5. Showtime Highback by Jaime Hayon.
  6. The High Back Beach Chairs (Strandkorf or StrandKorb) of Bartelmann.
  7. Sardegna High Back Beach Chair by Borek.

Marijn designed the Kaigan for Dutch Office outfitter Ahrend. As yet it seems only feasable for indoor use, but I hope an outdoor version follows soon.