Nov 11
Splice Chairs
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Originally finished in the battleship grey to match the maritime surroundings of the Liquidesign office, now in a wide range of vibrant colours
Nov 11
ONO bench
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Steel or aluminum outdoor furniture. Made from 4mm aluminum or 6 mm steel.Available in different RAL colors.
Nov 10
Rosa – Poltrona with acoustics
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Whether you are listening to music or reading a book the “Rosa” poltrona keeps one shielded with its acoustic absorbing foam and fabric.
Nov 10
Montreal-based designers St Ely have created a sofa made up of three interchangeable modules with sliced-off corners.
St Ely is a collaboration between industrial designer Eugenie Manseau and architect Hubert Pelletier. The seating has been launched by Lerival, an American design house that connects furniture design with architecture.
The design was inspired by the comfortable, angled back of old 1920s and 1930s couches and combined with the orthogonal rigidity of contemporary furniture.
Folding the ends of each module creates an angle between the back and sides, which the designers liken to ears.
“Most modular sofas are a continuous piece sliced up,” Pelletier said to Dezeen. ”We wanted to subtly stress the idea of the individual units and the act of combining these units together.”
“The fold at each end is the dominant detail of the design and creates a repetitive motif when many units are assembled,” he continued.
A key consideration for St Ely was the impact of the piece on the surrounding space: “A large piece of furniture like a sofa can be used to articulate the architectural space, divide rooms and underline functional transitions in space.”
“We think the back view is as important as the front or side view. By expressing the fold on the back side we created a formal detail that is coherent with the front view and that animates the back side,” Pelletier added.
More modular seating we have featured on Dezeen includes triangular sofas that tesselate to create different forms within a space and a modular seating system that encourages interaction between people.
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Nov 09
French designer Jérôme Dumetz placed a wheel on each corner of this wooden sideboard to turn it into a miniature truck (+ movie).
Above: movie shows the making of Not For Highway Use
Not For Highway Use is a mobile sideboard based on a 20 cubic metre truck.
“It’s like an abstract composition of three boxes, but with four wheels it becomes a truck,” said Jérôme Dumetz. “It was made more for the parents than for the children.”
The sideboard is made from birch plywood and solid chestnut, with the addition of four wheels taken from an industrial trolley.
“It’s the kind of project I always wanted to do but never took the time to create,” Dumetz told Dezeen. “A special mood between children’s toys and grown-up furniture.”
We’ve featured a few other pieces of furniture on wheels, including a trolley with huge wheels like a chariot and a wheeled storage system that looks like the Space Invaders arcade game.
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Nov 09
byKATO Diningtable T1 – Wallpaper Design Award 2012
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The table’s frame is made of solid wood. It is solid joinery with soft shapes and elegant details as visible tabs. byKATO T1 is classic craftsmanship ..
Nov 09
German design graduate Meike Harde has designed a range of upholstered benches and stools simply by folding foam mats and fixing them to wooden frames with elastic bands.
Meike Harde created the furniture with the motivation to explore new methods of upholstery construction, aiming to create a stiff cushion from a flat foam mat.
“Other upholstery products are trying to use fabric without wrinkles. I want to use the natural creases in a big dimension as ornamentation, and to construct stiffness,” explains Meike, adding that stretching fabric over foam to create a flat finish requires a difficult construction process that takes a lot of time.
By contrast, the simple, fast construction method that Meike has invented uses just three components: foam, rubber bands and wood.
The foam mat is layered and gathered tightly to create waves that are held together at the top and bottom with elastic bands. The cushion is then compressed and fixed using longer elastic bands in the opposite direction, before the wooden stool is inserted underneath the elastic.
This design avoids permanent connections between the foam and the wood, making it easy to replace cushions when they become worn.
The small stool, which Meike says ”looks like broccoli, is made from a square piece of foam while the benches are made from a rectangular piece of foam.
When asked about the comfort of the stiff benches, Meike told Dezeen “the furniture should be used as a bench, not as a very soft armchair,” comparing the comfort to that of Chesterfield leather furniture.
We have also featured a series of disturbing masks designed by Meike Harde, called Too Beautiful to be True.
Other benches and stools we have featured on Dezeen include a bench that can be converted into a chaise longue, or an armchair and a side table, and a collection of stools that can be used as tables or seats.
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by Meike Harde appeared first on Dezeen.
Nov 09
Ladder inspired by shelf and Vice versa by MAAST
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Easy to set up or take down. Freestanding. Very stable. Possible to order with 2 or 3 ladders
Nov 08
Four… for Luck
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Four…for Luck is a special clover with a creative process based on the interpretation of the Legend of the 4 leaf clover, in which each petal repres..
Nov 08
Feather by Jens Fager for Edsbyn
Posted in: Edsbyn, Jens Fager, slideshowsThis stacking chair by Swedish designer Jens Fager is more flexible than you’d expect thanks to a springy mechanism that joins the back to the metal frame (+ slideshow).
Jens Fager designed the Feather chair for Swedish office furniture manufacturer Edsbyn, but it’s also intended for use in classrooms, restaurants or the home.
“The name Feather evokes elegance combined with spring and resilience,” said Fager, explaining that the sprung backrest makes it more comfortable than most simple stacking office chairs.
“We wanted it to attract all consumers, from young design offices to the dining room of a huge factory. A chair for everyone,” Fager told Dezeen.
Detachable, rubber-covered armrests allow it to be hung off the edge of a table when mopping the floor. The frame is available in chrome, white lacquer or silver lacquer and the seat and backrest are available in white ash, natural oak, black stained oak and natural birch.
The chair will be launched at Stockholm Furniture Fair in 2013.
Fager graduated from Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2008 – we reported on a rocking chair from his RAW collection that was shown at Gallery Libby Sellers that year.
Other chairs we’ve featured recently on Dezeen include Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s stackable wooden chair designed for a Danish university and a chair by Nendo that appears varnished but is actually wrapped in fishing line.
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Photographs are by Rasmus Norlander.
Here’s some more information from the designer:
Feather has been developed in collaboration with designer Jens Fager and leading product developers/engineers. Together, we’ve created a chair that meets high standards of comfort and durability. Feather fits effortlessly into a wide range of environments: from the conference room, restaurant and office to school classrooms and even the home.
A subtle chair with character that comes in a welcome choice of designs. The name Feather evokes elegance combined with spring and resilience. The way that the backrest is attached gives a sprung effect for superb comfort.
We’ve put a lot of love into the armrest. The armrest comprises a technically advanced metal core that is then encased in pure rubber for durability and softness. It is ergonomically designed and also offers a pleasingly tactile experience with its gently rounded lines and a material that cushions the hands and underarms. The armrest also allows the chair to be hung up on the edge of the table for ease of cleaning below.
Frame standard: White lacquer, Chrome, Silver lacquer
Seat / backrest standard: White Glazed Ash, Natural Oak, Black Stained Oak, Natural Birch.
Fully upholstered / semi-upholstered in a standard Edsbyn fabric. Custom fabric on request.
Armrest: black or light grey. Custom colours are available for bulk orders.
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