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Show RCA 2011: this modular shelving unit by Royal College of Art graduate Max Frommeld is held together with clips more commonly found on garden hoses.

Metal brackets at the corners of each shelf slot into grooves in the round wooden uprights.

Once tightened, the yellow hose clips hold each one firmly in place.

Quilted fabric covers can be attached to the shelf edges using magnets concealed in their seams.

See Frommeld’s BA graduation work in our story from 2008. See all our stories about Show RCA 2011 »

Here are some more details from the designer:

Hose clip shelving is a extendible shelving system which consists of three main components: wooden pole, steel bracket and shelf board.

The repetition of those components create a versatile, modular, flat pack shelving unit which introduces standard hose clips to the furniture world.

A magnetic curtain adds a soft element to the structure which allows the user to have closed compartments in a very open storage system.

Material: solid ash, ash veneered ply, steel, hose clips with PP wing nut

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Swiss designers Big-Game launched an armchair that looks like a quilt-covered deckchair at the Villa Noailles design festival in France this weekend.

Designed for French brand Moustache, the Bold armchair joins the fabric-covered Bold chair (below), which was part of Moustache’s inaugural collection when the brand launched in Milan in 2009.

The armchair (below) is upholstered in quilted fabric. Above: the Bold chair from 2009.

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Here’s a (very) little bit of text from Big-Game:

BOLD armchair

The BOLD armchair is a one seater upholstered armchair developed for the French brand Moustache (www.moustache.fr).

The thick proportions make this comfortable seat a part of the BOLD family.

The upholstered structure is entirely covered with thick quilted fabric.

Picture by Martin Haldimann

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Show RCA 2011: here’s another project by Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim: a balsa wood dining chair that weights just 1.3 kilograms, making it even lighter than Gio Ponti’s famous 1.7 kilogram Superleggera chair.

The chair is made of compressed balsa wood protected by hardwood veneer to give it structural stability and a tough outer shell, while keeping it much lighter than Gio Ponti’s 1957 effort.

The chair, and a ladder made using the same technique (see image below) can be seen at Show RCA 2011 in London until 3 July.

See also: Alternative Alarm Clock by Ki Hyun Kim

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The text below is from Ki Hyun Kim:

1.3 Chair

In starting to design a wooden chair, I looked at the properties of woods.

What intrigued me most, was balsa wood.

Balsa is a hardwood; but very unique. It grows fast, is light in colour, with a very soft, warm texture. Most surprising is its weight, as the lightest of all woods.

Exploring this material, my process is based on reinterpreting craft techniques combined with developing alternatives to industrial methods.

Although seemingly disparate, the combination retains a commitment to experiment, challenge and innovate.

The chair intends to reflect practical considerations, in terms of production, use and everyday beauty, as well.

I wanted to hatch ideas on my own, experiment with forms, materials and techniques.

Material.
Balsa wood + Veneer + Lime wood

Dimension.
390 x 420 x 780 mm

Weight.
1.28 kg

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