Venus is a chair by Tokujin Yoshioka that is literally grown into being. It “takes shape by making the tiny crystals frow in an aquarium, and makes its appearance over time as if the goddess herself gradually emerges from water. This crystal chair, which is formed using the laws of nature and embodies [...]
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Massproductions
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Massproductions develops high quality, tactile furniture in a modernist spirit. The two experienced designers, Englishman Chris Martin and Swede Magnus Eleback, formed Massproductions, after ten years working side by side as consultant for the furniture industry. With their accumulated knowledge from these years, they took the next step by producing and marketing their own collections [...]
404
Thursday, 28 May 2009
I came across this fantastic molded plywood chair, called ‘404′, at Design Prima that was designed by Stefan Diez for THONET:
If you understand Italian, here is a description sourced from AT Casa:
“Un’interpretazione moderna dell’eredità costruttiva del legno curvato e sagomato, unita ad un nuovo e pratico sistema di assemblaggio. Questa è l’idea alla [...]
Mangrove Chair
Saturday, 23 May 2009
No words really necessary with the Mangrove Chair, designed by Eiji Shibata for Teko Design. It is a beautiful chair with highly organic lines and a rather appropriate name!
“What always fascinates me is a shape of complexly intertwining, that gradually brunches off from one substance, like that of botanical roots and branches. One day, I [...]
Naked Chair
Friday, 1 May 2009
Like every other starving student, I bought furniture from Ikea. However, I simply never got better at understanding the cryptic diagrams provided considerately to cater to people of different continents and languages. Of course, my inner-cynic contends that Ingvar Kamprad runs his company in perpetual penuriousness, unwilling even to employ the services of [...]
Vegetal Chair
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
The Bouroullec brothers have cooked up yet another amazing piece of furniture. Dubbed the Vegetal Chair, it is (very clearly) inspired by plant life:
“Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are interested in… nature’s growing process. Their first drawings and models for Vegetal show a structure that grows from four branches into a network of twigs, which create [...]