Cool Hunting
Entries with keyword "chairs"
25 result(s) displayed (1 - 25 of 26)
Advertisement
Dante Bonuccelli x Lamm: Keyboard Chair
(22 May 2009) - This very sleek, designer-esque chair is the work of Dante Bonuccelli and Lamm for the 2009 Use More Use Less Project. Created from discarded keyboard keys, it looks amazing but we can't help but wonder about its comfort factor. ...
(22 May 2009) - This very sleek, designer-esque chair is the work of Dante Bonuccelli and Lamm for the 2009 Use More Use Less Project. Created from discarded keyboard keys, it looks amazing but we can't help but wonder about its comfort factor. ...
New Wood Focused Furniture
(02 March 2009) - Our friends over at Fast Company have put together a nice roundup of contemporary furniture, all executed in wood. These clean, simple designs allow the wood to really stand out for its natural beauty. Our favorite is the Zipshape I chaise lounge by SchindlerSalemerón, which unlike most wood chairs is actually two pieces cut by a router and fitted together instead of one whole piece...
(02 March 2009) - Our friends over at Fast Company have put together a nice roundup of contemporary furniture, all executed in wood. These clean, simple designs allow the wood to really stand out for its natural beauty. Our favorite is the Zipshape I chaise lounge by SchindlerSalemerón, which unlike most wood chairs is actually two pieces cut by a router and fitted together instead of one whole piece...
B&B Italia x Antonio Citterio: J.J. Rocking Chair
(12 January 2009) - B&B Italia will be showing off their latest version of Antonio Citterio's J.J. armchair, this time in rocking form, at the global furniture and interior design fair, imm Cologne this month. After much success with the initial chromed iron chair in 2005 and its Mongolian fur follow-up in 2007, they've reinvented the form once again, this time coming even closer to their goal of creating...
(12 January 2009) - B&B Italia will be showing off their latest version of Antonio Citterio's J.J. armchair, this time in rocking form, at the global furniture and interior design fair, imm Cologne this month. After much success with the initial chromed iron chair in 2005 and its Mongolian fur follow-up in 2007, they've reinvented the form once again, this time coming even closer to their goal of creating...
Best of CH 2008: Top Five Furniture Designs
(02 January 2009) - Whether handsomely storing record collections or melding classic design with the durability of something suited for an office, the picks below represent furniture that goes beyond simply being furniture—in both substance and style. Fire Table Dutch designers Ward Huting and Gerard de Hoop simulate the physical and social warmth of a campfire in the living room. In addition to serving its function as a coffee...
(02 January 2009) - Whether handsomely storing record collections or melding classic design with the durability of something suited for an office, the picks below represent furniture that goes beyond simply being furniture—in both substance and style. Fire Table Dutch designers Ward Huting and Gerard de Hoop simulate the physical and social warmth of a campfire in the living room. In addition to serving its function as a coffee...
Adam Goodrum: Stitch Chair
(25 November 2008) - Thanks to Adam Goodrum's Stitch Chair, we no longer have to choose furniture that fits over what we would actually like to have in our homes. And thanks to Cappellini, having recently added Stitch to its roster, it's now available in wider distribution. The cleverness of the chair come from a nontraditional approach to folding, the result of the Australian industrial designer's goal of...
(25 November 2008) - Thanks to Adam Goodrum's Stitch Chair, we no longer have to choose furniture that fits over what we would actually like to have in our homes. And thanks to Cappellini, having recently added Stitch to its roster, it's now available in wider distribution. The cleverness of the chair come from a nontraditional approach to folding, the result of the Australian industrial designer's goal of...
Amy Lau: Dexter Dining Room Chairs
(11 November 2008) - by Ariston Anderson You'll be sure to make a splash of a dinner party when guests sit down on one of Amy Lau's limited edition Dexter dining room chairs. Inspired by the Showtime serial killer show, the chairs are made from white lacquered wood and upholstered in white ultraleather (i.e. vinyl). But what makes these chairs truly unusual are the hand-embroidered blood designs by Leah...
(11 November 2008) - by Ariston Anderson You'll be sure to make a splash of a dinner party when guests sit down on one of Amy Lau's limited edition Dexter dining room chairs. Inspired by the Showtime serial killer show, the chairs are made from white lacquered wood and upholstered in white ultraleather (i.e. vinyl). But what makes these chairs truly unusual are the hand-embroidered blood designs by Leah...
Delvaux x Stefan Schöning: Folder Chair
(07 November 2008) - Known for their superior quality leather goods and elegant designs, luxury handbag pioneer Delvaux reached another level of sophistication by asking Belgian industrial designer Stefan Schöning to recreate his "Folder Chair" using Delvaux's black Taurillon leather. Inspired by Japanese Origami and made by hand, material flexibility was a key factor in achieving the complex folds used in the understated design. Originally made from polypropylene,...
(07 November 2008) - Known for their superior quality leather goods and elegant designs, luxury handbag pioneer Delvaux reached another level of sophistication by asking Belgian industrial designer Stefan Schöning to recreate his "Folder Chair" using Delvaux's black Taurillon leather. Inspired by Japanese Origami and made by hand, material flexibility was a key factor in achieving the complex folds used in the understated design. Originally made from polypropylene,...
Cleopatra Chair
(26 September 2008) - Last week I had the chance to try out the Cleopatra Chair as part of a visit to a spa. Made from a single cut of high-density Italian limestone, it was surprisingly comfortable — for a rock. Even better, the Cleopatra Chair is heated using silicone-based equipment that bleeds warmth throughout the whole body. And believe it or not, limestone is a soft rock...
(26 September 2008) - Last week I had the chance to try out the Cleopatra Chair as part of a visit to a spa. Made from a single cut of high-density Italian limestone, it was surprisingly comfortable — for a rock. Even better, the Cleopatra Chair is heated using silicone-based equipment that bleeds warmth throughout the whole body. And believe it or not, limestone is a soft rock...
Conolounge Recycled Paper Tubes Chair
(20 August 2008) - For a chair prototype called the Conolounge, Chilean designers Onceneto tapped La Tercera newspaper for leftover paper printer rolls. A steel support provides structure and adds a fetching bright green accent. It's a clever example of creative reuse that reminds us of a less conceptual and more practical version of Julian Lwin's Biotube Bench. via Treehugger...
(20 August 2008) - For a chair prototype called the Conolounge, Chilean designers Onceneto tapped La Tercera newspaper for leftover paper printer rolls. A steel support provides structure and adds a fetching bright green accent. It's a clever example of creative reuse that reminds us of a less conceptual and more practical version of Julian Lwin's Biotube Bench. via Treehugger...
Frank Willems: Madam Rubens
(04 June 2008) - After studying advertising and presentation techniques at St. Lucas College and the Design Academy Eindhoven , Frank Willems worked briefly with rising design luminary Joris Laarman. Now participating in various group exhibitions and creating unique studio work, Willems has joined the ranks of many young Dutch designers for whom personal expression is paramount. The Madam Rubens collection, his most fully realized furniture design, saw...
(04 June 2008) - After studying advertising and presentation techniques at St. Lucas College and the Design Academy Eindhoven , Frank Willems worked briefly with rising design luminary Joris Laarman. Now participating in various group exhibitions and creating unique studio work, Willems has joined the ranks of many young Dutch designers for whom personal expression is paramount. The Madam Rubens collection, his most fully realized furniture design, saw...
Milan Design Week 2008: Day One
(16 April 2008) - While today marks the official first day of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the crowds were already chomping at the bit yesterday afternoon in the Zona Tortona, a satellite exhibition area that has taken on as much importance as the sprawling Fiera Milano designed by Massimiliano Fuksas. The weather on Tuesday was incredible, the sky an immaculate blue, and the press drifted in...
(16 April 2008) - While today marks the official first day of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the crowds were already chomping at the bit yesterday afternoon in the Zona Tortona, a satellite exhibition area that has taken on as much importance as the sprawling Fiera Milano designed by Massimiliano Fuksas. The weather on Tuesday was incredible, the sky an immaculate blue, and the press drifted in...
The Rolling Bench
(31 January 2008) - Why do public benches never seem to dry? A simple solution to an age old problem, The Rolling Bench ensures you'll have a dry pad to sit on no matter the conditions. Designed by Korean firm Sungwoo Park and friends, the bench is built on a rotating axle. Just turn the hand crank to unveil the dry side of the seat so you can...
(31 January 2008) - Why do public benches never seem to dry? A simple solution to an age old problem, The Rolling Bench ensures you'll have a dry pad to sit on no matter the conditions. Designed by Korean firm Sungwoo Park and friends, the bench is built on a rotating axle. Just turn the hand crank to unveil the dry side of the seat so you can...
French Bistro Chairs
(08 November 2007) - Since recently attempting (and failing) to draw one of the chairs most often associated with the sidewalk cafés of Paris, my fondness for their two-color woven seatbacks and curving wood frames has grown even more. Fortunately for us stateside dwellers, American Rag's housewares division Maison-Midi carries them in a few different styles and colors. Made of wood and nylon in Italy, they start at...
(08 November 2007) - Since recently attempting (and failing) to draw one of the chairs most often associated with the sidewalk cafés of Paris, my fondness for their two-color woven seatbacks and curving wood frames has grown even more. Fortunately for us stateside dwellers, American Rag's housewares division Maison-Midi carries them in a few different styles and colors. Made of wood and nylon in Italy, they start at...
Fang Studio's Nesting Matryoshka Chair
(25 September 2007) - Dutch designer Danny Fang, having recently made the transcontinental leap from Amsterdam to Hong Kong to set up his own studio, is one to watch. Just launched, his first design under the Fang Studio label, the Matryoshka Chair, was inspired by the traditional Russian dolls that fit perfectly inside one another. “The poetry of the Matryoshka dolls is their resemblance to people; they are...
(25 September 2007) - Dutch designer Danny Fang, having recently made the transcontinental leap from Amsterdam to Hong Kong to set up his own studio, is one to watch. Just launched, his first design under the Fang Studio label, the Matryoshka Chair, was inspired by the traditional Russian dolls that fit perfectly inside one another. “The poetry of the Matryoshka dolls is their resemblance to people; they are...
Visual Reference's Thermal Stool
(27 August 2007) - Visual Reference Studio's Swamp Collection takes its inspiration from the depths of the Mississippi marshlands where their studio is located. With the Cypress Stool, Duckweed Lounge and Swamp Bench/Lounge from the collection, design team Nuno Gonçalves Ferreira and Erin Hayne have taken Frank Lloyd Wright's original vision of nature-inspired designs to a whole new level. The organic shaped thermo-chromatic furniture uses heat sensitive crystals...
(27 August 2007) - Visual Reference Studio's Swamp Collection takes its inspiration from the depths of the Mississippi marshlands where their studio is located. With the Cypress Stool, Duckweed Lounge and Swamp Bench/Lounge from the collection, design team Nuno Gonçalves Ferreira and Erin Hayne have taken Frank Lloyd Wright's original vision of nature-inspired designs to a whole new level. The organic shaped thermo-chromatic furniture uses heat sensitive crystals...
Deckchair Dreams 2007
(13 August 2007) - Deckchair Dreams is a project by the The Royal Parks Foundation, benefiting London’s eight Royal Parks. Twenty-five artists including Will Young, Blek le Rat, Damien Hirst and even a few school children were asked to decorate canvas deckchairs used throughout the parks. Started in 2005, this year the project aims to highlight the trees and wildlife of the eight Royal Parks. Some of the...
(13 August 2007) - Deckchair Dreams is a project by the The Royal Parks Foundation, benefiting London’s eight Royal Parks. Twenty-five artists including Will Young, Blek le Rat, Damien Hirst and even a few school children were asked to decorate canvas deckchairs used throughout the parks. Started in 2005, this year the project aims to highlight the trees and wildlife of the eight Royal Parks. Some of the...
Haworth Zody Office Chair
(22 February 2007) - I was very reluctant to give up my Aeron but decided to give Haworth's Zody chair a try. It comes with all the bells and whistles you come to expect from high end office chairs but with less of a jaw dropping price tag. A number of cranks, pulls and buttons create a fully customizable fit—the most innovative being an adjustable lumbar support (above...
(22 February 2007) - I was very reluctant to give up my Aeron but decided to give Haworth's Zody chair a try. It comes with all the bells and whistles you come to expect from high end office chairs but with less of a jaw dropping price tag. A number of cranks, pulls and buttons create a fully customizable fit—the most innovative being an adjustable lumbar support (above...
Joris Laarman's Bone Chair
(19 December 2006) - Debuted earlier this month during the Art Basel Miami Beach events, Joris Laarman's Bone chair takes its inspiration from the efficient way that bones grow (adding material where strength is needed and taking away material where it's unnecessary). Made using a digital tool developed by GM that copies these methods of construction, Laarman says the ironic result of his biomimetic technique is "an almost...
(19 December 2006) - Debuted earlier this month during the Art Basel Miami Beach events, Joris Laarman's Bone chair takes its inspiration from the efficient way that bones grow (adding material where strength is needed and taking away material where it's unnecessary). Made using a digital tool developed by GM that copies these methods of construction, Laarman says the ironic result of his biomimetic technique is "an almost...
Vitamin Living Powder Seat
(08 December 2006) - You chose that board as much for the beautiful graphics as for its ability to carve up powder, right? So this is for those boarders who get really sad when they have to put their board away after getting home from the slopes. Vitamin Living’s Powder Seat is a great way to display your board all the year round, not to mention a space-saving...
(08 December 2006) - You chose that board as much for the beautiful graphics as for its ability to carve up powder, right? So this is for those boarders who get really sad when they have to put their board away after getting home from the slopes. Vitamin Living’s Powder Seat is a great way to display your board all the year round, not to mention a space-saving...
Leonardo Table and Chairs
(09 August 2006) - We all know that beautiful furniture can be sexy in a shiny, sleek and sinuous sort of way, but two young French designers Bertrand Clerc and Olivier Gregoire have made their furniture sexy in a physical and psychological way with their Leonardo table and chairs. What really makes furniture attractive is not just how it looks, but how we interact with it; the way...
(09 August 2006) - We all know that beautiful furniture can be sexy in a shiny, sleek and sinuous sort of way, but two young French designers Bertrand Clerc and Olivier Gregoire have made their furniture sexy in a physical and psychological way with their Leonardo table and chairs. What really makes furniture attractive is not just how it looks, but how we interact with it; the way...
René Barba's Penta Chair for Umbra
(24 July 2006) - Cuban born, Miami raised and living in Paris since the early nineties, each of these cities and cultures has an influence on René Barba's design. His new Penta Chair for Umbra presents his design philosophy in a tight, angular and attractive form: Strong lines, geometric forms, accessibility and proportion with a modern view. René works across media, including ceramic, glass, furniture and material. The...
(24 July 2006) - Cuban born, Miami raised and living in Paris since the early nineties, each of these cities and cultures has an influence on René Barba's design. His new Penta Chair for Umbra presents his design philosophy in a tight, angular and attractive form: Strong lines, geometric forms, accessibility and proportion with a modern view. René works across media, including ceramic, glass, furniture and material. The...
The Chairbag
(23 June 2006) - With the portability of an inflatable chair, the groovy shape of a beanbag, and a water-resistant surface, Amsterdam-based PS Lab's debut product, the Chairbag, is just in time for summer lounging. As if all those features and the bouy-inspired design aren't enough, the PVC chair also boasts a vanilla scent—a first in furniture, as far as we know. Available in red, blue, black, silver,...
(23 June 2006) - With the portability of an inflatable chair, the groovy shape of a beanbag, and a water-resistant surface, Amsterdam-based PS Lab's debut product, the Chairbag, is just in time for summer lounging. As if all those features and the bouy-inspired design aren't enough, the PVC chair also boasts a vanilla scent—a first in furniture, as far as we know. Available in red, blue, black, silver,...
Timothy Schreiber
(16 June 2006) - Timothy Schreiber used an interface design technology originally developed for the film and motion graphics industry to conceive and produce these sleek new carbon-fiber chairs. Like the game theory discussed in the newly released edition of Game Set and Match II that involves the interactive exchange of 3D prototypes via email with producers across the globe, Schreiber's design process points to a new era of...
(16 June 2006) - Timothy Schreiber used an interface design technology originally developed for the film and motion graphics industry to conceive and produce these sleek new carbon-fiber chairs. Like the game theory discussed in the newly released edition of Game Set and Match II that involves the interactive exchange of 3D prototypes via email with producers across the globe, Schreiber's design process points to a new era of...
Herman Makkink's Rocking Machine
(06 March 2006) - Dutch sculptor Herman Makkink's works entered popular consciousness after his phallic "rocking machine" was featured in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant and controversial 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. For the first time since 1969, the sculptor's sexually charged Rocking Machine has been reproduced in limited quantities and is for sale through a private auction conducted by the artist himself. Cast in fiberglass from the original mold,...
(06 March 2006) - Dutch sculptor Herman Makkink's works entered popular consciousness after his phallic "rocking machine" was featured in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant and controversial 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. For the first time since 1969, the sculptor's sexually charged Rocking Machine has been reproduced in limited quantities and is for sale through a private auction conducted by the artist himself. Cast in fiberglass from the original mold,...
Constructive Witticism by Alexander Reh
(28 February 2006) - When I first saw this chair over at joshspear.com I couldn't help but think of a few people I'd like to see sit in it. Fully Loaded, designed by Texas-born and Brooklyn-dwelling Alexander Reh, is a simply constructed frame with a seat made from 450 12-gauge shotgun shells. Reh says the brass tips create a massaging texture. Presumably they're live, making for the most...
(28 February 2006) - When I first saw this chair over at joshspear.com I couldn't help but think of a few people I'd like to see sit in it. Fully Loaded, designed by Texas-born and Brooklyn-dwelling Alexander Reh, is a simply constructed frame with a seat made from 450 12-gauge shotgun shells. Reh says the brass tips create a massaging texture. Presumably they're live, making for the most...
Advertisement
