Staying single..one piece chair enters the competition

Mazunte is a modern low profile side chair constructed of a single piece of beech ply . It was a contestant at the 9th Andreu World International Design Competition. From The Designer.

“The main objective was to save material and optimize processes; so this is the reason why it was designed out of a single piece of beech plywood.” – Luis Vega

 

 
Lovely..
 
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Time to lay down in this comfortable nest..chair by Nina Bruun

From the designer..Nina Bruun....says it all really...

'Influenced by the coming season and of nature, this chair is inspired by a bird’s nest. My idea was to create a graphical chaos which still felt like a unified whole.

The chair’s supporting structure consists of a bottom, seat and four stabilizing legs. To create a “nest feeling” I played with birch strips in different thicknesses and hurled them around the supporting structure. In order not to divert attention from the nest of birch strips, I have chosen to make a very anonymous upholstered cushion in a dusty chocolate brown which plays beautifully with the pale birch. It was natural for me that the chair had a soft center to create references to the bird’s nest, that are typically lined with down, to form a confident frame for eggs and chicks. It was very difficult to get the nest “right” I had to do the chair over and over again before it was perfect.'

Shades of Jason Heap's Infinity table gone mad?

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Hop Out to find these new chairs now Somers almost here

Dutch designer Wieke Somers has developed 'grasshopper', a collection of two tables and two chairs constructed from powder coated aluminium and steel. references to the grasshopper can be found in the legs of the furniture pieces.

No real grasshoppers used in the making of these pieces of furniture...that wouldnt be cricket...

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Now you see me ...now you don't.. see the Invisible chairs if you can..

'The Invisibles' is the result of the latest collaboration between japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka and Kartell's president, Claudio Luti. the series comes ten years after the 'invention' of transparency, in which Kartell expresses a new stylistic approach to 'invisible furniture'.'the Invisibles' will be on show during Milan design week 2010 at the Kartell flagstore.

'the invisibles' is a range of furniture: tables, sofas, armchairs and benches Yoshioka has designed for Kartell where the play of the evanescence of transparency is all-encompassing. The pieces share a lightness, complete in transparency, but still have a feeling of solidness - the maxi forms exhibiting a thickness which has never been seen in polycarbonate design pieces previously. the series is a continuation of yoshioka's exploration of the ethereal, combined with Kartell's desire to invest in its own technological 'know-how' in order to give life to new forms.

Please no studded jeans when you sit on my new chair.... these can be seen, or maybe not! at an exhibition near you soon...

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Origami you can relax on?...

Paper Tiger products are home furnishings designed by Australian designer Anthony Dann inspired by folded forms and seamless construction. They are made of materials such as cardboard, and are packed flat for easy transportation. They assemble quickly and easily. Taking advantage of the deceptive strength of triangular folding, the designs are engineered to withstand all the rigors of heavy use.

Operating as both a design consultancy and a design brand, Paper Tiger works with clients interested in temporary structures and ephemeral experiences, as well as with the design of furniture and lighting for retail, events and exhibitions. The designs have been published both nationally and internationally, and won the 2007 Launch Pad award for Sustainability. Paper Tiger Products are made in Australia, and the stools are certified by Ecospecifier.

I wonder if the packaging is made out of wood?...
 
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When a backpacker sits down...he would need one of these?....

Quinze & Milan have teamed up with bag manufacturer Eastpak to create a furniture collection.

The 'built to resist' collection combines quinze & milan shapes with authentic eastpakproduct characteristics, including bags, zippers, handles, colorful strong fabrics and popular prints. This first range will include special pocket-padded versions of quinze & milan design classics 'club sofa 01' and 'primary pouf 02'. various pockets are incorporated onto the seats and provide storage for your books, magazines, reading glasses, laptop, ipod,headset, remote control etc.both pieces will be produced in exclusively numbered limited series and will be presented during milan design week 2010.

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No Design to toy around with ...a Lego boardroom table

This LEGO boardroom table by abgc Architects has been created for a recently-formed advertising agency, Boys and Girls, who commissioned abgc to create a comfortable, modern space in a Georgian building. The proposal also included a 4′x9′ boardroom table design made entirely of LEGO bricks, complete with the company’s logo embedded into the tabletop.

The table consists of 22,742 pieces clicked together with traditional LEGO construction techniques (no glue), a 136-mm grommet is located in its center. It sits on a polished stainless steel square hollow section structure built by B.A. Engineering of Prussia St and is topped with a 10-mm sheet of toughened glass manufactured by Action Glass.

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Layer table to take a slice of Milan this year

The layer tables by Luca Nichetto. for Abitare.

The idea of generating tables of different heights through the repetition of a single building block is what informs Layer, a table composed of a glass tabletop supported by a base made by stacking a variable number of wooden rings which repropose the structure of a pals trunk. The use of the rings is what allows the table’s height and dimensions to be varied, depending on whether one or two columns are employed and how many rings are stacked to create them.

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Milan Preview: ‘Alodia’ stool by Todd Bracher for Cappellini

The Italian manufacturer Cappellini recently unveiled the new stool ‘Alodia’ by the New York based designer Todd Bracher. The minimalist cantilever is made from metal tube and steel plate, seat cut by laser and black plastic feet. It comes in two heigths in matt varnished in white, anthracite, mustard, green and avio blue colours.

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All in the design...new tubular chairs from Luca Nichetto for Skitsch

'Alle', a new chair design by Luca Nichetto for Skitsch will be presented during the Milan design week 2010. the preview will take place during the opening of the Skitsch brompton road shop in london on march 25.

Created to serve many uses, 'Alle' is a revisitation of the tubular chair, but with a structural twist. the chair consists of a tubular metal structure into which a curved plywood seat is fitted. it comes in two versions, a classic four-legged one and another with a four-footed columnar base. The paint on the edges of the seat are gradated, using the same color as the frame. this gives the chairs an appearance of wear reminiscent of wooden chairs in cafés or bars.

I guess the trick is to make the paint design feature look part of the design rather than just being badly sprayed?....

 
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Making the right connections...German designer Florian Gross has created the KONNEX shelf system.

KONNEX is a basic cube set, which can be assembled to create a shelf unit. Additionally, different basic sets can be added to create a unique piece of storage furniture. For this, the different slits around one cube can be slid into the side walls of another. The concept of the basic set allows the modules to be moved and be stored easily occupying hardly any space.

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KONNEX is a basic cube set, which can be assembled to create a shelf unit. Additionally, different basic sets can be added to create a unique piece of storage furniture. For this, the different slits around one cube can be slid into the side walls of another. The concept of the basic set allows the modules to be moved and be stored easily occupying hardly any space.

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Stacks of good stool designs at Milan..especially this one

Apis is a stackable, three-legged stool designed by Alessandro Loschiavo, which will be shown in Milan from the 8th of April to the 16th of June 2010 at WhiteLabs (Via Tiraboschi 2, Milano).

Inspired by the world of bugs and their sophisticated morphologic synthesis, Apis is made entirely in recyclable aluminium, it is particularly light and easy to carry, though with no abandonment of a solid and stable structure. The triangular plate seat, bent down at the apex and base of the triangle, rests on a tube frame via small rubber dampers and allows one to sit freely on the two opposite sides. The stacking is ensured by rotating each stool a few degrees over the one below. Supplied in the two finishes of anodized aluminium or shiny black, it can also be ordered with the two-tone version of the seat that emphasizes the dynamic image typical of some insects.

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Small chair with lots of class from Japan

Japanese furniture company Maruni Wood Industry has added new pieces to their Hiroshima series for their 2010 collection.one of the new pieces is the 'hiroshima chair', a small chair which follows the same look as the 'hiroshima arm chair'. the design keeps in mind the texture of the wood used to finish the legs,back frame and top rail of the seat which look as if they are seamlessly one piece. the thin upholstered seat can be removed for easy maintenance.

Such beautiful detailing...
 
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Displayed in all it's glory...a new bench from Frank Cresencia..

Check out this bench by Frank Cresencia. The form focuses on the space “between the bench and the floor of its environment, not the surfaces of the piece alone.”

I guess it all about the space between the bench and the users rear end too...be interesting to see how comfortable this is...

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From tabletop to laptop...Sony fusion coffee table

In this fast moving society, multi-tasking is a valuable trait, which applies to both people and objects. Fusing technology and furniture into a single object, Singapore-based designer Zyane Tan has come up with a multifunctional unit called “Sony Fusion” that apart from being used as a regular coffee table becomes a high performance desktop for the geeks. The Sony Fusion is a simple coffee table with clean structured lines, made of matte black aluminum with a sleek chrome lining, supported by arched chrome legs. At the push of the power button, the table top splits in half and elegantly slides apart to reveal a trendy touch-sensitive keyboard outlined by LED lights. The adjustable screen can be angled in different directions to allow an ideal work position to the users, while the slot-loaded DVD drive and headphone jack can be found on the sides of the table. Available in blue, white and red, the Sony Fusion when it comes into production would cost about $3000.

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No bones about it ..Joris Laarman's first solo showing is amazing....

Bridge table 2010

On march 4th, a new body of work by Dutch designer Joris Laarman will be unveiled at Friedman Benda, nyc - his first U.S. solo exhibition. Laarman's aesthetic merges cutting edge technology and the life-sciences to create work of unexpected beauty. in 2008, Laarman's bone chair and bone chaise, his first two works since graduating from eindhoven,were displayed in MoMA's exhibition design and the elastic mind. this marked a major milestone in his career and the chair subsequently, was added to the museum's permanent collection.

Leaf table 2010

In 2006, laarman's bone chair revolutionized the design process by using an algorithm to translate the complexity, proportion and functionality of human bone and tree growth into a chair form. the algorithm, originally used by the german car industry, enabled him to reduce and strengthen his designs by optimizing material allocation, weight and stability, while minimizing material input. In his own words, he sculpted 'using mother nature's underlying codes.'

Bone rocker and chair 2008

The upcoming exhibition is the culmination of five years of trial and error, exploratory material research and his continuous quest to translate science into functional objects of beauty now, on a monumental scale. his new body of work expands on his core investigations; it includes skyline storage, fractal bookshelf, a table that captures patterns inherent to flocks of birds, and a sustainable lamp made from living cells.

Just take a look at the Joris Laarman exhibition... no more to say

 
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Something in the air...the new Breeze chair by ODE......

The Breeze Chair by ODE is a modern take on a comfortable reclined rocking chair. The Breeze is sculpted from a single selection of birch ply and finished in a satin lacquer.

Lots more to see like this elegant and cleverly made chair at the ODE website.

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Have a break on these off the wall chair designs fron New Zealand......

The Chair Street Posters designed by JWT Auckland are flat-pack style chairs made from ply that passers bye can pull off and assemble. They go up on routes to summer gigs like Music in the Parks, The bFm Summer Series and stuff so people can take them off and then use them to Have a Break at the concerts. Currently posting in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Modern design classic?...well it keeps on coming back

The wonderful Neutra Boomerang Chair by House Industries comes with its own range of accessories.

Certainly not a throw away item...although I suppose you could try, see more at House Industries .

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Particulary interesting when the recycleables get recycled....

'Particle' by UK designer Bethan Laura Wood is a range of furniture designed during her residency at the Design museum in london. influenced by the museum's location at butlers wharf overlooking the river thames, wood investigated the historical usage of the building and the site. she discovered that it had been a banana warehouse when the port of london was the main site for importing and exporting all manner of goods to the UK from around the world.

In response, she has developed a furniture system based on the visual aesthetic of crates and packaging materials. this range of interlocking and stacking units has been designed to fit in with the museum's café area, the different combinations of units allowing for flexibility of space. wood's aim with 'particle' is to celebrate the intrinsic qualities of lowly, industrial materials, encouraging the user to look at the quality of these materials in a new light.

She has re-appropriated the wood laminates to create a new pattern inspired by particleboard, a material that is often considered low quality and mundane, transforming it into an original surface pattern. her aim is to encourage the user to reconsider the beauty of materials often consigned to temporary or low-cost construction solutions. the pattern has been developed to facilitate the use of various sized off-cuts and samples. the laminate is laser-cut into shapes and interwoven, much like a patchwork.

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Traditonal techniques help with modern eco values...seen at Stockholm

77 year old Swedish designer Ake Axelsson exhibited 'wood' - an elegant lightweight chair he produced for Gärsnäs - at the stockholm furniture fair 2010. The components are made with a traditional steaming technique that uses a minimal amount of wood.

Use of minimal materials extends to packaging which is recyleable

Looks like there is still time for me ....hopefully

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Stool designs all sewn up here by Christine Gentz

Embroidered stools by Christine Gentz

Christine Gentz is the creative mind behind Embroidered Chairs, a set of four white lacquer chairs that feature subtle embroidery. If you’re immediately associating embroidery with lace and doilies and all things frilly, think again. With Embroidered Chairs, Gentz is breathing new life into a timeworn technique. She explains, “I like to use clean lines and simple forms, yet also include unexpected details to make my pieces stand out.”

The low profile of Embroidered Chairs, coupled with the sleek white lacquer, work against the staid associations of embroidery. Nevertheless, Gentz has used an old-fashioned form of production and decoration, since the upholstery is hand-embroidered. These Embroidered Chairs serve as ambassadors for an innovative furniture design programa at SCAD.

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Last but not least...Zee table shows off new materials

The Zee series of side tables from Enzoanziani are characterized by the geometry and subtlety of their design. Structure made from individual elements in flat sheets of Corian® (12mm), polished to a bright finish.

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Space saving 4x4 not suitable for the road......but fine for indoors

Introduced from  Dennis Belenko of Belenko Design

From the manufacturers. 'The set of “4x4” is produced from metal and wood. The construction of the table allows to hide inside it 4 chairs or 2 benches, that saves the space and visually clears the area. The table is light and wear proof, because of this it’s very suitable to the public places.'

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Get the message?...look at the Semaphor tables

Flag up these new designs from Studio Piano Nobile in America.

From the manufacturers 'Available in oiled steel and Oregon walnut or powder-coated steel and milk-painted poplar. Hand built in our shop using locally milled, recycled steel and locally harvested hardwoods.'

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Plenty of vroom vroom with the Speed chair

Speed is a new furniture collection by Johanson Design, comprising of a lounge seat and stackable chair.

Elegant use of minimal materials here plus a nice use of bright colour.

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Intense choices in the circus of fashion trends springs into life

My Deco are apparrently giving us the latest news on fashion trends for interior decoration, why not take a look...cant wait to see the results....

Visit the My Deco trends page for this spring..

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Dont throw away the box!...it may be part of the furniture

German designer Reinhard Dienes has created a cardboard bookshelf and sideboard collection for the online retailer Fashion4Home.

Nice ideas but durability is alway the issue with this kind of furniture.

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Eye to Eye contact with the Shiner rib chair.............

Shiner is Joe Manus, who created eco-friendly furniture and accessories in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is named after a black eye — the idea is that shiners are tough, dark, and proudly damaged and that’s the way Joe feels about his creations.

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Maybe tonight Antoinette?....

New furniture by Swedish manufacturer Bla station was shown at the stockholm furniture fair 2010. 'Antoinette' is a combined room divider and seating unit by swedish design duo Cate & Nelson.

Kind of a cross between an old pub settle and a hair net...cosy........

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New form of Ninja found in the forest...take a look........

The design studio Swedish Ninja have created a series of furniture that is constructed using Oriented Strand Board structural beams.

The series is called “Forest in new form,” and was created through the desire to design functional and creative furniture using an unexpected material

“I always liked the raw material of wood OSB (Oriented Strand Board)” said Maria Gustavsson industrial designer and founder of Swedish Ninja. “I became very interested when I heard about the new three-dimensional strand profile, developed by cleantech company Newbeam. I instantly fell in love with the girder structure and was inspired by the challenge of creating beautiful furniture out of this new, orthogonal standard.”

The inspiration for the furniture’s form was Tetris, the classic video game from the ‘90s. The result is a cast of strong characters who relay a cubic personality. They have strong will, are firmly planted on the ground, and support their users. The likely attraction to these little ninjas in undeniable. The question is, will you be able to choose a favorite?

“Forest in new form” is made of the eco-friendly material Oriented Strand Board. The OSB production process consumes 30% less energy than commonly used by a sawmill to produce the equivalent amount of structural components of the same size. The material is made up of three standard discs of planed wood, glued together. In addition to its eco-friendliness, OSB has many technical advantages. Long wood chips are randomly distributed and compressed under high pressure to yield a higher fiber density than in wood – OSB is stronger! By shaping OSB-material into a three dimensional beam form, Newbeam has managed to create a new profile for structural products.

Stick to fighting is my advice.........interesting use of new material but lacking in elegance?...

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It must be fate...check out the new Kismet table ....from K'VON..

Elegance and high attention to detail are displayed in this new table design from K'VON, designed by Keyvan Foroughi. Nice melding of stainless steel and american black walnut. Is that a real word? sounds okay though.

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New sofa is so minimal you would hardly notice it.....

The main features of modern furniture are a simple design and a great functionality. The new sofa-armchair, Drop, by Cerruti Baleri is an excellent example of a modern and stylish furniture, which perfectly combines these features.

This interior item has been created by Italian designer Leonardo Perugi and has been launched on the Maison&Objet 2010 in Paris. Playful and clever design makes this transformable seat very practical decoration of any contemporary room. It can be as the comfortable armchair, as the stylish lounge chair and even as the soft day bed.

The double seat version of this creative convertible armchair is even more versatile and functional. This original seat is also available in outdoor version, which could provide a comfy sunbathing for you. Drop can be disassembled into three parts and thanks to that is very easy to carry and clean. More information you could find on Cerruti Baleri.

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