Friday, February 5, 2010

Would you plant this Yuca in your house?....new chair designs from German designers Kirsten Hoppert and Steffen Kroll

German designers Kirsten Hoppert and Steffen Kroll of Studio Vertijet have designed two chairs, both named YUCA, for the German furniture manufacturer COR.


It looks like a spatial sculpture, at once experimental and inviting, rotatable and completely covered. The YUCA easy chair is reminiscent of a softly rounded cup of petals, appearing to grow out of thin air. It stands on a metal X-shaped base which is chrome-plated or lacquered. The result is a perfect shape brimming with flexibility and seating comfort.


The YUCA chair is also for people who need space and are at peace with themselves. The chair is rotatable, extremely comfortable and rests on a strut with an X-based which can be chrome-plated or lacquered. High-quality strapping ensures excellent comfort in the seat and the backrest. The covers are available in fabric and leather.


Looks like they have spent a lot of time developing these seat designs but I cant help thinking the cross shaped bases let them down and appear as an afterthought perhaps?....Also couldnt they have thought about another name for the second one...Yuca 2 perhaps?....what do you think?

More contemporary furniture and design at http://www.kevinhallsworth.co.uk/ the website of Kevin Hallsworth designer and maker of contemporary bespoke furniture and creator of the Industryindesign collection.

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