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Leveraged Freedom Chair: Freedom for the Disabled
Most able-bodied folks probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how people with disabilities navigate the world, particularly in developing countries. However, Amos Winter did, and still does. Winter, a recent PhD graduate from the MIT department of Mechanical Engineering, went to Tanzania as part of his work in 2005. He wanted to [...]
Continue reading...For Writers Who Cannot Paper Enough
Saturday, January 15, 2011
This design comes from the traditional Chinese form of calligraphy and painting – the scroll. It takes this scroll and uses the Involute curves to create a chair seat that provides both good elasticity and support. The seat piece is made of stainless steel or carbon fibre and extruded PC. This chair can be placed [...]
Continue reading...Lost In Sofa
Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi has little built-in slots in which you can stuff some goodies. From the designer: Things often get lost under the sofa. It’s ordinary for a coin which slipped out of your pocket, or a never-to-be-found remote to be accidentally found in between/underneath the sofa cushions. Maybe you’ll find [...]
Continue reading...Oyster: Perfect Winter Chair Curled Up With A Book
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Kawamura-Ganjavian’s latest design Oyster is the perfect winter chair to spend those cold nights curled up with a book. From the designer: Contemporary domestic spaces tend to be sleek and cool but often miss cozy intimate corners. Oyster is a versatile piece of furniture. When folded it is a cushion, when unfolded it creates a [...]
Continue reading...Changeable: Transform A Coffee Table Into A Chair
Saturday, July 17, 2010
upon observing the limited living spaces in households of metropolitan cities like hong kong, chinese-german product designer wing fung ng has developed ‘changeable’, a coffee table that can be transformed very easily into a chair. in many cases, a small habitable area of just 10 sqm has to serve as both a living room and [...]
Continue reading...Zahira Chair From Alma Design
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The Zahira Chair by Stefano Sandona for Alma Design is a modern, multipurpose chair that you can enjoy in a variety of settings. From a professional office chair on casters to lovely garden seating, and available in 6 colors 4 leg options and with and without arms, it’s quite versatile.
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Graphic designer Roeland Otten (who has a killer website btw) had an idea back when he was in school at Design Academy Eindhoven: to make communicative seating. Almost 10 years later, he’s finally fulfilled this dream with help from Fonds BKVB and Materiaalfonds. This prototype alphabet of chairs and stools consists of all 26 letters [...]
Continue reading...Kruikantoor: Portable Office Allows You To Swiftly Change Work Locations
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
‘kruikantoor’ is a portable office made from EPS foam and covered with a coating of polyurea hotspray. the office, consisting of 2 chairs, a table, light, electricity connection and storage, can be put together into one entire unit or taken apart to create a complete office environment. equipped with wheels, ‘kruikantoor’ allows users to swiftly change [...]
Continue reading...Pillar Chairs
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Comfortable is probably not the first word that comes to mind when describing modern chairs. Words like “sleek, cold, and uninviting” are the characteristics and descriptions which are most often cited when defining contemporary design. However, Brad Ascalon has designed Pillar for Bernhardt Design, a chair that is both soft and monolithic, merging modern and [...]
Continue reading...Oblique Method in Chair Creation
Monday, June 21, 2010
From the pits of imagination comes this! The non-regularly angled chair! Yes, from the bent mind of designer Sung-Hyeop Seo comes this chair whose main objective is to bend regularity just that little bit more than average. Tired of square after square, perfect circle after perfect circle in furniture making, Sung-Hyeop created this chair, the [...]
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Friday, February 25, 2011
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