FURNITURE

Katie Thompson is a designer from South Africa whose passion for transformation of old into something new lead to the birth of ‘Recreate’ recycled furniture collection. Using old broken things that either lost their functionality or appeal Katie Thompson creates her recycled furniture giving the old things new life and even new function…

The ‘Amateur Masters’ series made for NGispeN and connected by the long friendship of Jerszy Seymour and Richard Hutten, is produced by hand at Jerszy Seymour Design Workshop in Berlin. The Amateur master arm is Seymours interpretation of the DAW Eames chair…

London-based designer Freya Sewell made from 100% wool felt with cushions stuffed with recycled wool fibres, making it a very green product. It can either be sat inside, creating a womb-like environment, or turned into a chair to be sat upon. “A Seating Pod For Anyone Who Wants To Hide From The World”…

This beautiful leather armchair called “Juliet” was created by London based industrial designer Benjamin Hubert for Italian brand Poltrona Frau. Juliet was inspired by sleeves with puffed shoulders on Italian Renaissance clothing.The Juliet chair features leather stretched over the base to expose the wooden frame underneath, while the seat is covered in squashy leather pleated in a triangular pattern…

Gravity Stool by dutch designer jólan van der wiel is on show as part of imm cologne 2012′s [D³] talents programme. the project takes into consideration the laws of physics, departing from the idea that everything is influenced by gravitation. for the series, van der wiel manipulates this natural phenomenon which has a strong shaping effect, exploiting its own power: magnetism…

The Cabbage Chair by Nendo is produced using recycled paper from the pleated fabric industry. The paper is rolled into a cylinder and cut down the middle, allowing the pages to be peeled back, creating a custom seat…

The bookcase was inspired by the Jacob’s Ladder toy – you know, the one from childhood where wood blocks are held together by ribbon? Made from five square wood frames that are joined with nylon strips, the piece can be configured in more ways than you could imagine…