Chair

Waver designed by Konstantin Grcic, The entirely new aesthetic of the Waver swivel chair borrows materials and construction prin-ciples from outdoor sports. Its colours and prominent connecting and functional elements lend it a sporty character. Despite its simple construction with a single layer of fabric…

In Japan, the okumi is a piece of fabric worn in front of the kimono. The back’s stitching and upholstery evoke a kimono garment, as if casually thrown onto the armchair structure which it elegantly ”skirts”. This armchair is a strong design statement that could find its distinctive place in both modern and traditional environments. The design evokes a kimono elegantly draped over a solid beech frame stained red or black…

An iconic design celebrates its rebirth. The folding chair Sóley, penned by the Icelandic designer Valdimar Harðarson in the year 1982. As far back as 30 years ago, this bold and daring design made quite an impact, with Sóley scooping the Roscoe Award in the US as well as two Good Design Awards in Japan, winning the title “Furniture of the Year 1984”, and not forgetting the design award of Design-Center Stuttgart…

London-based valentina gonzález wohlers has created ‘wild bodged chairs’, a series of hand made seating objects that demonstrate the slow pace of an unfolding design process. By looking into reclaiming craft in contemporary creative practices, the project responds to the anonymous and the generic manufacturing techniques..

Munich-based designer Konstantin Grcic has created the MEDICI Chair for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi. It is a low chair with a comfortable reclined posture. The chair was on display at the Milan Furniture Fair 2012. Three types of wood, thermo treated ash, walnut and douglas, are joined at geometric angles, resulting in a comfortable chair…

Kuli designed by young German designers Felix Haeffner and Julia Wolf, is a simple piece of furniture designed to be a seating object, a coffee table, or a storage and display unit, it requires the user to ‘build’ it themselves according to what kind of furniture is needed. Comprised of a steel wire basket with a board on top…

Tom Raffield is a conjurer of wood. His furniture pieces are works of art that bring timber to life. Structures metamorphosise before your eyes into beautiful refractions of their natural state; spirals and curves make the strongest form fluid, seeming to grow towards the light, or bend with the wind…