'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design

At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan the US manufacturer Bernhardt Design will present this new hand shaped wooden chair designed by the French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.

'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design

Here the intresting story of the manufacturing process:

“Two experienced sample-makers worked for more than four weeks to produce the first prototype. Subsequent iterations focused on the strength and durability required to pass rigorous commercial performance tests. Ultimately, the complexity of the various shapes, angles and transitions made fabrication using modern CNC equipment impractical, resulting in a decision to produce the chair by employing old world manufacturing techniques. Using fifteen different carving tools, Corvo is hand shaped and sanded from solid American Walnut and sealed with a natural oil finish. Each chair is slightly different, reflecting the personality of the artisan who made it.”

'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design

'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design

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'Pinocchio' by Källemo

The Swedish manufacturer Källemo recently presented this new wooden chair by Mats Theselius at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. With the simple and transparent construction the designer created a modern version of the archtypical post and rung chair.

'Pinocchio' by Källemo

'Pinocchio' by Källemo

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X Collection by Michaël Bihain

The X Collection by the Belgian Michaël Bihain is a series of folded metal furniture and accessories. The new table from this concept will soon be produced by Belgian manufacturer Feld.

X table by Michaël Bihain

X table by Michaël Bihain

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'AA furniture' by H.C. Wang Design

The ‘AA furniture’ designed by the US based designer Hsin-Chun Wang is a composition of a simplistic, narrow bar height table and a bar stool height long bench. Combined in variable positions it is an ideal piece of furniture for waiting areas and public architecture.

'AA furniture' by H.C. Wang Design

'AA furniture' by H.C. Wang Design

seen @ Stilsucht

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'Object' by minus tio

At this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair the Swedish manufacturer minus tio presented this cubic display furniture created by the designer MatsTheselius and artist Andreas Roth. The piece is composed of five different materials – Swedish marble is combined with brass, corian, glass and oak. 

'Object' by minus tio

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'wogg 49', designed in collaboration with Atelier Oï

Recently the Swiss manufacturer Wogg received the public’s choice award ‘Furniture of the Year’ for its wardrobe wogg 49. The prize is awarded by the Swiss magazine ‘Raum und Wohnen’.

'wogg 49'

‘wogg 49′, designed in collaboration with Atelier Oï, is composed of a variable corpus and an elegant skin made fromnotched aluminium panels, milled from a single 2 mm sheet. The sliding mechansim is based on a compact roller element which is individually bonded to the inside of the skin. This patented system enables a big flexibility of dimensions. 

'wogg 49'

'wogg 49'

Sliding mechanism

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greenworks’ ‘Moving Hedge’ is the world’s first self-watering, mobile plant wall. The integrated, self-automated watering and nutrition system makes maintenance easy and efficient. The smooth-running wheels make ‘Moving Hedge’ a versatile piece of furniture, which quickly changes the function of an indoor space.

The base holds a tank that supplies 55 litres of water, which requires filling only every five weeks. The wall itself, with pockets that house the plants, is made of industrial felt, which doesn’t store water. It passes  moisture directly to the soil, itself remaining dry. Therefore, there is no risk of mold or must.

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Foldable table by Akka

During this year’s Stocholm Furniture Fair the Swedish designers of Akka presented this foldable table at the Greenhouse, the forum for young designers. In all different positions, even folded, the cantilvered table stands out for its charming appearance. This might be due to the slightly bent skids, which give the table a figurative character.

Foldable table by Akka

Foldable table by Akka

Foldable table by Akka

Foldable table by Akka

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'RAY' stool by Elisa Honkanen

After making work experience at Lissoni Associati in Milan and Patrick Norguet’s Studio in Paris, the Finnish designer Elisa Honkanen opened her own practice in 2008. At the Greenhouse in Stockholm she recently presented her newest creations.

'REST' stool by Elisa Honkanen

'TOMERA' table by Elisa Honkanen

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'RH 304' cantilever chair by Robert Haussmann, reissued by de Sede

Cantilever chairs have always occupied a privileged position in modern design history. It is their visual lightness, their relative lack of materiality (look Ma, no legs!), which made them such a fascination for Bauhaus greats Marcel Breuer, Mart Stam and Mies van der Rohe. Swiss manufacturer de Sede has recently reissued two iconic cantilevers from the late 1950s, the originals of which have long been sought after by collectors.

'RH 304' cantilever chair by Robert Haussmann, reissued by de Sede

Designed by Robert Haussmann, ‘RH 304′ (which was used as conference seating at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters) and ‘RH 305′ have been modified slightly for re-edition, their upholstery now slimmer than before. The seat height on ‘RH 305′ has also been adjusted. Otherwise, their silhouettes remain the same.

'RH 305' cantilever chair by Robert Haussmann; reissued by de Sede

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