'Avalon' by Michael Young
The Swedish manufacturer Swedese recently presented this upholstered armchair, designed by the British born and Hong Kong based Michael Young, at the Stockholm Furniture Fair.
‘Avalon’ has a 360 degree swiveling base with automatic return.
'Avalon' by Michael Young for Swedese
'Avalon' by Michael Young
New armchair by Kitani
The Japanese manufacturer Kitani is one of the most ambitious producers of classic Scandinavian design, amongst other pieces of Finn Juhl, Nanna Ditzel and Ib Kofod-Larsen.
At this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair Kitani presented this new armchair, which doesn’t rank behind the classic archetypes.
New armchair by Kitani
'Fly' chair by Patrick Norguet for Offecct
Swedish design manufacturer Offecct has launched four new furniture pieces at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. ’It’s not really a complicated design,’ maintains French designer Patrick Norguet of his new ‘Fly’ chair, in spite of the fact that he worked on the project for four years before his collaboration with the design team at Offecct identified the right technology to produce the chair. Compared by Norguet to the type of helmet worn by Japanese samurai, ‘Fly’ requires relatively little energy for the production of its fabric, which has an obvious benefit in terms of sustainability.
'Snowflakes' tables by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Offecct
Swedish architectural trio Claesson Koivisto Rune have created a table called ‘Snowflakes’, which lays claim to being the first industrially produced piece of furniture in series where each individual piece is different from the next. Made from Corian, with the aid of advanced computer software, the table attempts to achieve the same variation found in real snowflakes. The table tops are cut by a milling machine, which is controlled by a piece of software that alters the milling program each time within certain parameters. The result: sameness with difference.
'Origami' armchair by Carlos Tiscar for Offecct
The name of Carlos Tiscar’s new wingback for Offecct pretty much says it all in terms of the inspiration for the piece – ‘Origami’. The chair combines the visually pleasing angularity that one finds in Japanese paper-folding with a softness provided by its generous upholstery. Of his design, the Spanish designer says, ‘A person can sit comfortably in this chair for a long time. To me, good design is environmentally sound because these objects and furniture tend to have a longer lifespan.’
New 'RE:cover' edition by Fredrik Färg
Felt is his material. Last year the young Swedish designer Fredrik Färg presented a series of reused chairs he upgraded with artfully folded felt backrests. At this year’s Stockholm Design Fair Fredrik comes back with a new ‘RE:cover’ edition.
'RE:cover' by Fredrik Färg
Fredrik Färg will be exibiting at the Green Design project, Stand: KF:10, KF:20.
'RE:cover' by Fredrik Färg
'Radiolarian' sofa by Liam Hopkins
In collaboration with artist Richard Sweeney the Manchaster based designer Liam Hopkins created this range of cargboard furniture. The Honeycomb Sofa and Armchair are released at Interiors 2010 with Designersblock at the NEC Birmingham, 24-27th January 2010.
'Radiolarian' sofa by Liam Hopkins
“The designers constrained themselves to the use of corrugated cardboard sourced locally from John Hargreaves’ factory in Stalybridge, which produces paper from recycled pulp using machinery originally installed in 1910.”
'Radiolarian' sofa by Liam Hopkins
“The design process involved experimentation with columnar forms, which were inspired by structural forms in nature, including a wasp nest and the crystalline bone structure of microscopic sea organisms known as Radiolaria. Computer design techniques were used to generate the form of the furniture using triangular columns, which were oriented to utilise the structural properties of the cardboard. The individual components were extracted from the virtual model to create flat layouts, which were printed to create templates for transfer onto the cardboard- over two thousand components were hand cut and glued together to create the Honeycomb Sofa.”
'Radiolarian' sofa by Liam Hopkins
'Bravais' armchair by Liam Hopkins
'Bravais' armchair by Liam Hopkins
to the Liam Hopkins / Lazerian website
'dS – 9045' by Philippe Bestenheider for De Sede
The Swiss manufacturer De Sede presents these beautiful and geometrically complex pieces by the Milano based designer Philippe Bestenheider at this year’s imm cologne.
“The modular side table ’dS – 9045′ was the result ofa series of premlimiry models I made in paper which allowed me to develop the hinged and folding appearance in a playful fashion.” the designer explains.
It is available in aluminium is available in three colours: natural, bronze, brown.
'dS – 9045' by Philippe Bestenheider
“The lines of this easy chair ‘dS – 315′ are determined by a hand-sewn seam 26 metres in length. Like a crustacean’s shell, the enveloping outer skin reveals a soft inner life that affords a maximum of comfort – plus a sense of snug security.”
'dS – 9045' side table and 'dS – 315' armchair by Philippe Bestenheider for De Sede
'dS – 315' by Philippe Bestenheider
The accented seams underline the geometric composition of the armchair.
'dS – 315' by Philippe Bestenheider
'H57' by Richard Lampert
The German manufacturer Richard Lampert realised another piece of the architect and Bauhaus student Herbert Hirche. This time it is the armchair ‘H 57′ which Hirche designed for the architectural exhibition ‘Interbau’ in Berlin in 1957. Within this exhibition the famous ‘Hansaviertel’ was realised in former West-Berlin, with buildings by architects such as Oscar Niemeyer, Walter Gropius and Arne Jacobsen.
The ‘H57′ did not go into production at that time.
'H57' by Richard Lampert
Visit Richard Lampert at this year’s imm cologne in Halle 11.2 Stand J 10 with a booth designed by Eric Degenhardt.
'H57' by Richard Lampert
more Richard Lampert products @ Architonic
‘Prater’ by Marco Dessí for Richard Lampert
The Hansaviertel Project in Berlin by Gisbert Poeppler (DE)
‘life in the city of tomorrow’, a documentary by Marian Engel
'Eno' by Mikko Laakkonen for Covo
The manifold portofolio of Covo reflects the broad variety of designers the Italian manufacturer engages. This year they presented this new chair created by the Finnish designer Mikko Laakkonen. ‘Eno’ is inspired by the classic archetype of the sitting of the north of Europe, where the solidity of the wood is the formal matrix.
'Brio' by Mikiya Kobayashi
The second chair of this year’s collection is ‘Brio’ by the Japanese designer Mikiya Kobayashi.
Restoration of vintage furniture for a non profit organisation, design by Alain Gilles
This “experimental” project has been specialy created for “Les Petits Riens / Spullenhulp” a non profit organisation created some 70 years ago in Brussels and currently active in the whole of Belgium.
They collect discarded objects such as furniture and clothing. These are either redistribute to those in need, or the profits generated by the sales of these vintage pieces used to finance specific social projects intended to favor the socio-professional re-integration of people.
For the seventh time in a raw they are organizing an event called “Second Hand, Second Life” . They have asked 17 designers and 13 stylists to give a “second life” to some of the furniture and clothing they have collected. These one-off and very unique creations are then auctioned off to collectors at the end of a ceremony that will take place on this Friday the 16th of October in the “Tour & Taxis” hall in Brussels. This annual event is meant to promote their activity, but also to collect funds for the organization.
New design for a vintage rattan armchair
The “Experimenta One & Two” armchair are the result of a discussion between the old and the new, between the original “vintage” piece and its reclaimed modern transformation. The past, the original 1960’s rattan seat, as become the structural foundation for the new reclaimed one. Its origins are not at all hidden, just whitened and in a way blurred by the 3D woven textile cover. It is a combination between very old production techniques and extremely modern 3D weaving technologies. The inner qualities of the textile are used to redefine the object. Its strength gives it its unique shape, and its structure has made the connection between the cover and the existing chair very simple and almost invisible. The binding is made by some very small plastic auto-fastening cable clamps that entrap only one side of the 3D fabric to hold it in position.
The two seats are also an experimentation on the graphic weight of an object. Both armchairs are very similar, only the placement of two graphic stripes give them a unique personality. The emphasis it creates is meant to alters the perception and visual shape of the object.
The original
The designers participating in the “Second Hand, Second Life” auction are:
Alain Berteau, Olivier Berghmans & Olivier Gilson, Michaël Bihain, Steven Brouns, Benoît Deneufbourg, Louis de Limburg Stirum, Hans De Pelsmacker, Nicolas Destino, Nedda El-Asmar, Alain Gilles, Linde Hermans, Pascal Koch, Gauthier Poulain, Pol Quadens, stefan schöning, Lennart Van Uffelen & le team ToMA Gerkens, Barbara Helft, Cedric Van Cauwenberghe, Charlotte Lancelot & David Richiuso
The stylists participating in the “Second Hand, Second Life” auction are:
Monsieur Bul, Lisa Colpaert, Fabienne Delvigne, An Eckers, Caroline Foulon, Sandrina Fasoli, Carine Gilson, les Hommes, Marius Pompon, Sigi, Edouard Vermeulen (NATAN), Team Petits Riens, Christian Wijnants.
to the Les Petits Riens website
'Hush ' Chair by naughtone
100%Design London has never been a trade fair in the classical sense. Rather than being a business marketplace for dealers, the concise exhibition of interiors has positioned itself as a rich source of inspiration for architects and interior designers. Besides the harsh situation on the market, this is another possible reason for the absence of some well-known British manufacturers, for which powerful brand presentation is more important. Despite all this, 100%Design stuck to its holistic approach and once again presented a convincing preselection of premium manufacturers.
'Spin' lamp in addition to the 'Spin' tables by Tomoko Azumi for Mark
Established & Sons who had also decided to not attend at Earls Court, presented themselves at their new premises instead. Their showroom and studio look absolutely unimpressive from the outside, but turn out to be really imposing once you have entered the building.
The new Established & Sons showroom
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