chairs

Quinta armchair (1985) designed by Mario Botta

On: September 26, 2022

Tagged: Chair, chairs, classic design, design classic, Furniture Design

Mario Botta’s chair Quinta (Fifth) shares the same obvious structural rigour and continuous frame as tubular-steel chairs designed in the 1920s. Read More →

Francis Jourdain (1876 – 1958) – painter, interior designer, ceramicist

On: June 20, 2022

Tagged: armchair, Chair, chairs, French, French Design, furniture, furniture designer, Paris

Francis Jourdain (1876 – 1958), the son of architect Frantz Jourdain, was born on November 2, 1876. His father created the Salon d’Automne collection. He benefited from his parents’ friendships with prominent intellectuals (Émile Zola, Alphonse Daudet) and artists of the time (the circle of Alexandre Charpentier). Read More →

Ron Arad Israeli industrial designer and artist

On: April 25, 2022

Tagged: chairs, Design, driade, furniture, Furniture Design, furniture designer, Furniture Maker, israel, israeli designer

Ron Arad is an Israeli industrial designer, artist, and architectural designer. He is professionally active in the United Kingdom. Israeli-born Arad studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Art in 1971 before moving to London in 1973 to study at the Architectural Association’s School of Architecture. From 1974 to 1979, he was one of Britain’s most globally known and individual designers.Read More →

Tulip Armchair by Eero Saarinen (1957)

On: December 29, 2021

Tagged: armchair, Chair, chairs, Design, design classic, design object, design objects, furniture, Furniture Design

Saarinen faced the problem of trying to treat the leg structurally and visually as part of the reinforced-plastic moulded seat shell with the help of a research team from the Knoll firm led by Donald Petit. This issue had plagued him since he and Charles Eames conducted their first experiments with moulded seat shells.Read More →

Bloemenwerf Side Chair (1895) designed by Henry de Velde

On: December 3, 2021

Tagged: Chair, chairs, design classic, dutch design 🇳🇱, dutch designer 🇳🇱, furniture, Furniture Design, furniture designer, netherlands

Bloemenwerf, Henry Van de Velde’s property outside Brussels, is the inspiration for this chair. Van de Velde planned and built the house and the interior—from the furniture to the wallpaper—resulting in a holistic design that exemplified the concept of a Gesamtkunstwerk “total work of art”. Read More →

Thomas Molesworth (1890 – 1977) an American furniture designer

On: December 1, 2021

Tagged: American design 🇺🇸, American designers 🇺🇸, American 🇺🇸, armchair, Chair, chairs, furniture, furniture designer, Furniture Maker

Molesworth ranch style furniture has inspired contemporary Western furniture designers such as Jim Covert, Jeff Morris and Marc Tagesger with its large brass pads, Native American motifs and wildfire imagery.Read More →

Chair No.14, 1855 by Michael Thonet

On: November 29, 2021

Tagged: Chair, chairs, design classic, furniture, furniture designer

Bentwood furniture was not invented by Michael Thonet (1798-1871), but he perfected a method for mass production. In 1819, in Boppard, Germany, he opened his cabinetmaking business, and by 1840 he had invented the steam-softening technique for bending rods of hardwood into flowing yet structurally solid shapes. There are just six sections and screws in his all-time classic, Model No.14. Read More →

Dino Gavina (1922 – 2007) Italian Furniture Entrepreneur

On: November 25, 2021

Tagged: Chair, chairs, chaiselongue, Design firm, furniture, Furniture Maker, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹

He founded the firm Gavina in Foligno in 1960 as a subsidiary of his Dino Gavina company. Architect-designer Carlo Scarpa was appointed its titular president. The designs of Franco Albini and the earlier 1920s models of Marcel Breuer were reproduced. Breuer’s 1928 B32 chair, renamed Cesca (after Breuer’s daughter Francesca), became highly successful in mass production and was followed by the reissue of the 1925 Wassily chair, 1924 Laccio tables, 1935 bentwood chaise, and 1955 Canaan desk.Read More →

Ray Eames an American Designer

On: November 23, 2021

Tagged: American designers 🇺🇸, Architecture, Chair, chairs, Design, furniture, Furniture Design, furniture designer, Furniture Maker, MoMA

Ray Eames (b. Bernice Alexandra Kaiser 1912-88) was an American designer. She was born in Sacramento, California. She was the wife of Charles Eames. Read More →

Mezzadro Chair – a nod to Italian Agriculture

On: November 22, 2021

Tagged: Chair, chairs, design classic, furniture, Furniture Design, furniture designer, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian Designers 🇮🇹, Italian 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹, stool, stools

Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni were not the first twentieth-century designers to consider the tractor seat in relation to sophisticated furniture production: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe used it for the Conchoidal chairs he conceived during the early 1940s. Read More →

Konstantin Achkov (b.1973) and ‘tensegrity’ designed furniture

On: November 20, 2021

Tagged: armchair, bulgarian design, Bulgarian Designer, Chair, chairs, furniture, Furniture Design, furniture designer

The form of the chairs is influenced by traditional frame construction, like that of the Eiffel tower. Specific sides form the base, where every element of the furniture puzzle is assembled only using puzzle joints without glue, nails, screws or bolts.Read More →

Marc Newson’s Aluminum Chair for Knoll

On: November 13, 2021

Tagged: australian, australian design, australian designer, cantilever, Chair, chairs, Knoll

Honoring the cantilevered chairs of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the Newson Aluminum Chair, 90 years later, is a forward-looking expression that synthesizes simplicity, material and precision, in the Modernist tradition.Read More →

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969) German architect and designer

On: November 13, 2021

Tagged: Bauhaus, Berlin, Chair, chairs, Exhibition, furniture, Furniture Design, furniture designer, Furniture Maker, German Design 🇩🇪, German Designer 🇩🇪, German Designers 🇩🇪, German 🇩🇪, Germany 🇩🇪

Between 1905 and 1907, he worked as an apprentice to architect and furniture designer Bruno Paul in Berlin, where he studied wooden furniture design. He created furniture for all of his early homes, including the Werner residence.Read More →

Emilio Ambasz Argentine architect and designer

On: November 13, 2021

Tagged: Argentine Designer, Bologna, Chair, chairs, Design, Designer, Exhibition Designer, Flashlights, furniture, furniture designer, graphic design, industrial design, Industrial Designer, MoMA, new york, Princeton University

Emilio Ambasz is an Argentinean who studied architecture at Princeton University from 1960 to 1965, worked at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York from 1970 to 1975 as Curator of Design arranged the landmark Italy: The New Domestic Landscape Exhibition in 1972.Read More →

Gaetano Pesce (b.1939 ) Italian architect, designer and sculptor

On: November 9, 2021

Tagged: armchair, Chair, chairs, furniture, furniture designer, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian Designers 🇮🇹, Italian 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹, italy, Paris

He established an office in Padua, where he became a founding member of Gruppo N in 1959. He experimented with programmed art and collaborated with Gruppo Zero in Germany, Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel in Paris (then known as Motus), and Gruppo T in Milan. Read More →

Eames Chair Review: We Tested the Lounge Chair and Ottoman

On: November 2, 2021

Tagged: American design 🇺🇸, American designers 🇺🇸, American Furniture 🇺🇸, Chair, chairs, furniture, furniture designer

First developed by lifelong couple and design partners Charles and Ray Eames in 1956, the lounge chair was the duo’s interpretation of a 19th-century club chair—designed to resemble a worn first baseman’s mitt and made of high-quality materials like supple leather, wood veneer, and cast aluminum.Read More →

S533 Cantilever Chair timeless elegance

On: October 25, 2021

Tagged: Bauhaus, Chair, chairs, designboom, furniture

Technology is transformed into furniture, and an eye-catching invention is transformed into a beautiful interior design product. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was the first to give the cantilever chair a light aesthetic and use curved lines to tie it to its surroundings.Read More →

Ini Archibong’s debut collection for Sé explores delicacy and strength

On: October 4, 2021

Tagged: American designers 🇺🇸, chairs, collection, furniture, furniture designer, sun, Table, tables, wood

The series, also known as Collection IV by the brand, was released over a two-year period. It is the Nigerian American designer’s first collaboration with Sé and his most extensive furniture collection to date.Read More →

Leolux LX Armchair of High Comfort

On: September 30, 2021

Tagged: armchair, Chair, chairs, Design, furniture, furniture designer, netherlands

and comfortable armchair. The walnut or oak wooden plywood shell, upholstered in fabric or leather, is the focal point. Customization is also possible with the aluminium swivel base. For that ultimate touch, this can be completed in polished aluminium or an Epoxy colour.Read More →

Girly Feminine Pink Chair Furniture Designs 🌸

On: September 30, 2021

Tagged: Chair, chairs, Design, furniture, furniture designer, Italian Design 🇮🇹, Italian furniture 🇮🇹

The gentle tones wonderfully complement the comfy cushions, creating what the designer refers to as “uterine sensuality.” Memory foam is used to make the pillows, which reminds us of safety, rest, and the future in keeping with the design’s maternal motif. The base is composed of polished aluminium and is uneven in shape, much like the entire chair design. This is a must-see for everyone who likes one-of-a-kind items. Read More →

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