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Emeco Barber Osgerby On On Chairs

Design | Furniture

Emeco ‘On and On’ collection of chairs and stools designed by Barber & Osgerby

The 'On and On' collection of lightweight and extremely durable chairs and stools is the result of a collaboration between American furniture manufacturer Emeco and London-based designers Barber & Osgerby.  The chairs and stools are manufactured from 70% rPET (waste plastic bottles), 10% non-toxic pigment, and 20% glass fibre for strength; furthermore Emeco aims to recycle used chairs to manufacture new ones. The chairs are suitable for interior and exterior use and can be stacked up to six chairs high. Photo by David Brook Shoot Studio. Emeco

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Fredericia Gogmo Chair Hugo Passos

Design | Furniture

Hugo Passos designs the Gomo lounge chair and sofa for Fredericia

Fredericia in collaboration with Portuguese-born, Copenhagen-based designer, Hugo Passos has designed the Gomo upholstered lounge collection. The Gomo chair and sofa are both designed without legs and feature reusable FSC® certified inner wooden frames, reusable mechanisms, with a cover and padding that are not glued, allowing for their  replacement. Fredericia

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Loop Chair by Willy Guhl for Eternit Original

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Loop Chair by Willy Guhl for Eternit

The Loop Chair was designed in 1954 by Swiss designer Willy Guhl for Eternit. The shape of the chair was originally conceived in 1947 using clay impressions. The production chairs were made of mass produced Eternit fibre cement mats, which were moulded before they hardened. The design was revised by Guhl in 1997 and made of an asbestos-free fibre-reinforced cement (FRC), with a larger radii and two reinforcing corrugations to compensate for the weaker material. Photo of original 1954 Loop Chair. Swisspearl

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The Lounge Chair by Max Lamb for Vaarnii

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The Lounge Chair by Max Lamb for Vaarnii

The Lounge Chair 005 is designed by British furniture designer Max Lamb and manufactured by Finnish furniture company Vaarnii. Max Lamb designed the furniture combining off the shelf pieces of Finnish Pine to create a solid form, and then scooping out two convex recesses, revealing the grain of the timber. The chair is made by local craftsmen in factories in Finland. Photo Jussi Puikkonen. Vaarnii

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Carl Hansen PK1 Chair stainless steel and-black with papercord

Design | Furniture

Carl Hansen releases a paper cord version of the Paul Kjærholm PK1 chair

The Carl Hansen PK1 Paper Cord chair is a variant of the lightweight and stackable PK1 chair, originally designed in brushed steel and wicker, by Danish architect Paul Kjærholm in 1951. The new version is made of steel and certified paper cord, taking a skilled craftsman 15 hours to weave 180 meters of paper cord onto the seat and back of each PK1 chair. Carl Hansen

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Muller Van Severen Valerie Objects Alu Chair outside

Design | Furniture

The Alu Chair by Muller van Severen for Valerie Objects

Belgian design studio Muller van Severen originally designed the Alu Chair for Anne Holtrop's Bahrain pavilion for the World Expo 2015 in Milan. The chairs are part of a collection by Belgian design label Valerie Objects, and are made of a powder coated aluminium frame with coloured polyethylene applied to the back and seat. Valerie Objects, Muller van Severen

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Oto Chair Martinelli Venezia_

Design | Furniture

OTO chair designed by Martinelli Venezia and Alessandro Stabile for One To One

Architects Carolina Martinelli and Vittorio Venezia, in collaboration with Milan based Alessandro Stabile, designed the OTO chair for the Italian furniture brand One To One. Inspired by the circular economy, the OTO chair is manufactured using recycled plastic and a single mould which is a third of the size of traditional moulds. The chair is transported in a  flat package and can be assembled using an interlocking system without screws or inserts. Martinelli Venezia. One To One

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Eikund Hunter lounge chair Villa Grung

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Eikund relaunches the Torbjørn Afdal Hunter Chair

Norwegian furniture company Eikund relaunches the Torbjørn Afdal designed Hunter Chair. The chair, which was originally designed in 1960, forms part of Eikund's  Norwegian mid-century design classics collection.  Eikund

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CASSINA ONE BLOCK DOWN Zig Zag Limited Edition Gerrit T. Rietveld Piscina Scarioni

Design | Furniture

Cassina and One Block Down issue new version of Gerrit T. Reitveld’s Zig Zag chair

The iconic Zig Zag chair was an early cantilevered solid wood chair designed by Dutch designer and architect Gerrit T. Reitveld in 1934. Cassina and One Block have issued a limited edition of the chair in wood and sheet metal. The metal is saturated in three colours linked to the De Stijl movement, namely red, yellow and blue. Cassina, One Block Down

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Eames Fiberglass Armchair DAR

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Eames Fibreglass Armchair DAR by Vitra

Charles and Ray Eames designed the Fibreglass Armchair DAR in 1950 following a design competition entry two years earlier at the New York MOMA. The chair is made of a steel wire base, known as the Eiffel Tower version and a dyed-through glass-fibre reinforced polyester base which in some colours is slightly transparent as in the earlier models. Vitra

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Jasper Morrison Evo-C Vitra

Design | Furniture

Jasper Morrison’s recyclable EVO-C chair for Vitra

The EVO-C chair by Jasper Morrison is made of 100% recyclable polypropylene and the use of a single material gives the chair a sculptural quality. Gas injection moulding technology allows the cantilevered chair to achieve the strength and rigidity of tubular metal chairs. Vitra, Jasper Morrison

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Vitra Panton Chair Classic

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Panton Chair Classic designed in 1959 by Verner Panton, manufactured by Vitra

Verner Panton, the influential 20th century Danish designer, seeing the potential of plastic, designed an all-plastic one piece chair in 1959. After searching for a manufacturer for many years the chair was manufactured by Vitra in 1967. Vitra

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Carl Hansen Wishbone Chair CH24 Birthday Edition 2023

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Carl Hansen releases the Birthday Edition 2023 of the classic Wishbone Chair

Hans J Wegner's iconic Wishbone Chair has been in continuous production since 1950. Carl Hansen have now produced a limited edition CH24 Birthday Edition 2023 in oiled FSC TM oak and an exclusive double woven seat. Carl Hansen

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Committee Chair Pierre Jeanneret Cassina

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Cassina introduces the Committee Chair as part of its homage to Pierre Jeannette collection

Pierre Jeannette worked with Le Corbusier in the design of the Indian city of Chandigarh. The Committee Chair was designed by Pierre Jeannette for the Chandigarh project and is now manufactured by Cassina. Cassina

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Koyori Kawara Armchair Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec design the Kawara armchair in plywood for Koyori

The Kawara armchair is made of moulded plywood with a curved backrest and armrest. The chair is designed by the Paris studio of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Japanese furniture brand Koyori. Photo Hiroshi Iwasaki. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Koyori

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Cassina Gerrit Rietveld Utrecht Armchair

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The Utrecht armchair designed in 1935 by Rietveld

While working at the department store Metz & Co in Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld worked on the brief to create a chair for serial production. The result was the iconic Urtrech armchair, which has been manufactured by Cassina in Italy since 1988. Cassina

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Tip Ton Chair Vitra Barber Osgerby

Design | Furniture

Barber Osgerby’s Tip Ton chair designed to encourage movement, manufactured by Vitra

Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby were asked to furnish the Royal Society of Arts Academy in Tipton while Vitra were working with ETH Zurich on 'dynamic sitting'. The ETH report concluded that a forward tilt sitting position had benefits including improved circulation. This led to a collaboration between Barber Osgerby and Vitra to create the Tip Ton Chair. Vitra subsequently released the Tip Ton RE which is manufactured from recycled plastic. Photo Marc Eggimann. ©Vitra. Barber Osgerby, Vitra

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Gio-Ponti-D.153.1-armchair

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Gio Ponti D.153.1 armchair

Gio Ponti designed the D.153.1 armchair for his private house in Milan. This re-edition is based on the original drawings from the ponti archives.  Molteni & Co

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Thonet 119 Lounge Chair Sebastian Herkner

Design | Furniture

Sebastian Herkner designs the distinctive Thonet 119 lounge chair

The 119 lounge chair is made from bentwood and cane and designed for comfort with its wide backrest and deep, slightly tilted seat. Thonet's history dates back to 1819 when Michael Thonet set up his workshop in Boppard on the River Rhine. Thonet, Sebastian Herkner

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MDF Italia Achille Armchair Jean Marie Massaud

Design | Furniture

MDF Italia Achille armchair designed by Jean Marie Massaud

The Achille armchair is manufactured by MDF Italia and was designed by the French architect and designer Jean Marie Massaud in 2011. The aim of the design is to create a comfortable, enveloping  and lightweight armchair. Milan based furniture brand MDF Italia was formed in 1992 with a focus on design and simplicity. Jean Marie Massaud. MDF Italia

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Snohetta S-1500 Chair

Design | Furniture

Snohetta S-1500 Chair made from recycled plastic from the fish farming industry

Snohetta and Nordic Comfort Products have redesigned Norwegian modernist Bendt Winge's classic R-48 chair to produce a chair whose body is made from 100% recycled plastic. The plastic is from the fish farming industry in the north of Norway. Snohetta. Nordic Comfort Products

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naoto fukasawa 130 chair thonet

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Naoto Fukasawa 130 Chair

Naoto Fukasawa designed the solid wood 130 chair for Thonet in 2010. The frame is made from solid wood and the backrest  in moulded plywood with or without upholstery. Thonet

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brdr kruger david thulstrup arv chair

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David Thulstrup ARV Chair for Noma

The head chef and founder of Noma, René Redzepi, commissioned Studio David Thulstrup to create the ARV Chair. The design of the chain draws from Danish tradition but has a contemporary and timeless quality. The chair is manufactured by Brde. Kruger, a firm that was founded in Copenhagen as a woodturning company and dates back to 1886. Brdr Kruger

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AC-AL trame chair

Design | Furniture

AC/AL Studio Trame Chair

The Trame chair for both inside and exterior use is designed by Amandine Chhor and Aïssa Logerot for Petite Friture. The chair is manufactured from steel and epoxy coated. Petite Friture

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Arne Jacobsen lala Berlin Republic of Fritz Hansen grand prix chair

Design | Furniture | Interiors

Arne Jacobsen leyla piedayesh Series 7™ Velvet Chair

Arne Jacobsen's Series 7™ chair is the subject of a collaboration between Fritz Hansen and Leyla Piedayesh's Lala Berlin fashion brand. Bold colours and velvets adorn the Series 7 chairs.  Fritz Hansen

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muller vam severen s lounge chair

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Muller van severen wire s# lounge chair

The wire s# lounge chair is part of a furniture collection designed by artists Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen. The collection sits been art and furniture, and the wire s# lounge chair is manufactured in powder coated stainless steel. Muller van Severen

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klausesr & carpenter utility chair

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Klauser and Carpenter utility chair

Commissioned by Canteen for their group of restaurants. This design can be seen as an evolution of the once ubiquitous post-war Utility Chair, still a familiar sight in the UK today. Klaus & Carpenter managed to reduce the chair to three main components. The powder-coated frame is made from one continuous piece of bent tube. Hidden fixings join it neatly to the plywood seat and back. Along the way they subtly updated the look of the classic archetype. The result is light weight, stackable and versatile: the Canteen Utility Chair. 2009. VG&P

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george Nakashima straight chair knoll

Design | Furniture

George Nakashima Straight Chair

The Straight Chair is George Nakashima's modern interpretation of the traditional Windsor chair. Originally designed in 1946 and reintroduced by KnollStudio in 2008 in collaboration with George Nakashima’s daughter, Mira. Using three-dimensional scanning software, the Knoll Development Group created an exact replica of the handmade original. Knoll

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CH24_black_natural_env

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Hans Wegner CH24 Wishbone Chair

Hans J. Wegner designed the Wishbone chair for Carl Hansen & Søn in 1949 and it has been in continuous production since 1950. Despite the chair's straightforward appearance it takes more than 100 steps to make one and the hand woven seat consists of more than 120 meters of paper cord. Carl Hansen opened his furniture workshop in Odense, Denmark in 1908 and still manufacture in a modern factory just outside Odense. Carl Hansen

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Eames Aluminium Chair EA 105 - EA 106 vitra

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Eames Aluminium Group Chair

Charles and Ray Eames, the American designers who have made significant contributions to modern architecture and furniture,  conceived and developed the Aluminium Chair in 1958 for the private residence of an art collector in Columbus, Indiana (USA). The chair is constructed by stretching fabric or leather between two aluminium side members create a taut but elastic seat. This is in contrast to the seat shell. The chair adapts to the body of the sitter and is comfortable, even without elaborate upholstery. Vitra

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.03 maarten van severed chair

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Maarten Van Severen .03 Chair

Maarten van Severen studied architecture at the Art Academy in Ghent and produced his first furniture in 1986. In 1990 he began a collaboration with the architect Rem Koolhaus and started to concentrate on interiors. The .03 chair is designed to be unobtrusive yet comfortable and is made of  resilient polyurethane integral foam. The chair is designed to respond to the body by flexing. Maarten's collaboration with the family owned Swiss manufacturer Vitra commenced in 1996. Vitra

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Emeco Bouroullec Truss Table open sofa low table

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Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec design multifunctional ‘Truss’ collection of furniture for Emeco

Paris-based designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed 'Truss', a multifunctional collection of tables, sofas and benches, for American furniture maker Emeco. The manufacturer is known for its reuse of waste materials and robust handcrafted chairs that are built to be passed down through generations, an example of which is the 1006 Navy Chair® made from scrap aluminium in 1944.

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Maarteen van Severen Duo seat red

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Duo Seat by Muller van Severen for Valerie Objects

Muller van Severen designed the Duo Seat for their solo exhibition Future Primitives at Interior Kortrijk in 2012. The Duo Seat consists of slim horizontal steel bars with cloth spanning between the bars, allowing large pieces of furniture to appear 'invisible'. Shortly afterwards, Muller van Severen created the Solo Chair, which was a core version of the Duo Seat and also the Rocking Chair, both of which follow the same principle of visual lightness. Photo Siska Vandecasteele. Valerie Object, Muller van Severen

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Joris Laarman Maker benches Chatsworth House Mirror Mirror Exhibition

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Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth

18 March - 1 October 2023, DERBYSHIRE, UK.

Stately Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England, continues the Devonshire family's tradition of supporting creativity by commissioning contemporary designers. 'Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chartworth', places works by 16 international artists and designers into the historical context of the house, creating unexpected connections. Photo of Maker benches in the Painted Hall Joris Laarman, courtesy Chatsworth House Trust. Chatsworth

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Knekk chair in a stack from Fora Form

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Fora Form launches the Jon Fauske designed Knekk furniture series

John Fauske designed the Knekk bar stool for Norwegian furniture company Fora Form in 2019. The Knekk range has now been expanded to include solid oak chairs, tables and benches. Fora Form

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Maison à Bordeaux by Rem Koolhaas, OMA Lift

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Maison à Bordeaux by Rem Koolhaas, OMA

Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas of OMA, designed Maison à Bordeaux, a three-floor house on a hill overlooking Bordeaux. The house was designed for a couple. Following a car crash, the husband became wheelchair-bound and his brief to the architect was clear, 'I do not want a simple house. I want a complex house because the house will define my world'. The heart of the house is a 3m by 3.5m elevator platform that moves between the three floors and itself becomes part of the kitchen, living space or office, giving easy access to books, artwork or a wine cellar. The house was completed in 1998. Photo Hans Werlemann ©OMA. OMA

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CH22 Lounge Chair & CH008 Coffee Table in Teak

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Carl Hansen introduces the Teak Collection by Hans J. Wegner

The CH22 Lounge chair and CH008 Coffee Table by Hans J. Wegner are now available in FSC certified Teak. This follows the reintroduction of teak versions of the CH24 Wishbone Chair and the CH327 Dining Table. Carl Hansen

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Jean Prouvé Collection Vitra Standard Chair EM Table

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The Jean Prouvé Collection by Vitra

The French designer and engineer Jean Prouvé designed the iconic Standard Chair in 1935 and the EM Table in 1950. Both of these items form part of the Jean Prouvé Collection manufactured by Vitra. Vitra have now issued new products and have also extended the range of existing colours. Photo Florian Böhn, ©Vitra. Vitra

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Box Sofa by Autoban for De La Espada

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Box Sofa for De La Espada by Autoban

Istanbul based multidisciplinary practice Autoban have designed the Box Sofa for De La Espada. The sofa is inspired by the mid-century modernist movement and has the form of a timber box with upholstery on the inside, supported by slender legs. De La Espada, Autoban

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charles pollock cp1 bernhardt

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Charles Pollock cp1 for Bernhardt Design

Lounge Seating designed by Charles Pollock for Bernhardt Design. Charles Pollock's designs were governed by two principles. Creatively, he favored a continuous curved line when sketching ideas and creating forms. The second principle was that any product must be visually attractive, functional, and affordable. In 2012, the 82-year-old Pollock introduced his first new product in America since the debut of his iconic Pollock Chair forty-seven years earlier. Pollock’s new collection CP Lounge was commissioned by Bernhardt Design.  Bernhard Design

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mies barcelona couch

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Mies van der rohe Barcelona couch

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was selected to design the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona. Inside, Mies included chairs and stools for the King and Queen of Spain. Designed in 1930, the Barcelona Couch shares the same simple elegance as the iconic lounge chair. Mies granted Knoll the production rights to the Chair and Stool in 1953. Knoll was formed in 1938 by Hans Knoll in New York. Knoll

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