61Sep 9, 2012
M’Afrique is a furniture collection for the Italian brand Moroso, produced with the help of traditional craftsmen in Senegal. The first collection included pieces by Tord Boontje, Patricia Urquiola, Bibi Seck and Ayse Birsel, who were all asked to take inspiration from Senegalese weaving craft to come up with an idea for a new outdoor […]
62Sep 8, 2012
The entire Frame family of seating (Highframe, Armframe, Longframe, Floatingframe and Rollingframe) is based on the same construction idea: to establish an “organic” relation among different elements, creating different typologies by making minimal variations in the proportions and form. The chair (a tribute to Eames and his light structures in die-cast aluminum) combines different technologies […]
63Aug 18, 2012
The inspiration for the Fifty armchair is clearly to be sought in the ”Flag Halyard Chair”, the recliner chair in metal and cord designed by Hans Wegner in Denmark in 1950. Dögg & Arnved designed a straight backrest to allow not only for rest but also reading (or watching television). The woven ‘ears’ on each […]
64Jun 28, 2012
Uniform chair is the product of Alex Taylor’s process of manipulating sheet metal. Sophisticated, smart folds within the legs and frame define its form and is only enhanced with a classic combination of materials and beautiful finish. Plywood seat pads provide comfort and structure while referencing the chair’s inspiration from old wooden classroom chairs. designer: […]
65Jun 27, 2012
An exemplary mix of design sobriety and indispensable decorative detail, in which well-defined lines are traced and combined to produce an effect that is of surprisingly fresh appeal. The collection is composed by a dining and a lounge chair with woven belts, moka or sand colour, and smoke or milk steel structure. The smoke structure […]
66Jun 27, 2012
Essential design for Lawrence: a cotton impermeable canvas with leather inserts, clothes the vertexes of four structural triangles in metal wire. Available in sand or green canvas, and completed by a stool, the Lawrence collection is perfect both for indoor and outdoor spaces. designer : rodolfo dordoni producer : roda
67Jun 18, 2012
Harp is a celebration of a craft manufacturing: a never-ending weave of cords that twine the metal frame drawing lines that look continuous to the human eye. The classic string chair finds a new outdoor dimension, where polyester trails its infinite filaments around a tubular metal structure in one continuous outline. Neutrality is ignited by […]
68Jun 14, 2012
Nendo has developed the “Melt” for its black&black collection to present at K%. The Melt is a chair that has a unique back and arm made from a single bar from opposite sides. A continuous curve from the back legs through the backrest, arm and front legs creates a form in which all of the […]
69Jan 29, 2012
The un-office, office chair. Maarten van Severen’s .04 Chair is an unlikely display of angles and lines fused together to inform a design appearing distinctive from the usual. Made of a flexible, polyurethane foam shell, the chair is endowed with a micro-mechanism beneath the seat to allow for a wide range of movements, maximizing comfort […]
70Jan 17, 2012
At first glance, the Supersoft chair by Piero Lissoni, looks super straight. However, closer inspection might yield a different impression. A softer one, that is. Available in a more slender version and an armchair version, the chairs are formed of molded polyurethane foam with a fixed cover, coming in a variety of colored fabric or […]