Faye Toogood is a British designer. Her furniture and objects demonstrate a preoccupation with materiality and experimentation. All of her pieces are handmade by small-scale fabricators and traditional artisans, with an honesty to the rawness and irregularity of the chosen material. Described by its designer as “a modern tool for sitting,” Batch spade chair, this […]

Designer Tokujin Yoshioka has designed a world-class piece of trash. What looks suspiciously like a gigantic, crumpled up piece of aluminum foil is actually an artistic endeavor for the Italian furniture company Moroso. The Memory chair is created from a material derived from recycled aluminum that is draped like a dome over a chair. When […]

A beautiful high-end range of conference chairs by designers Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub the feature seat shells which can be divided and put back together differently, with the armrests becoming the main link between the seat and backrest. Prototypes of this range were first showcased at Orgatec 2010. designer: markus jehs + jürgen laub […]

Jean-Marie Massaud has designed the Heaven series. According to him, it is “a manifesto of elegance, mid-way between glamour and timeless sensuality. The airy silhouettes of the chairs, armchairs, tables and vases stage the privileges of open-air life with refinement. They do not neglect requisites of comfort, stack-ability and resistance that, to my mind, are […]

Metalworker Xavier Pauchard not only brought the art of galvanizing steel to France, but took the process to the next level by creating the Marais A Chair (1934), the quintessential cafe chair that was both elegant and robust enough to grace the decks of the S.S. Normandie ocean liner. It takes 100 manual operations to […]

The PK24 lounge chair is an elegant example from Fritz Hansen’s “Poul Kjaerholm” collection. The slow slope of the chair consists of a stainless steel frame and natural wicker seat and back rest (also available in all leather). This 1965 lounge chair holds an adjustable headrest made of leather with a counterweight in steel. The […]

The Hiroshima chair emits the impression of a traditional and classic wooden chair, but Naoto Fukasawa with Maruni uses advanced technology and craftsmanship to create a new clean and modern viewpoint of the wooden armchair. Hiroshima seems to be hand-carved from a solid block of wood because of its seamless joints achieved by computer-aided routers […]

This product is an evolution of the Surface Table, a collaboration between designer Terence Woodgate and famed Formula One designer John Barnard. The same materials and processes define the supreme strength and slim, elegant form. The chair’s slender profile and highly polished finish reveal the structure of this exceptional material inherent in layered carbon fiber. […]

Featuring a generously proportioned plastic seat shell and a high level of comfort, the Tom Vac is elegant and modern. Its corrugated structure offers flexibility and stability. This chair is highly adaptable and fits great when used individually in homes, shops or in the office. Tom Vac may also be used in multiples and featured […]

The De La Warr Pavilion is a piece of furniture that can best represent contemporary design while still remaining true to the aesthetic of the iconic 1930s building. The design team, BarberOsgerby, were influenced by the modernist architecture when creating this elegant and extremely functional chair. The skid leg was developed as a response to […]