Showing posts with label chair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chair. Show all posts

Friday, June 22, 2018

New-York Design Studio Jumbo Designs Tubular Chair and Three Matching Lamps

New York design studio Jumbo has made a dark purple seat and three matching lamps, all from curved tubes of steel. The curved tubular forms function as the seat’s structure and the lamps’ bases, in the bits that comprise the Neotenic collection.

The little series that was launched in the NYCxDesign festival past month was designed by friends and designers Monling Lee and Justin Donnelly — who established a studio called Jumbo in 2016.

The duo that is located in Brooklyn created the items in the collection from fitting chunky, tubular types in a dark purple color. The alloy frames are coated in an auto urethane paint, giving the metal surfaces a high-gloss sheen that is very similar to lacquer.

The seat comprises two tubular components. A U-shaped volume turned upside down strains that the two back legs, while the next more angular piece creates the backrest and two front legs. The base of the chair is covered in cowhide dyed a fitting deep burgundy, with the rough upholstered feel juxtaposing the glossy metal structural components.

The next light fixture has been designed as a table light. It’s a similar shape to the ground lamp but is smaller in scale in 11.5 inches (29.25 centimeters) tall. Last, the wall mounted sconce has the very identical dimensions as the table lamp with a cord attached to one end of the curved steel design to turn the light on.

H/T dezeen

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Friday, December 15, 2017

A Designer Created GOT Inspired Plush Chair

I will ensure that Game of Thrones could have looked much cooler had they put this polystyrene filled, wool felt chair rather. Maybe not cooler, but playful. The Narl Chair is an Omnidirectional rocking chair, using a foundation made from high-density polyurethane foam and foam conceal.

Narl is this NYCxDesign student design award’s winner, and there is an excellent reason for this. Carl Durkow, the designer of the Narl Chair, said “when an adult sits at the Narl chair, their toes are not able to touch the floor, and they’ve reverted to a childlike state. A Montessori philosophy is about empowering children by giving them furniture so that their feet can touch the ground, scaled to their size. I want to attain the opposite of this.” An enjoyable and exciting seat is everything you did not know that you wanted.