King Bonk, an armchair and footstool by designers Fredrikson Stallard, will be on show at David Gill Galleries during the London Design Festival this September.
The form was generated by tying upholstery foam with string. The final shape was carved from polystyrene with a chainsaw.
“It took us a year to find the perfect curves, and we did that by hand,” says Ian Stallard. “This piece has never been anywhere near a computer.”
Made from fibreglass, the chairs will be produced in a limited edition.
Photographs by Thomas Brown/David Gill Galleries.
The following information is from David Gill Galleries:
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FREDRIKSON STALLARD – KING BONK
David Gill Galleries is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work by Fredrikson Stallard which will open during the London Design Festival 08.
From 15 September until 19 October, at David Gill’s primary space in Loughborough Street, SE11 the exhibition will feature Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard’s latest design, the King Bonk chair and footstool. The shape of this sculptural piece with its reflective finish was derived from tying up upholstery foam with string, and named after the biggest marble in the school playground. The original full-size form was carved with a chainsaw in polystyrene.
The limited edition collection will be on show at the gallery throughout the festival. The chair is available in four paint colours, which were created by Bentley: black/green, black/cobalt blue, black/gold and black/violet. The exhibition promises to offer up a dramatic play of light, colour and reflection. More work by Fredrikson Stallard will be on show at DavidGill’s Fulham Road gallery.
Fredrikson Stallard
Armchair ‘King Bonk’ 2008
Material: fibreglass with dichroic paint
Chair H 88 x W 100 x L 95cm
Editions David Gill, limited to 8 + 2AP + 2P
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Posted by Rose Etherington
June 27th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Does anyone do mass production anymore?
June 27th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Why are there never people in these photos, anamorphic projects like these are predicated on the idea of human interaction. There are certain keyframe niches that the human body is supposed to fit into. Why do they never showcase them?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
no offense, but spending a year of your life designing these, and then calling out that you didn’t get near a computer doesn’t make sense nor sound efficient.
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a computer is just a tool to help you create. if you had the idea from the start to create these shapes, using a computer may have saved you 6-9 months which you could have used to create additional projects.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Mr Skull, The year comment to which you refer was so obviously ironic - they are are poking fun at the furniture as art industry and the twidiots who buy it.
June 28th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Call me a sucker, but I think these are gorgeous. I love the concept and genesis, and sculpturally they’re phenomenal as well.
I don’t believe the comment that they didn’t get near a computer was ironic, in fact I think it speaks to the nature of the work as a limited edition. Could they have crafted the same form using a computer? Yes, but obviously they would never have arrived at it in the first place.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:54 am
the irony must have fell flat with me. this should have clued me in : “The final shape was carved from polystyrene with a chainsaw”
June 28th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
these are gonna hurt my ass
June 29th, 2008 at 4:38 am
the year long and whatever computer comment seems genuine–not ironic.
they may have been trying to get away from the computer, but its form and materiality are sooo the trendy thing in modeling-based architecture.
why is it handmade anyway?
June 30th, 2008 at 8:55 am
here today, forgotten tomorrow.
and a wasted yesteryear….
June 30th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
“The final shape was carved from polystyrene with a chainsaw” !?
Try a hotwire, surform or some sandpaper. Save yourself a lot of hassle. Or is using a chainsaw supposed to be avant garde these days. To me it doesn’t add anything to the process and it’s not reflected in the design.
I think the reason they said a computer hasn’t been near these blobs is to try and disassociate the project with the negative back-lash that Zaha’s work has received. They are still using the same tu-pack, fibre glass, crap that she does though and that terrible metallic ‘flip-flop’ paint job…yuck!
Has anyone ever seen the way vehicle designers make their models?…just like that.
I would have loved to have seen these as trussed up blocked of foam. That sounds really nice.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I was being ironic
August 31st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I do not believe this