Keer Chair by Dutch designer Reinier de Jong has gone into production.
Created from polyethylene pieces connected together by magnets, it functions as a chair in three different arrangements.
See our earlier story from February 2008 about the Keer Chair prototype.
Here’s some information from Reinier de Jong:
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KEER means ‘multiply’ and ‘turn’ in Dutch. Simply turn KEER and you have three different chairs: a lounge, a regular chair and a stool. Each light-weight polyethylene piece is 20cm (8″) wide and can be connected to another by built-in magnets. It’s up to you to decide the size. You can even make it a bench if you like! KEER is excellent for both indoor and outdoor use.
Keer Chair is available to by from Reinier de Jong.
Retail price: 149 euro (excl. shipping)
Size: 93×77x20cm
Material: PE
Colour: white
Weight: 4kg
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Posted by Rachael Sykes
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
why do designers of furniture always present their products without actual people using it?
nice concept, but the chair doesn’t look very comfortable to me…
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
this is a very good idea and in my point of view it could be much improved in confort.
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Very “inovattive”
check the Frederick Kiesler Instrument Chair:
http://www.retrotogo.com/2008/01/frederick-kiesl.html
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
the first green picture position seems ok – regarding comfort. but i have the same question, show real people using it!
February 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
it looks like this one!
http://www.newitalianblood.com/show.pl?id=2348
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:12 pm
NNIICCEE!!!
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 pm
One more Moma furniture collection:
http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A3091&page_number=3&template_id=1&sort_order=1
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Hmmm. Magnets. And a wallet full of cards with magnetic stripes. Ouch.
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Very smart, I like it a lot. But I agree, you need to show people using it, then you can see the play with scale you are doing. If I understand well you get rid of a few sections when using it like a stool. I think that is less stong in the design.
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Frederick Kiesler Instrument Chair is also a coffee table so the Keer Chair by Reinier de Jong too….
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:50 am
Dude,
Very cool concept.
I can see how you wish to keep the “radius and flats design language”, however as others have mentioned it seems a bit uncomfortable. The design language might be adjusted to compensate for that. Very nice, maybe it could have a light inside….
Nice work
Brian
March 4th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
One direction of placement is missing. You should be able to position that kind of chair on all it’s surfaces. Table function is obvious.
Verner Panton did contemporary version on this with his Phantom chair/table. It’s much better I think.
MK