Comments on: Elephant Lounge Chair by Mediodesign

By: Mediodesign

Mediodesign — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:22:52 +0000

The “homage” to the Eames is just anecdotic. I say the true if I declare that the Eames are always in my mind as a designer. This chair was made (indeed self made by us in our workshop in Barcelona) using only CNC cut, and the shape is thought for saving material form the sheets. You need just one 122 x 244 cm of birch plywood to make 4 chairs!. In the 1940’s CNC did not exist, if so, maybe the Eames had designed something in this way.

By: yung

yung — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:34:08 +0000

They don’t really have to mention Eames.

By: BRian

BRian — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:05:03 +0000

Dude,
I like it! I just hope the intersecting pieces dont start losing their tolerance…
Nothing worse than a wobbly chair!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian

By: Clonic

Clonic — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:07:10 +0000

I love cool chairs

By: Maxence

Maxence — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:49:05 +0000

What for ?
A lot of wood to do this chair !
Not Plywood too
Far Far away from Eames…

By: Son of Bozo

Son of Bozo — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:08:24 +0000

Yep,
Completely missed the point.
It is very crude.

By: batman

batman — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:34:48 +0000

it no tomodachi

By: hmmm

hmmm — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:03:02 +0000

The chair is nice, but I think you missed the point. The Eames’ forms, especially the elephant, were driven in large by an exploration of how integral plywood sheets could be molded into curved surfaces.

The logic of this chair is closer to those dinosaur wood model kits: http://www.smartstart-toys.co.uk/images/Wooden_Dinosaur.JPG