Milan 2010: British designer Thomas Heatherwick presented a chair resembling a spinning top at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month.
Called Spun Seat, the chair has been designed for Italian manufacturers Magis and is made of rotation-moulded plastic.
The seat can be used both indoors and outdoors.
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Here’s some more information from retailers Aram:
Spun seat by Thomas Heatherwick
Launched recently at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, the Spun seat by Thomas Heatherwick is made from rotational moulded polyethylene.
Using a single profile and rotating it through 360 degrees, Spun is a functional spinning top. Measuring 65cm high by 91cm in diameter it is suitable for indoor and outdoor use.
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Jeebus Chraize! Magis has presented loads of new projects this year!
So how do you sit on it then?
So when it is roto molded, the spun look is just a look?!
I would like to see how can you exactly sit on that thing
Aaaaaamazing!! & I tried it- it’s suuupercomfortable & fun to sit in!!
Can we see a sitting image please, 6 images & nada
It is very unpleasant sitting on this, it turns over just at the wrong moment..
Looks like fun!
ask a certain archi editor.he sat on it .
jack not guilty ….
quirky mind game – I can’t tell which is moving, the seat or the photograph?
Looks like a lot of entertainment can be had with it
yes looks like fun; but also fingers or feet can be nipped there I think..
I sat, and it’s good fun…
Ok, contextualize it please.
feet in photos of shoes please, and butts in chairs, or what is the point? Just tell the people you won’t run the photos!
this will give all of you an idea:
http://www.heatherwick.com/haunch-of-venison-spun-chair/
Funny how they look exactly like Mathieu Lehanneur’s sculptures for Issey Miyake…
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/22/age-of-the-world-by-mathieu-lehanneur/
How much is this seat to buy?