Belgian designers Quinze & Milan have designed this chair comprising layers of leather and fabric clamped between an oak frame.
Called Second Skin, the seats are handmade with up to five layers of leather or fabric.
The information below is from Quinze & Milan:
Beautifully color-dyed leather, exchangeable fabrics by Kvadrat, and a timeless wooden framework. Say hello to our new Second Skin chair.
What makes a chair a chair? What distinguishes it from a stool, a sofa or a bench for that matter? For Second Skin, we stripped down the notorious easy chair from all unneccesary frills, until we were left with nothing but its core, the bones.
Given the deconstructed chair and keeping in mind traditional upholstering in leather, we then started playing – the result being a comfortable chair reflecting a 21st-century interpretation of time-honoured craftmanship.
A strikingly simple framework, created from massive lacquered oak, supports a generous piece of leather skin which is wedged between the back and arm rests. Each chair is constucted by hand and totally unique, due to the variety in cut-outs of big pieces of leather and the way they are draped around the framework.
The wink to fashion should be obvious, as well as the reasoning behind its name - although apart from leather, there is also the option of upholstering the chair in the desired colour of fabric Divina by Kvadrat. If desired, up to five layers of (contrasting) leather or fabric can be applied to one chair.
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| Built to Resi(s)t by Quinze & Milan and Eastpak | Die Kunstbar by Studio Arne Quinze |
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So they saw Lady Gaga dressed up in a meat costume, in the Japanese Vogue Issue, and they thought, why not hanging meat on chairs, so you can sit on flapping bits and pieces.
I don't really see the connection with Quinze & Milan style , what a name Second skin its a perfect name for a cosmetic company , anyway not my cup of tea ! its definitely not the best product we have seen lately from the company !
its hard to believe that someone can launch such chair
feels so unfinished … I agree with @Alex: its hard to believe that someone can launch such chair
Vintage lovers, eat your heart out!
whats up here??? Experiments are always welcome in the world…. recycle animals…..muuhhhhhhh
@ Alex : when u got the reputation, u put out whatever u want…
If this has never been done before, then it is with good reason…
@arne: that statement is irresponsible….and disappointing
I think this is going in the right direction, the choice of ostrich leather for the main images is a mistake though. Look for example of the images in the store with the draping material being clamped into the chairs, now that is interesting… they should have gone with that more: ie how you can recycle things in you surroundings into the chair.