Stockholm 2011: Julien de Smedt Architects of Copenhagen, Oslo and Brussels presented this chair at Stockholm Furniture Fair last month.
Called Bone Chair, the design was developed by creating a boxy approximation of a seat and selectively removing material from each plane.
The prototype was presented as part of 101% Designed in Brussels at the fair.
Stockholm Furniture Fair took place 8-12 February. See all our coverage fo the event »
Here's a tiny bit of text from Julien de Smedt Architects:
The dissection of a chair, cutting away all the ballast material. What is left is BONE, a chair's skeleton.
Project: Chair design
Dmensions: 54 (l) x 57 (d) x 79 (h) cm
Status: Prototyping
Project Team: Julien de Smedt, Wouter Dons
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| Bone Armchair by Joris Laarman |
LoveThisChair by Huibert van Muilwijk |
BAC chair by Jasper Morrison |
I think this looks a lot like the chair designed by Marcel Klever of the netherlands for the Thonet/Mart Stam prize 2010 competition.
see link; http://www.lai2010.nl/content/nominaties-thonet-m…
that makes two ugly chairs then
It looks like the eco-friendly design we are use to see here every day , that would have been design by a someone watching to much the starwars trilogy…
the reduction concept is a bit fudged at the back where the seat meets the backrest….. but still, a simple design process that produces a lovely chair.
can i post a sketch of how reduced the chair could have been? I thought architects were smart
architects should build houses.
I love it! And, not at all similar to the Klever chair – I think this one is far more elegant. The Klever chair feels forced, wasteful in the way it uses its materials.