Milan 2011: UK designer Benjamin Hubert presented this ash chair for Italian brand Casamania at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week.
The chair, called Maritime, is constructed from ash plywood with the curves following the grain of the timber.
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The following is from Casamania:
Benjamin Hubert x Casamania
Maritime
Inspired by traditional wooden shipbuilding techniques maritime is a solid wood range of chairs that are skinned internally with a formed plywood shell.
The construction technique where the supports are visible on the outside allows for a distinctive design language that is in harmony with the material and production. The ribs allow for a structurally robust chair with minimum use of material.
Maritime is comprised from solid and laminate ash and offered as an upholstered option. To enhance the construction details the range is also offered in translucent dyed colourways.
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hmmmm, this is so lovely. Feels like / reminds me of Scandinavian architecture.
perfect! the simplicity and austerity is stunning
he can also call it the "Morris Minor" chair
hmmmmmmmmmm,
it's really remide me a lot the merano chair of alexander gufler produced by ton chairs
Ok, I see the same idea of using 2 formed pieces of wood and that said I prefer the Gulfer execttion as I like reduced constructions.
I would add that this is probably the best project by Hubert this year. It seems more resolved and refined than his other offerings.
This one
http://designguide.cz/upload/2010/11/1291035159_6…
or this one
do it better
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by…
No, the Hubert has infinitely more grace then the first, and the second is cheap-looking plastic. No comparison.
Diez chair is not plastic!
It's lovely to see the structure of the chair on show, very nice work.
Saw this at the fair, and the "structure" seemed to be purely ornamental, which would be a pity. But – might be wrong…
I'm sure its possible to do this without the bracing, but without it we have a chair that looks more sober like the alexander gufler model. Also it would lose that 'catchy' boat esthetic.
Really nice chair, it looks like benjamin hubert is progressing into a really good designer. Keep it up.
i dont believe it… ive designed a chair which is a spitting image of this for my end of year show. dammit!
really nice chair though.
let us see it!
oh yeah I forgot I also designed this one last year in my garage,..come on, let us see it…
The legs don't fit with the ribs.
I really like Benjamin's work and this chair too… but it does look like the wood brother of this by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: http://bit.ly/i8b0qP
http://www.ton.cz/produkty-novinky/merano.html
i thing the princip of ton (Alexander Gufler) is better than this
I really like this and i too was in milan… if you understand how plywood is constructed when butted up together then you know the ribs are necessary on such a small section.
This is by far the best offering from Hubert this year. The rest of this offerings have been somewhat dubious. Perhaps if he focussed on fewer pieces we would really see what he is capable of . I think he is better than the predominantly forgettable designs he has churned out this year.
Beautiful. I'm afraid the legs aren't going to hold up over the long haul though. Really needs more structure across the bottom of the seat.
Very nice approach to the compound curve. looks great.