Jaime Hayón based the form of the Catch chair on the image of a human figure with outstretched arms.

"When I was drawing Catch, I drew a man with open arms, like a chair that wants to catch you. And it works like that," explains Hayón.

Produced by furniture brand &tradition, the chair is composed of a moulded polyurethane-foam shell, which is covered in cold cure foam and then finished with either leather or textile upholstery.

The legs are available in white-oiled or black-stained oak, while the upholstery comes in various finishes, from a naked shell to pigmented leather or wool in a broad range of colours.

The chair was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month.

Hayón also unveiled a wingback armchair called Ro and a series of aluminium and terracotta outdoor furniture in Milan.

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Renowned for his whimsical drawings, CATCH is capturing Hayon's playfulness, while creating a comfortable, upholstered chair with a very light touch. The armrests extend from the padded backrest like literal limbs, ready to embrace you as you sit down. The wooden legs in stained or white-oiled oak adds a grace and lightness to the chair.

"Our collaboration with Jaime Hayon dates back to when the company was founded in 2010," says brand director martin Kornbek Hansen. But this is the first product to come out of the exchange between Hayon and &tradition, that started over a steak dinner. "It's a curious relationship," says Hayon of the collaboration with &tradition, "because I come from a very different ambience. I've always liked scandinavian design, but I never knew I'd end up designing for great companies in the north." The meeting of Hayon's mediterranean aesthetic with the heritage of the scandinavian craftsmanship has given rise to an innovative form. "It has been interesting to see how Hayon interprets and adapts his design to this tradition," says Kornbek Hansen.

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Ro, meaning "tranquility" in Danish, features a curved seat shell that swoops out on both sides to form armrests and dips inward at the neck to follow the shape of the user's body.

Separate rounded cushions for the headrest, back and seat are covered in a slightly different texture to the shell they sit in.

Two small buttons at chest height provide small details on the otherwise uninterrupted surfaces.

The chair is supported on four smooth, rounded legs that can be chosen in different coloured woods or metals.

Nine different fabric colour options and a variety of materials including leather and velvet are available.

Jaime Hayón debuted the chairs at the Republic of Fritz Hansen showroom in Milan and also presented a series of outdoor furniture for BD Barcelona during the city's design week.

Other chair launches from the event we've featured include Konstantin Grcic's Parrish collection for Emeco and Stefan Diaz's trio of chairs for e15.

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Ro – the new comfort zone

The world-renowned Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has worked together with Republic of Fritz Hansen to create today’s answer to tomorrow’s easy chair. A chair where you can find room for your inner space and take a break from the hectic bustle of everyday life. The chair is called Ro and will be launched at Salone del Mobile 2013 in Milan.

Time for reflection is a luxury in today's world. We are all busy and always short of time to create a moment for quiet contemplation. The new easy chair springs from a desire to create a piece of furniture that offers an opportunity for reflection in our busy lives.

However, Ro is much more than an easy chair. It's a 11⁄2-seater where you can relax, change positions and have your newspaper, computer or child next to you and create a new comfort zone.

The design of the shell is elegant and simple, pleasing to both the eye and the body and offers the promise of tranquility in both its visual expression and its comfortable functionality. Furthermore, the form of the shell gives you the choice of being part of what goes on in the room or relaxing in your own private space.

Fritz Hansen’s design brief to Jaime Hayon was “... to create a comfortable seat for one person”. “We put a great deal of effort into the form of the chair, which is inspired by the human body. We wanted a chair that was comfortable as well as beautiful. My goal was to create a slim and elegant chair that encourages reflection and comfort,” says Jaime Hayon.

“Ro” means tranquility in Danish. The name was chosen because it captures the point of the chair in just two letters, thus reflecting the Nordic approach and concept of beauty.

Ro is made with great craftsmanship and in the highest sustainable quality. Combined with the sculptural and elegant design, the result is a functional and aesthetic chair that fascinates its surroundings. One seems to fall in love with it. Ro does not compromise on either comfort or aesthetics.

The easy chair is available in nine colours: three traditional options (black, grey and taupe), three bright colours (violet, blue and yellow) and three soft colours (light pink, sage-green and sand). For a more vibrant look, the chair features two different textures: one for the seat shell and one for the cushions, which supports the contrasted expression of the hard shell and the warm and soft interior.

Ro is launched in the Republic of Fritz Hansen’s showroom in Milan during Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April 2013. The easy chair will be available from Republic of Fritz Hansen and authorized retailers from September 2013.

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Jaime Hayon's Gardenias collection is part of an ongoing collaboration with Catalan furniture brand BD Barcelona Design. "The story with BD Barcelona starts back in 2004," says Hayón in the movie. "At that time I'd never really designed a chair, I was doing more art work. When we met for the first time we wanted to create something that had to be fun."

The new collection, entitled Gardenias, includes cast aluminium seating in muted colours and terracotta vessels with small hoods.

Armchairs and benches in the collection have slatted backs, with some extending over to form canopies. Hayón explains: "For some reason in the history of making chairs for terraces or outdoor spaces we've lost the glamour, we've lost the passion for delicacy."

The chairs have padded seats and backs, with aluminium tubes that loop around to form armrests and flick out to create feet. "We have worked with aluminium in the way you would work with wood," adds Hayón.

Shelving units in a similar style consist of three semi-circular platforms that sit under a half dome.

Other items in the range include handmade terracotta flower pots in a selection of smooth sculptural shapes and a white watering can with two golden handles and a golden spout.

Hayón previosuly created 40 hand-painted vases for the brand's 40th birthday and has previously exhibited tubular furniture for Sé.

More furniture collections on show in Milan include Rem Koolhaas' rotating, sliding and motorised pieces for Knoll and items with golden noses for handles by Studio Job.

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News: Spanish design brand BD Barcelona Design has commissioned designer Jaime Hayon to hand-paint 40 unique vases in celebration of its 40th birthday.

"We wanted to produce a piece to celebrate our 40th anniversary and we thought Jaime was one of the best designers to do a special collection," BD Barcelona Design founder Jordi Arnau told Dezeen. "He proposed to do a hand-painted vase using a piece from the Showtime collection, hand-painted with 40 different designs."

Jaime Hayon decorated each of the white porcelain vases with black enamel, incorporating a number from one to 40 into each design, Arnau explained. "He went in October to the factory in northern Italy to paint them. This is the only product we don't produce in Spain."

"Jaime is an artist who works between art and design, and this has more and more demand in the world," continued Arnau. "BD is well known for its historic collaborations with artists like Salvador Dali so this made sense for us."

BD Barcelona Design was the first design brand in Spain and was established at a time when Spain was isolated from the rest of the world under the Franco dictatorship. The company began producing and importing classic pieces by designers including Antoni Gaudi and Charles Rennie Mackintosh as well as collaborating with figures including Salvador Dali.

In recent years the brand has collaborated with designers including Konstantin Grcic, Doshi Levien and NHDRO. See all our stories about products from BD Barcelona Design.

Hayon created his first project for BD Barcelona Design - a mail box - in 2003 while working as head of the research department at Benetton's creative research centre Fabrica in Italy. A year later he returned to Barcelona and set up his own studio, designing the Showtime vases for BD Barcelona Design alongside projects for clients including Camper, Lladró and Bisazza. See all our stories about design by Jaime Hayon.

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Seki designed the interior of the Papabubble store, while Hayón designed the glass containers, utensils and window details.

The interior walls are covered with white tiles that were sourced to match the 40-year-old ones that clad the exterior of the building.

Windows shaped as diamonds and octagons are arranged in rows across the doors like chocolates laid out in a tray.

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Papabubble the artisan candy shop in Yokohama was designed by Japanese designer Yusuke Seki collaboration with Jaime Hayon.

Papabubble - Caramels Artesans started in Barcelona in 2004, and has since launched all over the world. The candies are all hand made, and shows the process of making candy for a customer, and in doing so, entertaining kids and adult viewers alike.

The shop design resembles a laboratory, and shows off the finely presented handmade look of these experimental candies.

"Papabubble " Yokohama launch:

Yokohama brunch is the third shop in Japan. The difference between this shop and most others is that it is especially design focused. Up until now, Papabubble shop has been a designed based on a laboratory style. However, this latest store was designed by Yusuke Seki with Jaime Hayon, and you can trace their strong and unique design values in the fine decorative details of the work. The location is an office area in Yokohama - a bay nearby Tokyo - and the store was lacerated street level of a building which was built about forty years ago, which meant Seki needed to embark upon extensive renovation to the building.

In emphasizing the new aspects of this design, Seki managed to create a strong correlation between INSIDE / OUTSIDE method.

Not only designing focus on interior design as physical territory of place to illuminate, but also Yusuke was integrate all relevant material such as location, architecture skin, time.

Using same element retrospectively, Yusuke create explore and cross over time scale but also interior wall are being part of facade and continually.

For the purposes of continuity, Seki found and used the same tile material which was use on out side wall forty year ago.This helps the outside wall for the interior wall, helping to ensure the authentic facade of the original building.

Because Seki's space are seems simplicity and design focus on presence of space, Jaime took on the challenge of decorating the space in a way that added a stronger sense of character and identity. Ordinarily, Papabubble stores use laboratory tools to demonstrate the experimental process of making candy, but on this occasion Jaime design these tools deliberately with more personality and defined detail such as windows, utensils. Bottles are designed by Jaime, was inspired from the performance of candy by artisans.

Especially the bottles are normally icon of Papabubble store, but this time, these are one-off original made by Massimo Lunardon from venice.

These stunning crystal glasses are coloured by range type of liquid, this made the difference of design from other Papabubble brunch in all over the world.

Client: Papabubble
Art Direction, Interior design: Yusuke Seki
Furniture Design: Jaime Hayon

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