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The Bone Armchair, created in a limited edition of 12 and exhibited by New York gallery Friedman Benda, is moulded from a mixture of marble and porcelain mixed with resin.

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The seating element started life as an art school project to design a new form of seating.
What if this icon become's someting real, life size, something you can touch, sit or relax on.
Imagine a public space (park, field,.....) with fifty someting seats on it. You could ask yourself, are these seats already taken or are they not?

It could be used as indoor as well as outdoor furniture.

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Living Divani - Understated and minimalist shapes, compact and squared volumes, close links with the Italian design are and recognition worldwide. This is Living Divani in a few words, market leader in high0quality seating, the emblematic quintessence of he furniture industry in Italy’s Brianza region.

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Via: Yanko Design

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Photographer: TJ

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Photographer : TJ

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top left - #24 by ross lovegrove
top right - #29 by james irvine
bottom left - #18 by emauela frattini
bottom right - #28 by christoph böninger

Via Designboom

The collection, manufactured by London-based design company Established & Sons, features nine designs, each made of painted polyester resin and produced in limited editions of between six and twelve pieces.

Five of the pieces - called Serif - are shelving designs. The other pieces are Nekton, a cluster of four stools; a lounge chair called Gyre; a chaise called Crest and a cabinet called Swash. Prices for the pieces range between $17,100 and $104,500.

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The essentially rectangular forms that make up the body of this piece, have striking angular facets, while the hole thing has a pronounced tilt and is slightly elevated on broad, sturdy formed steel legs.

The generous size, method of construction, and excellent ergonomics provide superb comfort and personal space in both the chair and sofa.

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A fabulous concept in on-floor seating that has been designed by a chap called Victor Aleman. The best bit about this, though, is that if you fit a bunch of them together then it looks like Scalextric for the posh. Made of a single piece of red oak and covered with high-density foam it will no doubt be off-the-scale expensive.

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LaDinDon chair from Nonesiste

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Myto - a new cantilever chair designed by industrial designer Konstantin Grcic for Italian furniture brand Plank

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If you interpret them poetically they enwomb something, nurture and as if giving birth bring if forward. They have femininity about them, like Aphrodite whose body carried Eros. The form of a beautiful woman with winding hips, like those found in a Botticelli painting, as an Drawer creates a refined functionality. Moreover, the removal of the side panel from the shelves further expresses the gracefulness of the female posture.

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Swivel chair on star base.
Material: die-cast aluminum painted in polyester power. Seat cushion also available. Flame-retardant.

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Jaime Hayon is the most intriguing figure in new Spanish design. He has energy, talent and a style of his own, which are all distilled into the Showtime collection he has designed for Bd Ediciones de Diseno, the most prestigious Spanish design company. In these contrasts between classicism and modernity, Showtime reflects what had always been the very essence of Bd.

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MOORE, an armchair with a swivel seat, is a sculpture with a living and enveloping form that immediately makes it an icon. An ample goblet-shaped sear is provided and turns on a base plate thanks to a sophisticated hidden mechanism, both in lacquered nylon on various colour variants ranging from bronze to lead to white. Due to the special properties of this lacquer, it can be used both indoors and outdoors.

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Stacking chair with arms
Year : 2007
Material: polyimide or polycarbonate. Air moulded. Suitable for outdoor use

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Montis, Netherlands
Montis was founded in 1974, and since 1975 the company has been located in Dongen in the now world-famous “black building”. Dongen was deliberately chosen because all the major tanneries and leather workshops were to be found in the area, which goes by the name of ‘Langstraat’. Nowadays Montis supplies over 1,200 partners in over 40 countries throughout the world.

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This sophisticated coffee table sits low and is made of angled dual-walled ribbons of gray high-gloss molded polyester with a glass top. Items placed on the glass table top appear to be suspended in the air.

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This table engages children and accommodates the needs of adults who want furniture that is elegant, expertly crafted, and multi-functional. Its low, curved, and inviting form aids children in negotiating furniture, and the built-in storage is useful for magazines and books. Made of molded oak-veneered plywood.

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Spanish born Urquiola is a celebrated architect, lecturer, and designer in categories ranging from furniture to time pieces. Her Fjord armchair, inspired by Arne Jacobsen's classic "egg chair," features an asymmetrical back which follows the contours of the body. Upholstered in 100% red wool with contrasting white stitching, it has a steel frame covered with injection molded foam and a red base. Made by Moroso,Italy.

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A chest of drawers divided and put together again so it looks like it defies gravity.

Simple as a paper plane:

A few foldings transform a composite panel into a real lightweight chare of 2kgs only. A couple of polygons create a clear, graphic unity.

A three-dimensional curved multi-ply wood unit construction seat with tubular steel cantilever structure.

Baleri Italia  Designer: Jeff Miller

www.baleri-italia.com