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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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Low is a new sofa collection designed by werner aisslinger for Spanish manufacturer Joquer.The sofa has an integrated media unit covered by a tray that functions as a coffee table. Hidden inside is storage space and changing and docking stations compatible for laptops,ipods and lighting equipment.

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Moon system by zaha hadid for B&B italia

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swedish Broberg & Ridderstralle Design and Architecture

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Wallfa is an intriguing two sided piece of furniture that is both wall and sofa. It offers a comfortable sitting area that becomes playful when users interact from both sides of the wall. Movement, sound and touch hint at what might be happening on the other side.

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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

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The Mamma rocking chair is a tribute by industrial designer Patrick Messier to Sophie Fournier, his life and business partner, for the birth of their first child. When she announced that she was pregnant, she said that she would need a rocking chair. After the couple shopped in vain for a product that met their criteria for aesthetics and comfort, Messier decided to create something new.

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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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Moroso, Italy
Patrizia Moroso, art director of Italian company Moroso, is without a doubt among the best-known design talent scouts of the last two decades. She is constantly looking for extraordinary people with whom she can tackle new projects. Many well-known designers today were young creatives who had just started out in areas other than furniture design – e.g. graphic design, sculpture or even other art forms like the fashion industry – when they first met Patrizia Moroso.

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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.