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It's bold, and contemporarily elegant in a way which that can only be described as endearing and I want one. It's the W.02 chair for the Portuguese group Branca Lisboa by Marco Sousa Santos. This chair is a homage to my admiration for the 3 c's. Colour, Contrast and Contemporary. The tonal blend of the coloured seat, the back rest and rear legs mixed with that Birch Plywood finish, really works together in only a way a true design alchemist could achieve. Available in any RAL colour (on request) you can use them to compliment any home or commercial scheme. There is more than meets the eye to this exquisite piece as at first glance you may preempted to think the chair would be relatively hard to sit on for prolonged periods of time. The seat and backing are actually comprised of rubber and soft foam making for a very comfortable sit for any bottom! I could see this chair being used in a new build school, colour coded to suit the scheme of different departments. That flexibility in adapting the colour not only makes it more desirable, but a lot more commercially viable and adventurous. I can't find a retail price so the chances of me affording it are relatively low, however if you have a scheme that you think these chairs would fit perfectly into then don't hesitate to have a gander at their website.
http://www.branca-lisboa.com/ Svensson Markspelle are a well established textile company based in Sweden (the name gives it away really) and have been around since 1887. Scandinavian Design is known for its elegance, simplicity and attention to detail. Out of their various ranges, Juno (pictured above and below) is one of my favorites because of the complimentary tonal variations. In both Commercial and Domestic Interiors choosing a dominant colour for your walls is sometimes a bold move and too much colour can drown out a space. To get that fresh Scandinavian look keep the walls neutral and bring colours into the space through the upholstery. The 5936 variation pictured above goes great with warm timber finishes. Their fabrics are suitable for Commercial use with a rub count of 50,000. The fabric is also a pretty mean fire-fighter. Made from Trevira CS, a clever material that has manipulated polyester fibres along with other sciency genius, which provides long term protection against fires.
For more information please visit: http://www.svenssonmarkspelle.com When I think of Interior Design I think of expression, creation and liberation that incorporates a plethora of tonal colour, an understanding of how materials relate to environments and human beings and how we gracefully create spatial elements that work for the inhibitor of that space.
Fundamentally Interior Designer's are space makers. They craft a precise slice into an existing area which transforms a space to a fully functional machine that works for all. Take away that machine, that desire for progression, that eagerness to create an aesthetical beauty and you take away the very ethos that the industry is built upon. We should be encouraging each and every designer no matter what proffesion to be ground-breaking, to explore creatively, to create their own manifestos and mantras and not regurgitate other people's mantras. Where will the next Heatherwick, Novembre, Foster be found if one does not understand who they are and what they want to achieve in a design world that is clouded with regurgitating already conquered conquests? For example what else can be done to revolutionise a chair now? Instead of designing chairs we should be creating the chair of the future. Chairs are simple and functional. Their primary use is to be sat on for comfort. There are chairs for the office, chairs for a car chairs for almost everything. But when does a chair not become a chair? If you change the primary use then a chair becomes uncomfortable. If you change the primary use again then the chair becomes unbearable to be used for it's functional purpose and therefore you have created a sculpture. I want more sculptures... please. |
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