What people look for in a chair is looks and, of course, comfort. A chair that’s not comfortable isn’t really a chair, it’s just something to display in your house. So what makes a chair comfortable? Well, we could take a look at some of these extremely comfy chairs and we could learn from the best. Some of the designs are very popular famous and you might already be familiar with them. Others might come as a surprise but they all have in common the comfort that they offer to the user.This is the Wing Lounge chair. It has a design borrowed from the classic wing chair but it’s much more stylish. The upholstery is made of elastic memory foam so it takes the shape of your body and it remembers its characteristics. The material was developed by NASA and it’s used in space crafts. The Wing Lounge Chair was the first and only chair ever to be certified by the Space Foundation.This is the LC4 Chaise Lounge. It was designed in 1928 and back then it was also known as the “relaxing machine”.
It is now being manufactured by Cassina and each piece is singed and numbered. It comes with a range of upholstery options that include cowhide with black leather headrest; or natural canvas with a black, amber or chocolate headrest and footer.Available for 4,500 euros.This is a popular and famous chair which you’re probably already familiar with. It’s the Eames Lounge Chair. It was first produced in 1956 and it remains one of the most beautiful and comfortable chairs ever designed. It’s made using molded plywood technology and it’s a licensed trademark of Herman Miller.Available on site.This is the Zoe chair and it’s a beanbag chair. It’s upholstered in fabric or soft leather and all the upholstery is removable. It might not have a very sophisticated design but it’s definitely very comfortable. It could look good in a bedroom or casual living room.This is Cradle and it’s a very beautiful and also very comfortable chair that was designed by Richard Clarkson, Grace Emmanual, Kalivia Russel, Eamon Moore, Brodie Cambell, Jeremy Brooker and Joya Boerrigter from Victoria University of Wellington.
It looks extremely cozy and it allows you cuddle up inside for a nap. It’s a wonderful modern alternative for the rocking chairSome chairs manage to be comfortable while also impressing with their designs. This is the Stokke and it’s actually a multi-functional piece. You can recline it or use it as a rocking chair and that’s not even its most impressive feature. it’s a chair that seems to defy gravity thanks to its ingenious design.This is the MR adjustable chaise lounge and it was designed in 1927 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as part of an exhibit in Stuttgart, Germany. It has a cantilevered design featuring tubular steel elements and an ergonomic seat. The chaise lounge is now manufactured by Knoll and it has a logo and signature stamped on the inside of one leg.This is the Husk armchair and it was designed by Milan-based Patricia Urguiola for B&B Italia. It’s made of recycled plastic and soft cushions and it’s incredibly cozy and comfortable. It’s also a versatile piece of furniture that could complement a classic sofa in the living room or that could be included in a bedroom’s décor.
These colorful and chic pieces are the result of a project developed in collaboration with Danish furniture manufacturer Karup A/S. Each piece is a futon mattress with a simple design. It combines elements of the Japanese design with western influences and it’s functional and very comfortable. Each futon can be easily transformed into a guest bed.Of course, we can’t forget about the Egg Chair. It was designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 and it has a tilt mechanism that allows the user to lounge and relax. The high back also makes it extremely comfortable. The curved lines are reminiscent of a wing chair. The Egg Chair is available in three types of fabric and several colors.This piece is also called the Wing Chair. It was initially designed by Hans J. Wagner in 1960 but it only entered in production in 2006. The wings or armrests and backrest of the chair provide support for the back, neck and head while the seat allows the user to adopt a variety of positions. The chair has a solid beech frame, brushed stainless steel legs and molded cold foam seat and back with either wool or leather upholstery.
This is a sleeping bag chair. It’s actually a lounge chair with an integrated sleeping bag and it was designed by Les M.( Anais Morel and Celine Merhand). It’s great for relaxing, watching TV or taking a nap after reading a book. The blanket or sleeping bag forms a cocoon and it’s removale and machine-washable. Can a Smartphone Really Replace Your Camera? The Best Pens for Your EDC The Sexy, Mind-Bending Supercars of the '70s The 25 Best Places to Travel in 2017 Here’s the first fun, important (and pretty obvious) historical fact: people didn’t always sit on chairs. Stools, benches, other hard and backless surfaces, sure. Chairs, since their very earliest inception (they became popular in the 16th century), have always been a little special, what with their legs and their backs and all, and so were reserved mainly for kings and emperors and heads of state. Which leads us, then, to another fun, important (and possibly dubious) historical fact: since the common people got their hands on them, it’s been a steady race to make chairs as goddamn comfortable as possible.
Which is where the reading chair comes in. It’s a funny classification, not really official by any furniture standard. But when we talk of reading chairs, we’re talking about being relaxed, secure, and unfettered by the demands of world outside your book (including the harsh demands of gravity). You could say the reading chair is the evolutionary high point of sitting down. A good reading chair is one you can stay in for hours and hours and hours, poring through detective novels, newspapers or websites like this one. You could even watch TV in a reading chair — we’re really not sticklers about the term. It’s possible you have one already — one that’s worked in, that you’ve been carrying with you move after move after move. But if you don’t have one already, here are some more than worthy options. Best All-Around Reading Chair: Depending on whom you ask, the Eames lounge and its ottoman are played out. So ubiquitous in neo-modernist hipster homes that it’s barely worthy of comment.
To those people, we politely say: shut up. The Eames lounger is a classic, plain and simple. It’s been in continuous production since it was introduced in 1956 — and still there might not be a better looking, more comfortable chair on the market. If there’s such thing as a benchmark in reading chairs, this right here is it. Best Chameleon Reading Chair: The Callan chair is a masterclass in both comfort and design, with a light touch of the unassuming. Its seat cushion, made of eco-friendly, highly resilient foam that’s topped with an extra layer of padding, is made for blissful comfort yet melds perfectly with the chair’s kiln-dried hardwood frame. The chair is available in several different fabric colors and wooden finishes, so customizing it to match any room isn’t a problem. A matching ottoman can be purchased for those who like their feet elevated when devouring Hemingway. Best Family Values Reading Chair: This chair is already a family heirloom. It was designed by Randy Cochrane when his two sons, Keith and Dylan, were babies — the perfect chair, he thought, to rock them to sleep in his arms.
Some 30 years later, Randy’s still making the Lookout Mountain Rocker in his workshop in Payne, Alabama, only now he’s helped out by Keith and Dylan, who these days do most of the work at the family shop, Wood Studio. It’s everything a handmade chair should be: solid, well designed, timeless. And it works just as well for reading as it does for rocking babies to sleep. Best All-American Reading Chair: Thos. Moser is a good, old-fashioned Made in America company that prides itself on craftsmanship above all else. And is there a more genuinely American piece than this? It’s simple, made in the Craftsman style (though only vaguely, so as not to be too distractingly stylistic), made with solid cherry wood and rich brown leather. It’s the perfect cottage chair, the kind you could spend all day in if you had the time. Best Mid-Century Revival Reading Chair: This Hans Wegner reproduction is another mid-century classic, a product of Eames-era industrial design that’s still current more than 50 years after it was conceived.
While we could extol the CH445’s MoMA-worthy design, its comfort is actually a more convincing talking point. The chair is deep — a full 35.4 inches — and the back’s high, horn-like peaks make for great headrests, all the better to curl up against. Best Chair for Fireplace Reading: The Fogo Island Inn is the best place you’ve probably never been: a design-centric resort on a remote island off the northern coast of Newfoundland, Canada’s remotest province. Last year, the inn released a set of limited-edition furniture by some of the best designers working today in North America, Europe and Scandinavia. The Bertha chair is the undisputed standout of the bunch — at least where comfort and accessibility are concerned. Designed by Donna Wilson, the chair takes cues from the inherently comforting interior life of Newfoundland: plain, plank wood (yellow birch, in this case) and quilted cushions. The only thing missing is a roaring fire and some Screech (or, you know, better liquor).
Best Reading Chair for Leather Aficionados: The club chair emerged in France at the beginning of the 20th century, right around the time gentlemen’s clubs were flourishing and unadulterated comfort was becoming en vogue. To this day, there is no more sumptuous or luxurious experience than sinking into a soft, low-slung lounge chair. It makes you want to light up a cigar, sip on good whiskey and fall unwittingly to sleep — not necessarily in that order. This version from Ethan Allen hits all the right marks, with a deep seat, big cushions and hand-tailored leather; still, it’s not as enormous as some of the true club chair hulks, which can make the difference in a less-than-luxuriously sized room. Best Reading Chair to Lean Back In: This might be the point in the list where you’d expect to find a La-Z-Boy or some other monstrous recliner. Instead, we endorse this rather elegant recliner from Room & Board. This chair has more in common with mid-century classics than it does with anything in the clearance section at American Furniture Warehouse.