Chairs WeChairs Armchairs LoungeChairs FurnitureGreen ChairsOffice FurnitureLawn ChairsGrass FurnitureFunky FurnitureMiller AstroturfForwardJapanese botanic artist Makoto Azuma (previously) has partnered with furniture designer Herman Miller to create this Aeron chair wrapped in a thin layer of cushy green AstroTurf.Stockholm 2013: Swedish-French design duo Färg & Blanche will present a chair that can be dressed up in an assortment of garments at Stockholm Design Week, which gets underway today (+ slideshow). The F-A-B collection by Färg and Blanche pairs a factory-produced chair with "garments" that can be placed over its back, each handmade in the designers' studio in Stockholm. The garments include small, straight back panels and wider, cushioned backs that come in a variety of fabrics and quilted patterns. The chairs will be presented at the designers' studio today and then at the NK Stockholm department store from tomorrow until Stockholm Design Week ends on Sunday.
French designer Emma Marga Blanche and Dutch designer Fredrik Färg opened their studio in 2010. They curated the 20 Designers at Biologiska exhibition at Stockholm Design Week in 2011. Färg's previous projects include a range of found chairs given new felt coverings and a collection of animal-shaped stools, and we also previously featured a set of pleated lamps by Blanche. Other products launching in Stockholm this week include a tiered spun metal lamp by local studio Form Us With Love a set of blown glass trees by Oslo designers StokkeAustad and Andreas Engesvik – see all products from Stockholm Design Week. See all chair designs » Here's some more information from the designers: New Dresses – Couture and Prêt-à-Porter for chairs The F-A-B chair series is based on the idea of the chair acting as a body. The chair can be used nude and bare, but also reveal a whole new personality when dressed in something a little bit more extravagant, thus functioning as a load-bearing structure for textile creations.
Designed by Fredrik Färg and Emma Marga Blanche, the F-A-B collection combine industrial production with exclusive handcraft. The chairs are manufactured by the oldest shaker chair factories still in activity in Sweden, while the couture dresses are hand made in the atelier of the design duo in Stockholm. Inspired by the fashion industries, the project aims to bring something more experimental and flexible to the furniture design world. You can choose from a selection of different garments for your chair. A simple elegant leather back or one patterned in magnificent sparkling fabric. webshop from 5 February and on enquiry. Chair dresses can be tailor made.The requested URL /index.php?/about/cv/ was not found on this server.Sign up for exclusive deals and special offers. Not a member yet? Please enter your email address below. We will send you an email to confirm your password.We will send you an email to validate your account. You will then be able to set up a password and start shopping!
Spend $75+ on Fab products and they ship free.* Through our (Un)limited Design activities, Premsela seeks to investigate and demonstrate the possibilities presented by open design. We also wish to allow everyone the opportunity to share creativity through the open source model. Design, sharing and innovation came together naturally in the (Un)limited Design project, which Premsela started two years ago with Waag Society and Creative Commons Netherlands. The first (Un)limited Design Contest was intended as an experiment in open design. Entrants could submit product designs on the condition that they shared their digital blueprints so others could modify and improve their designs or manufacture them using Fab Labs. Creative Commons licences allowed entrants to share their designs without relinquishing copyright. The contest elicited innovative and inspiring designs, some of which have been exhibited several times.In 2010, Premsela, Waag Society and Creative Commons Netherlands presented the programme (Un)limited Dutch Design – comprising an exhibition, the second contest launch, and the (Un)limited Design Sessions – at Berlin’s DMY International Design Festival.
The latest result of our partnership is the book Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive, forthcoming in May. Open Design Now Contributors to Open Design Now discussed aspects of open design at a sneak preview at Picnic'10 in September in Amsterdam. For details on the authors, content and launch, see our page on the book. “Redesigning (Open) Design”The philosopher and professor Jos de Mul talked about how open design should be and suggested possible future strategies for designers in “Redesigning (Open) Design”, his opening lecture for the book event. A PDF of his talk is available for download. Design.nl published a report. (Un)limited Design is a project of Premsela Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion, Waag Society and Creative Commons Netherlands in association with the Dutch Fab Labs. Jorn van Eck, Eulàlia Llovet Vidal, Marina Toeters and Studio Ludens won the second (Un)limited Design Contest in 2010. Find out more about the contest and get instructions for making their products yourself.
(Un)limited Dutch Design @ DMY We produced the (Un)limited Dutch Design event at the DMY International Design Festival in Berlin in 2010. Get a visual, verbal and aural impression of our open-design extravaganza. Speakers at Premsela's forum on 11 May discussed the meaning of open design and what it has to offer designers. Check out the video highlights. More Knowledge & Network Dutch fashion council study › Louis Kalff Institute › National Design Archive › Centre for Graphic Heritage › Design icons on TV › A wide variety of beanbags for indoor and outdoor. Choose which beanbags best suits your taste. From small subtle design lamps to eye-catching chandeliers. Unique innovative lighting design. Just swing the lightweight bag to fill it with air and create a life size lounge seat.She was in town for Dutch Design Week so, naturally, Queen Maxima put on a strong sartorial display for the occasion.The style savvy monarch looked chic in a camel coat, which highlighted her trim figure to perfection, as she arrived at the 15th Dutch Design Week (DDW) in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Tuesday.The Argentinian-born royal offset the look with some killer accessories in the form of matching suede court shoes, suede clutch and eye-catching gold jewels.
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands looked chic in camel during her visit to the 15th Dutch Design Week (DDW) in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Tuesday The mother-of-three, who has a serious eye for coordination, wore her bright blonde locks loose and glowed with a healthy tan.Dutch Design Week runs for nine days and boasts 100 locations, presenting the processes, experiments and ideas, answers and solutions thought up by 2,500 designers. 'Come and be amazed, surprised or astonished,' reads the event's programme. 'Ask yourself new questions, draw inspiration for your own answers and allow the power of design to convince you.' The Argentinian-born royal offset the look with some killer accessories in the form of eye-catching gold jewels The mother-of-three, who has a serious eye for coordination, completed her look with matching suede court shoes and a suede clutch Dutch Design Week runs for nine days and boasts 100 locations, presenting concepts thought up by 2,500 designers
Maxima seemed enthused by many of the concepts on offer from the budding designers Maxima is one of the world's hardest-working royals and just last fortnight she paid a visit to her hometown of Buenos Aires .The Argentinian-born royal stepped out in a glorious tartan skirt as she attended a news conference. The 45-year-old royal, who was staying at the hotel Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt, kept her makeup neutral as she delivered an impassioned speech at the conference this afternoon. Maxima is one of the world's hardest-working royals and just last fortnight she paid a visit to her hometown of Buenos Aires The monarch, who always has a huge smile on her face, was treated to a tour of the exhibitions by the team To ward off a chill, Maxima later added a ruffled poncho over her coat. Once inside, right, she removed it and showed off her trim new figure The cheerful royal managed to find time to have her photo taken with wellwishers and local designers during the day