Extraordinary chairs

The first piece of this strange at first glance collection was the Octopus Chair. Natural vitality of the animal is striking; every detail is made with careful precision. The Animal Chair collection is a creation of Maximo Riera that took him three years to be completed. The collection is great and includes wide range of species, among which there is a rhinoceros, a lion, a whale, a walrus and even some of insects. The chairs are not exactly portable because of their weight. Carved from compressed foam, inside of which there is a steel frame to stabilize the form, each chair is enveloped in real leather. The collection has a philosophical meaning of the unity of human and animal kingdom which inhabits our planet.

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The designer Roeland Otten, based out of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has recently presented ABC chairs, the prototypes of the letters in the alphabet. As you can guess there are 26 models in his collection which are made of lacquered MDF with hopes to mass produce these chairs with a lighter more durable material. The seats can be arranged to form words so they can perform a communicative function. The idea of the designer is that smaller size ABC chairs would also be applicable for children’s interiors, such as libraries and schools. Limited editions of prototypes can be produced upon request. ABC chairs were produced with the help of Fonds BKVB and Materiaal Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving.

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The designer Roeland Otten, based out of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has recently presented ABC chairs, the prototypes of the letters in the alphabet. As you can guess there are 26 models in his collection which are made of lacquered MDF with hopes to mass produce these chairs with a lighter more durable material. The seats can be arranged to form words so they can perform a communicative function. The idea of the designer is that smaller size ABC chairs would also be applicable for children?s interiors, such as libraries and schools. Limited editions of prototypes can be produced upon request. ABC chairs were produced with the help of Fonds BKVB and Materiaal Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving.

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