Icons by Jan Plechac. Photo by Tomas Brabec When we think of iconic furniture pieces, pieces such as the Louis Chair, the 101 year old Kubus Chair by Josef Hoffmann, the Red Blue Chair (1917) by Gerrit Rietveld, the Eames Walnut Stool, and the Fatboy Chair will definitely cross your minds among others. Czech designer Jan Plechac deals with these iconic furniture pieces in a graphic attempt through the study of lines. Red Blue Chair, photo by Kristina Hrabetova The Icons seating furniture collection is a challenge to delete the fine line which distinguishes exterior and interior furniture, and furthermore interior and exterior as such.
The relationship between function and form are the ideas drawn from the stories Plechac attempted to create as to select these iconic forms by redefining them in new contexts of a mentally contrasting environment. By the means of dematerialization the iconic furniture pieces have been transformed into lightweight wire structures for the usage of exterior furniture. Sources: The Hemp Chair by Werner Aisslinger. Photo © Michel Bonvin Project: Hemp ChairYear: 2011Designer: Werner AisslingerMaterials: hemp, kenaf (Malvaceae), water-based thermoset binder Acrodur® Natural fiber composite meets design at Ventura Lambrate’s ‘Poetry Happens’ exhibition. Berlin-based designer/architect Werner Aisslinger, designed Hemp Chair the first monobloc chair designed using natural fibers that have been molded under heat using a special eco-friendly resin, resulting in a sustainable composite material.
The project is supported and is in cooperation with the German chemical company BASF. Previewed at Milan Design Week 2011, the chair features a very complex design with soft curves and a visually captivating horizontal and vertical wing structure. While today’s consumers are striving towards a well-balanced, sustainable, and healthy lifestyle that is in harmony with the environment, they are in search of innovative eco-friendly products. Sources: Werner Aisslinger. Presents the WE*DO Gallery in Bangkok. Photo © WE*DO Gallery Predrag Pajdic interviews Francisco Polo for Yatzer.com What do you get if you cross two brains with architectural, scientific, design, art and entrepreneurship skills in a time of global austerity? Alternatively, what do you get if you take two internationally influenced Europeans with a passion for change and creativity in a time of conservative values and measures? Forget the cries of 'Yes We Can'; what you get is, yes, WE*DO Gallery.
It is not in Paris, Madrid, Rio, Berlin or London; it is not even in New York. WE*DO Gallery is in Bangkok, that heady place of mystery and colour, shape and form; the new gateway into Asia. Portrait of Francisco Polo, Courtesy of WE*DO Gallery The WE*DO Gallery consists of the two of you. Photo © Errikos Andreou (detail), 2011 Part of THE ORACLE exhibition curated by Predrag Pajdic for WE*DO Gallery, Bangkok // 5 January – 5 April 2012 How did you come up with the concept for the WE*DO Gallery? What are your plans for the future? COLLECTION - tables & desks - Eichholtz. EDRA. Lago Divani Air | Catalogo. Meuble design, RED Edition : meubles design, chaise design, table basse design, mobilier design. Moooi.