Furniture and lights

This furniture is contemporary and modern, however they were first designed in the 1970s by Frank Gehry and are being revived by Vitra. On first look, they are made out of wood, but that's not quite true, they are made out of pieces of corrugated cardboard and reinforced with beech sticks, so it's tough enough to sit on. They punch out the shapes, then glue them together by hand, they don't always line up properly but Frank Gehry likes that about them and they leave it like that, just grinding down the areas where you lean against the chair.

I like the way the wiggle chair is made of a interesting material, I find it amazing how strong something made out of cardboard can be, it makes me think about the different possibilities that are out there, even the options of using recycled materials.Image from I.D. magazine. 88

These are made by Foscarini an international company specialising in lamps and lighting, who have over 32 designers. These lights are made from aluminium and are almost invisible until they're turned on, what I like about these lights is that they are part of a set, but are all different geometric shapes and create their own unique shadow. They play with shape a lot in their designs when you look at their website there is a choice of where your light is going to go then they show you the outline or shape of all of those lights, when you click on it you can see the light plus any advertising it was in, photos of it in buildings and clippings of it.

Image from I.D. magazine. 30

They look like any other couch, however there's something different, it's funny how changing something as simple as the colour of the outside of the couch would have such a drastic difference to the furniture. In the image below it works though, there's no way the lounge would look as modern and homely if they were solid colour.

Image from http://www.rinkedesign.com/calligaris_super_soft_sofa.htm

This desk by Philippe Starck, who has thirty years experience as a designer who also does architecture, interior design, clothes design, furniture design and food packaging design. All of his work is very interesting, practical, but it still looks good. His work from the 1990s looks like it could have been designed this year. I would buy this desk, I like it because it is not the typical wooden desk, it has curves and an interesting colour and is designed so that all of the papers that are normally on a desk can be hidden away in the shelves.

Image from http://www.minimadesign.com/product.asp?productID=1023

Sources:

BaObab desk. (n.d.). Retrieved on May 28, 2010 from http://www.minimadesign.com/product.asp?productID=1023

Calligaris super soft sofa. (May 19, 2010). Retrieved on May 28, 2010 from http://www.rinkedesign.com/calligaris_super_soft_sofa.htm

Foscarini. (n.d.). Retrieved on May 28, 2010 from http://www.foscarini.com/index.php?lang=en

New and notable products. (January/February 2010). I.D. magazine. 30

Silverberg, Michael. (January/February 2010). Sandwiched board. I.D. magazine. 88

Starck. (n.d.). Retrieved on May 28, 2010 from http://www.starck.com/