Ashes to Ashes Chair by Johanna Mattsson

…ion; or the materials used are non-renewable resources hard to introduce to new lifecycles and therefore creates an unwanted environmental impact during their lifetime. The design is inspired by the ash tree to remind of the chairs origin but also show that wood is an organic material. The designer, Johanna Mattsson has to focus on the locally grown and produced materials, and furthermore inform the consumer about the lifecycle and environmental …

The Love Handles Chair by NunoErin

The Love Handles Chair is an interesting seating design furniture ideas inspired by the body’s hidden curves created by Jackson, Mississippi based design studio NunoErin. Its a full-figured lounge chair features an interactive finish that shifts color in response to body heat. Sitting on the chair will activate the piece’s color-changing properties and leave behind temporary prints of the body in unexpected new colors. The Love Handles Chair is a…

Powder Sofa and Armchairs from Brühl

The Powder seating family furniture collection of sofas and armchairs is designed by German designer Kati Meyer-Brühl for her family’s manufacturing company, Brühl. The company will be exhibiting the Powder collection at the 2010 IMM Cologne show in Germany. From Brühl: The architectonically clean cut round chairs and sofas present themselves with winged silhouettes in feminine A-line. The snug comfort of powder is simply a dream with its allroun…

New Seating and Lighting Inspiration by nojiberlin

…berlin in merging opposites. The MAKI stools: The idea for the MAKI collection came to us while eating sushi. The stools are abstract versions of maki rolls inspired by the original. One wants to sit down on the funny little chairs made of wood and felt and enjoy the sensation of being like a child. nojiberlin loves the carefree nature of youth. …

Ice and Snow Furniture by Hongtao Zhou

…of Wisconsin-Madison art student, is creating the icy furniture on frozen Lake Mendota near the UW-Madison Memorial Union Terrace shoreline. Visitors stop to take photos, eating ice cream from snow bowls and try the cold ice chairs. The icy furniture makes the winter terrace shoreline a place to enjoy winter fun. The furniture is raised by an artist following the nature and using local climate and natural resources to please people in winter. The…