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Watch how this 4.7-inch thick monolithic slab opens up into a comfortable movie theater chair!

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Originally made for theaters and cinema halls, this Piet Mondrian-inspired chair is a marvel of minimal design, 20th-century abstract art, and engineering! Titled the Mono, it exists as a 4.7-inch thick slab when closed, but unfolds into a plush cinema-style seat with armrests.

MONO is designed by Philip Kronqvist and he explains, ” MONO chair has a rectangular design that opens the back, seat, and armrests with one movement. The chair is only 12 cm deep in the upright position. The seat recovers spring-loaded while swiveling the back and armrests back into the case.” This unique lever mechanism for the seat and armrests makes them rise synchronously by one movement, and its slim, collapsed shape provides extra space and allows more chairs to fit into a given area. The sleek chair comes with a spring-loaded mechanism too, which means it goes back to its monolithic slab shape when you get up. The furniture design is something art lovers and Piet Mondrian fans would love to experience (or own!). The only thing missing? A place to rest your drinks and popcorn…and maybe the ability to hang this seat up on the wall for when you invite guests?

The Mono Chair is a winner of the Sit Furniture Design Award for the year 2020.

Designer: Philip Kronqvist

The award-winning Memoria Chair uses fabric in a radical new way by magically suspending it in place

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Looking like a piece of cloth draped on a chair (without the chair), the MEMORIA is a groundbreaking, avant-garde chair proposal based on brutalist design principles, that uses a concrete fabric to realize its unique, gravity-defying design. The material, generally referred to as Concrete Canvas, is a flexible fabric impregnated with concrete, which hardens when hydrated and forms a thin, durable, waterproof, and fire-resistant layer. The prototyping technique ensures each chair is unique in the way the chair looks and the fabric folds, along with a bespoke brutalist concrete texture on its surface.

“By creating an aura that evokes mystery, questionability, and reflection on the object beyond its pure functionality, Memoria plays with the senses, confusing at first the user and, in turn, showing different interpretations, narratives and stories depending on the circumstance and context of the user”, says designer Sergio Sesmero.

The use of Concrete Canvas is rather unusual in furniture and can generally be spotted in civil constructions due to its high durability, resistance, and sustainability. The production of the chair first starts with a 3D-printed mold made from recyclable bio-degradable PLA filament. The Concrete Canvas is then laid on the base frame and hardens over a period of 24 hours. After the canvas has set, a final round of epoxy coating is applied to the chair, allowing it to fill in any pores and air gaps in the canvas. The result is an incredibly unique and expressive chair that can last for as long as 50 years!

The Memoria Chair is a Gold Winner of the A’ Design Award for the year 2021, and a winner in the Emerging Furniture Design of the Year category at the SIT Furniture Design Award for the year 2021.

Designer: Sergio Sesmero

Watch how this 4.7-inch thick monolithic slab opens up into a comfortable movie theater seat

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Designed originally for theaters and cinema halls, this Piet Mondrian-inspired chair is a marvel of design and engineering! Titled the Mono, it exists as a 4.7-inch thick monolithic slab when closed, but unravels into a plush cinema-style seat with armrests when you pull it open. A unique lever mechanism for the seat and armrests makes them rise synchronously by one movement, and its slim, collapsed shape provides extra space and allows more chairs to fit into a given area. The chair comes with a spring-loaded mechanism too, which means it goes back to its monolithic slab shape when you get up. The only thing missing? A place to rest your drinks and popcorn! Watch the chair in action in the video above!

The Mono Chair is a winner of the SIT Furniture Design Award for the year 2021.

Designer: Philip Kronqvist for Hamari Auditorium

Inspired by a waterfall, this award-winning Taiwanese bamboo chair makes wood look as fluid as water

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With a name that perfectly describes the chair’s visual style, the Lattice Chair is an interesting single-arm chair made from interwoven strips of wood. Designed for comfort as well as for that interesting aesthetic, the chair comes with a single armrest, allowing you to sit with complete postural flexibility. Its cushion is made from high-quality Taiwanese bamboo strips, known for their excellent toughness. The result is a chair that weighs a mere 4 kilos, but can take up to 120 kilos of weight.

The Lattice Chair’s design is inspired by a waterfall, something that becomes very evident with how its cascading design looks like multiple streams of downward-flowing water. Made from a Taiwan-specific Moso bamboo, the chair comes crafted using unique bending and forming methods that are specific to the bamboo and to Taiwan’s culture.

The Lattice Chair is a Platinum Winner of the A’ Design Award for the year 2021, and also secured a winning position at the SIT Furniture Design Award for the year 2021.

Designer: Chen Kuan-Cheng

A close-up of the woven strips of wood shows how remarkably perfect the thick bamboo wood strips are. The weft and warp use a combination of Taiwanese Moso Bamboo and Beechwood to create a criss-cross contrast of different-colored woods that are finally finished with a coat of natural wood wax oil.

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