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September 2010

 

The Chair Politic

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New Yorkers are rumbling about the traffic and the disruptions with President Obama in town to speak to the General Assembly at the United Nations this week. Chair Chick has news of something that's working as it should, which we'd like to think will offset the gridlock that's likely going on a few miles away (but of course it won't)! It's the result of a collaboration between the architectural firm HLW, the German manufacturer KFF, and M2L, the triad teaming up to outfit the entire General Assembly Hall with custom seating. Each communications bench features a cluster of four KFF Unit chairs attached to a custom-made beam designed for Bosch technology, which allows representatives to easily plug in and hear the interpreter. What's also incredible is the quick turn around: it only took four weeks from drawing to mock-up. Wait: just four weeks from drawing to mock-up? Are we talking furniture here? It has taken longer than that for Muammar Gaddafi to regale the group of global leaders with some of his speeches!
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Filed under  //   General Assembly   HLW   KFF   Longest Speech at U.N.   M2L   Muammar Gaddafi   President Obama   United Nations  
Posted September 23, 2010
 

Sock it to me!

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It was such a treat to meet Snug Furniture founders Alex Brandon Hendricks and Maybelline Té at this year's ICFF. Their booth was a standout for the fun and flirty design sensibilities of the dynamic duo. The pair is continually inspired by the evolving character of current life, which they aim to express in a thoughtful language of materials and master craftsmanship. Their products are artful explorations in shapes and forms, which feel at once fresh and familiar. "Each artistic design reflects the essence of the Snug Life," says their Facebook page, "functional, beautiful, personal comfort that is truly at home now. Now a couple as well as business partners, Hendricks and Té grew up in the furniture business and met at a furniture showroom. They claim that if some people have each other at "hello," they had each other at mortise and tenon joints! With their combined manufacturing, retail, and design background, they have formed a diverse and dynamic design collective. Chair Chick spotted their Emulsion Lounge Chair in Desert Dune designed by Debbie Palao and thought it would be a great way to liven up the last half of this week, which has New York buzzing with everything fashionable (yes, New York Fashion Week is kicking off, literally, as I am writing this). The uber-groovy chair, which sells for $2850, is made of sustainably grown mahogany wood and dyed abaca twine. When I saw it, I thought it would have been a great signature piece in "Laugh-In" giggly girl Goldie Hawn's living room so I couldn't resist a little clip of her shenanigans. Enjoy!

 

Filed under  //   Debbie Palao   Emulsion Lounge Chair   Facebook   Goldie Hawn   ICFF   Laugh-In   Maybelline Te   New York Fashion Week   Snug Furniture  
Posted September 9, 2010
 

Catch the Wave!

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One of Royal Botania’s sexy seats for the outdoors has just come off its "Catch the Wave" tour, during which it landed at The Hampton Classic in Bridgehampton (where Danielle De Vita snapped this photo last week). It’s more than simple seating, really, as the hammock-parasol made of stainless steel and perforated fabric, which blocks out 86 percent of the sun's rays and is semitransparent, is all-embracing like a sweeping swath of seclusion. The part chair/part sunshade/part swing sells for $23,439 without the base or the cushion.

Filed under  //   Chairs   Loungers   Outdoor Chairs   Royal Botania   Sunshades   The Hampton Classic   Wave  
Posted September 6, 2010