Star Power
Konstantin Grcic's Chair_One, designed for Magis, is touted as being one of the most versatile seating systems that has ever been designed. A version with a concrete base is available as is a swivel version and variations for public seating. Chair legs are polished anodized aluminum and seats are die-cast aluminum, cataphoretically-treated and painted in red, white or anthracite polyester powder. The webbed patterning that creates the seat seems to be morphing into a starlike sculpture, though the design is indeed frozen in time. I particularly like its profile, which looks like a cupped hand awaiting a deposit of something luminous. It's available on the web here.
Is it just me, or do there seem to be design fairs popping up in the most unsuspecting places? An installation of Chair_One was exhibited during the Sofia Design Week, the first one held in the Bulgarian city, in June. Magis' furniture is also being featured in an exhibition at the Design Museum in London, though the design-savvy inhabitants of that city would not be considered unsuspecting!
