SAYL Chair by Yves Béhar

"Designer Yves Bèhar isn’t kidding when he says, “Every molecule in the SAYL chair had to work harder.” To achieve Bèhar’s vision of an eco-dematerialized design, every piece of SAYL was examined, sculpted, and hollowed out to use the least amount of material without compromising strength. Was it successful? Well, SAYL survived having a 300-pound sack dropped on it—multiple times.The Herman Test Lab, where SAYL was put through its paces, is infamous among our designers. Some have even dubbed it “the place where designs go to die.” Weights, pulleys, and pistons test every design to the brink of failure—and beyond—to ensure they meet the requirements of our standard 12-year warranty.Engineers weren’t sure SAYL would make it. It did, thanks to some hard work making every piece work harder."

Chair "Bamby" by Noah Duchaufour-Lawrance

Edited by the young house By Marcel and presented at Maison & Objet, the chair "Bamby" Noah Duchaufour-Lawrance seduced by its delicacy and elegance. Fine and slender, her feet and wooden cross up a structure on which is to ask a upholstered seat.

Felted Rock Cushions by Ronél Jordaan

About Ronél Jordaan

In 2004, South African textile designer Ronel Jordaan, having been a textile designer for 26 years, began researching the possibilities of using felt as a creative medium. Entirely self taught and following her own creative instincts, she began to turn fine gossamer thread into robust felted forms. By patiently rubbing and coaxing threads of pure wool into shapes in nature that inspire her, she found her direction and started a small home industry. Next she trained a handful of women to help her. Recognized for their originality and design uniqueness, her creations found an immediate market. Within a year she sought bigger premises and a year after that she needed to expand further.

FLÄPPS FOLDING CHAIR BY MALTE GRIEB

Via Ambivalenz, a folding chair with a surprisingly easy unfolding mechanism. Fläpps is 19mm flat until you need it, then a simple tap makes it fold down and ready to use. Watch the video. 

The Gravity Stool by Jólan van der Wiel

Gravity Stool

In dialogue with a natural phenomenon.The Gravity Stool thanks its unique shape to the cooperation between magnetic fields and the power of gravity.Departing from the idea that everything is influenced by gravitation, a force that has a strongly shaping effect, I intended to manipulate this natural phenomenon by exploiting its own power: magnetism. The positioning of the magnetic fields in the machine, opposing eachother, has largely determined the final shape of the Gravity Stool.It is the combination of the magnetmachine with the plastic material, developed especially for this purpose, that enabled me to start a small but efficient chain of production. The forms and products are characterized by the freakisch and organic shapes that are so typical of nature itself.As a designer, I see future potential in the joined cooperative forces combining technology with natural phenomena. It is my believe that developing new “tools” is an important means of inspiring and allowing new forms to take shape.

Aeroply by Karolina Ferenc

Karolina Ferenc is a young designer from Poland who recently created this chaise lounge, called Aeroply, designed to fit a woman’s curves.

Olenishka Chair by Niazique

A sculpture, and chair concept, of a deer from Russian designer Niazique. Still just a 3D render, the designer expects to make one of wood with aluminum edges.