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Events Research - 100% Design Tokyo

Xianita chair brief

The chair will be located at the 100% bar area as it is a place where people want to rest, to exchange information for business or and a meeting point.

The essential qualities for this xianita chair are portable, can carry more than 150kgs, easy to self assemble, easy to recycle and cost effective. Furth more, as the exhibition will carry on for 5 days, the number of visitors for 2008 was 76, 499, we are assuming will the same amount of people visiting this year. Therefore, the chair will need to be strong enough to carry people for whole daylong. And the material of this chair will be 100% recyclable after only 5 days of use.

Understanding form

Poul Kjearholm

Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980) graduated from the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts in 1952 and he teaches there until 1956. In 1959 his lecturers at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and in 1973 he became head of the Institute of Design in 1973 and finally became a professor in 1976. His artistic ideology for furniture is that the factor of the contrast between sculptural and architectural which achieved by placing a piece of furniture in an architectural space. His design is influenced by le Corbusier. Of his favorite material he said: “Steel’s constructive potential is not the only thing that interests me; the refraction of light on its surface is an important part of my artistic work. I consider steel a material with the same artistic merit as wood and leather”.

Hammock Chaise Made of stainless steel frame, woven natural cane and Leather headrest was designed by Poul Kjaerholm in 1965. It is a combination of a hammock and chaise longue. The structure of his chaises are very different for example the shape of the base of each his chaise uses different techniques, although mostly he uses steel base like the hammock chaise he uses a u shape steel base and woven natural cane as a soft surface, there is an another steel frame attached on back of the woven cane to help carry more weight. The u shape steel base is sleek, simple yet it is incredibly strong. There are 3 material used in this chaise soft leather, flexible cane and strong sleek steel. Overall, the look of this chaise is simple, elegant, functional and modern.

His furniture described as elegant, simplistic and although he pays extreme amount of attention to detail but his design appear to be effortless and modern.

Karim Rashid

Dekon glass coffee table,
Source: spacify
Karim Rashid Disk Armchair, 2008
Source: bonluxat
Poly chair, 2007
Source: gearcrave
Blend storage space, 2006
Source: freshhome

Veuve Clicquot Loveseat, 2007
Source: thecanadian design resource
Endless Nile Table, 2008
Source: elitalice

Karim Rashid was born in Cairo, raised in Canada, and now practices in New York. Rashid was an associate Professor of Industrial Design for 10 years. His is one of the most productive designers; over the years he creates more than 2000 products. The first impression of his creation is the broad colour palate He once describe his style as "sensual minimalism" or "sensualism", and he focus on the a point or a theme of the object rather than on the form of the object, His work is fluid, soft, organic, human, and that's why its sensual.

Ross Lovegrove

Bdlove Lamp, 2003
Source: apartmenttheropy

Mercury lamp, 2008

Source: unicahome

The Go chair, 2001
Source: commercialchaires

Aqua Ell Lighting, 2006

Source: bonluxat

The supernatural chair, 2005

Source: apartmenttheropy

Ross Lovegrove born in 1958 Wales is an industrial designer. He is an evolutional designer and a master of organic shape, like the structure of his new stackable chair it was more than just a design process, it represents a new vision of form, the liquid, organic nature form combines the beauty of the human body was produce by most advanced process. The piece is able to stack up to 3 pieces high and the magnesium frame means that not only it is incredibly strong it also weight next tonothing.Lovegrove's specialty is to design for the present days and the future, rather than restyling the past, by working with the latest technologies and new materials to define new shapes.

Poul Kjaerholm

PK24, 1965
Source: danish-furniture

PK61, 1955

Source: danish-furniture

PK25, 1951

Source: danish-furniture

PK22, 1955

Source: danish-furniture

PK0, 1952

Source: danish-furniture

Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980) graduated from the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts in 1952 and he teaches there until 1956. His artistic ideology for furniture is that the factor of the contrast between sculptural and architectural which achieved by placing a piece of furniture in an architectural space. In most of his work he uses steel as a frame and base as it is strong and has a sleek look. He also explores different texture material for the surface of the objects, such as leather and woven cane. His furniture described as elegant, simplistic and although he pays extreme amount of attention to detail but his design appear to be effortless and modern.

Joe Colombo

Tube chair, 1969
Source: architectturadesign

Elda armchair, 1970

Source: architectturadesign

Coupe lamp, 1967

Source: designspongeonline

Body plastic trolley, 1970

Source: twentyfirstcenturyret

Roll chair, 1962

Source: neublack


Joe Colombo (1930-1971) was a futuristic industrial designer, although he had a short life but his work has a huge impact in his era as well as in present days. He explored new materials and collaborates with advanced production technologies to create futuristic and flexible products to fit into a small living space. His design was nothing like existing modern furniture; his concept was to create something which is better suited for a small mobile space and to make a use of a space fully. For example, the all-in-one body trolley it is mobile and has rotating drawers it is handy for household and office use, and the tube chair can be assembled when using and stack into one when not in use to save space.

Marcel Breuer

The speing chair, late 20s
Source: designpublic

Chaiselongue, 1935

Source: hsi24

Side chair, 1928

Source: jbdesign

Wassily Chair, aka the Model B3 chair, 1925-26
Source: jbdesign

Nesting table, 1925

Source: kaboodle

Marcel Breuer was an architect and furniture designer. He emphasized the importance of art combined with technology, and was fascinated by modular designs and simplistic forms. 1920s, Marcel Breuer began to experiment with tubular steel, steel is incredibly strong and quite flexible, he uses these qualities to create his first tubular steel chair in 1925, when he was a furniture designer at the Bauhaus design school in Dessau, Germany. This innovation also inspired a number of designers. Another of Breuer early work is this simplistic and multipurpose nesting table which shows his aesthetic view and very refined technique. The cool beauty of the chromed steel and thick-lacquered top will not dated by time.