Fallen Furniture offers this fabulous chair made from the engine cowling of a Boeing 737. Read the rest
Chairs made of repurposed jet engine cowlings
Animated chairs made real
Designer nendo created these 50 manga chairs, inspired by animated variations on the theme of a canonical chair form. Read the rest
Nest chair
This heroically impractical Nest Chair, designed by Tjep, is composed of fifty soft branches and can be expanded as needed with more branches as your family grows. I love the shot of the transport problems presented by it.
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Royal Navy ejector seat for sale as office-chair
When It's Gone It's Gone, an online one-of-a-kind store, is selling this Royal Navy ejector seat that's been fitted with legs for use as an office desk-chair. Not sure what the ergonomics are like (I assume that a pilot's seat has to be at least moderately comfy, though!), and as for price, it's a strictly "make an offer" affair.
Our Martin Baker Mk6 ejector seat for sale, originally used in a Royal Navy Buccaneer, has been fitted with a stainless steel frame, transforming it into the unique seat it is today! Complete with original 'chutes, harness and eject handles, the seat is guaranteed to turn heads in the office or look great at home!
The Mk.6MSB was fitted to the Buccaneer jet used by both RAF and Royal Navy. This seat in particular was fitted to XV157 which flew first with the Royal Navy from '66, including operating from the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle (where its was coded 107/E) and RAF squadrons from '69. XV157 was sadly scrapped in '91, at which point this seat was removed and converted to a training seat.
The ejector seat has been kept in its original authentic condition to preserve its' history; parts are original to the chair, including straps, parachute, seat cushion and handles. Paintwork has been kept as the original. Rockets are present - including pitch rockets - minus cartridge and propellant.
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Plastic stacking skull-chair: "Remember that thou shalt die"
This uncredited plastic stacking skull-chair was exhibited in the "New Wave, the new French domestic landscape" show in Milan. It's called "Remember that thou shalt die" and makes me wish I had my own extrusion molder.
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
A club chair fit for Johnny Blaze - Boing Boing Chair made from carefully grown willow tree - Boing Boing Grizzly Bear chair - Boing Boing Droog's Do Hit Chair, complete with sledgehammer - Boing Boing Read the restMotley frankenchair
Sigurdur Gustafsson's motley "Copy and Paste Chair" is made from oak, red, black, white and natural with poly carbonate plates, and limited to 100 signed pieces.
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Knot Chair: cozy, semi-stone-age - Boing Boing Chair made from Coney Island wood slabs - Boing Boing New chair from legendary designer Niels Diffrient - Boing Boing Chair made from discarded paperbacks - Boing Boing Chair hand-woven from aluminium - Boing Boing Read the restKnot Chair: cozy, semi-stone-age
John Makepeace's Knot Chair, a finalist for the 2010 Prince Philip Designers Prize, poleaxed me this morning during my dawn RSS patrol. Something about it -- it seems so friendly, homey, something between a twig chair at a cottage and a furnishing from the Flintstones house. It's got the desiderata enzyme, whatever it is.
Prince Philip Designers Prize 2010 Shortlist Announced
Chair made from Coney Island wood slabs Chair hand-woven from aluminium New chair from legendary designer Niels Diffrient Chair made from discarded paperbacks Cinch Seat: handsome flat-pack portable booster chair BB Video: Top Chair? Joel Reviews The Herman Miller Embody and ... Read the rest