CASE STUDY
— THE CHAIR

DESIGN

Each period of design history has its quintessential chairs. From the humble stool to the throne, they bear cultures and tell of time and place. The chair is the designer’s most challenging object, closer to a human being than any other piece of furniture, it contains the body, supporting it and reflecting it. Straight-backed or curvaceous, folded in plywood or woven in wire, vintage yet fresh or from now yet classic, everyday but rare. Our 12-page HOMAGE TO THE CHAIR celebrates expression and function.

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DESIGNER ILSE CRAWFORD WRITES ABOUT HER QUEST FOR THE PERFECT CHAIR

“THERE IS NO CASE TO DESIGN A CHAIR FOR ITS OWN SAKE BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF LESS BUT BETTER, AS SITTING IS CHANGING, SO IS THE IDEAL CHAIR.”

This story is featured in Ark Journal VOL I

PHOTOGRAPHY HEIDI LERKENFELDT
STYLING PERNILLE VEST
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THE REAL PHILLIP LIM

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CASE STUDY
— THE CHAIR

design

Each period of design history has its quintessential chairs. From the humble stool to the throne, they bear cultures and tell of time and place. The chair is the designer’s most challenging object, closer to a human being than any other piece of furniture, it contains the body, supporting it and reflecting it. Straight-backed or curvaceous, folded in plywood or woven in wire, vintage yet fresh or from now yet classic, everyday but rare. Our 12-page HOMAGE TO THE CHAIR celebrates expression and function.

PLUS

DESIGNER ILSE CRAWFORD WRITES ABOUT HER QUEST FOR THE PERFECT CHAIR

“THERE IS NO CASE TO DESIGN A CHAIR FOR ITS OWN SAKE BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF LESS BUT BETTER, AS SITTING IS CHANGING, SO IS THE IDEAL CHAIR.”

This story is featured in Ark Journal VOL I

PHOTOGRAPHY HEIDI LERKENFELDT
STYLING PERNILLE VEST

 

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