Verner Panton's iconic chair designs set the stage for modern furniture of his era, and here is the Amoebe Highback Chair that was originally done for his Visiona installation. This 1970 release featured a flexible high back that curves overhead with a low close to the floor seat that embodies the modern furniture movement of that time. His original, space age designs have won numerous awards and been exhibited in museums and private collections around the world. The Amoebe High Back Chair is available from Hive Modern $2,375.00 50" h 24.5" w 34.5" d
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Here is a most unusual collection of modern chairs from Erik Griffioen who put emphasis on shape first, then material. As you walk around these chairs, they seem to change their shape says Griffioen: "My work has to be exciting from every angle, have character, beauty and quality, and most of all: it has to be comfortable." His chairs and couches invite you to view them from all sides. Griffioen's first chair was a theme piece that characterized the passing of time and her invisible erosion on all that seems eternal and the role of man in this process. The special chair was made from translucent amber colored rubber and is still being developed but its design is the blueprint for all chairs Erik Griffioen has made up until now. See the rest of the truly unique chairs, sofas, and lounge chairs by Erik Griffioen here.
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As a lover of ultra modern furniture I was very impressed when I came across the "Toro" chair from Sur & Plus. Designer Sean Yoo included details that take on a surprisingly unique look from every angle, all of which look great. Sur & Plus of Belgium constantly works to redefine the evolution of taste and lifestyles working closely with designers and architects. See more modern chairs and sofas from their collection here.
This year at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, Fritz Hansen released their latest chair design from Japanese designer Hiromichi Konno. The HK10 "Rin Chair" is the next Danish Modern "icon hopeful" that is also in harmony with Japanese design traditions. The Rin Chair fits right in with the long history of mid-century modern furniture from Fritz Hansen that has some familiar characteristics like a circular shape and a minimal base structure. Upon graduating from product design from Umea University in Sweden, Konno worked with design great Ross Lovegrove and helped create the Go Chair for Bernhardt Design. The classic modern Rin Chair features an injection-molded shell available in six colors. See the entire collection of outstanding Danish modern chair designs from Fritz Hansen here.
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Moroso furniture of Italy has a long history of designing its sofas, armchairs and accessories with well known designers such as Ron Arad, Carlo Colombo, Enrico Franzolini, Toshiyuki Kita and Patricia Urquiola. With these famous names of furniture design, serious style, color, and creativity has not been in short supply. The latest Moroso endeavor, the M'Afrique Furniture Collection features traditional fabrics with patterns and colors of the contemporary African culture. The "Binta Armchair" is a casual chair that explodes with the color and creativity of some of Africa's great artists with a nice cushy welcoming seat. See more from the Moroso Italian furniture collection as well as the rest of the M'Afrique collection here.
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