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Explore 105 award-winning designs tagged Chair on A Design News.

Mira Chair

Mira

Mira is a chair designed for dining and general seating. The frame is made of three circular stainless steel profiles. Two profiles are bent at the same angle and in the same direction, while the third is bent in a different way. Fabric-covered seat and back surfaces are attached to the frame, and height-adjustable plastic feet complete the chair. Mira is lightweight and can be placed around a table or on its own. The chair can be used leaning to the left or to the right. Mira is shipped disassembled, so users can assemble the chair after unpacking.

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Chloe Chair

Chloe

Chloe is an armchair in which its straight lines stand out, by playing with angles achieves this minimalist and imposing design that dominates Minimal Studio. Its main inspiration was the need to create a large piece that evoked the primordial sensations of balance and "about to break" at the same time. The concept of this project is based on its slender geometry. Its skeleton is made of tinted French oak, forming a geometric structure identifiable with the general aesthetics and concept of the brand.

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Bamboo Leisure Chair Chair

Bamboo Leisure Chair

Bamboo Leisure is a leisure chair suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The frame is made of round bamboo poles, and the exposed parts are polished. The seat and the back are woven by hand, using the toughness and elasticity of bamboo to provide comfort. The parts are joined by notching, wrapping and winding instead of metal fittings. Three legs form a triangle that keeps the chair stable. The shape is drawn from the petals of the morning glory flower as they unfold. Bamboo is lighter than wood, so the chair is easy to move.

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Axel Chair

Axel

Axel is an outdoor chair produced in Indonesia from sustainable materials. The design blends Indonesian craftsmanship with classic Scandinavian lines. The shape is inspired by Scandinavian furniture of the 1960s, and in particular by an old heirloom piece. The renewed interest in retro style guided the development of Axel. The use of sustainable materials supports responsible production. The chair is intended to suit any modern home, and Axel offers a simple form for contemporary outdoor settings.

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Xray Chair

Xray

Fujimura designed X-Ray Chair that the backside is erased as if it is looked at X-rays image, and the translucent lightness in it is felt. He used wood for the seat and leg parts which are needed structural strength, but he reduced successfully the whole weight by making other parts frame which is needed a few burdens. The X-Ray Chair adapting itself to the interior space naturally by the light chair's image can be seen.

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Square or Circle Chair

Square or Circle

The main purposes of Xin Chen's design are communicating the different cultures and offering a new experiencing to appreciate the furniture. He has created a new way of constructing furniture that is joining all individual parts and holding them together through rope by tension without gluing and screwing. He has also created a new form of furniture representation that is disassembling the furniture into individual pieces, then rearranging and transforming into a new cultural image representation. The design can be satisfied with both functional and aesthetic for people simultaneously.

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Chic Chair

Chic

This chair is meant to be the most fetching part of the interior, the focus of attention. And it's really have the characteristics to do that. Taking a quick glimpse it leaves an impression of a sculpture, a piece of art, like enlivened 3D painting of Wassily Kandinsky. And imagine that you can have it in your room like a piece of the environment. Far from the norms how a typical chair should look like it has a very specific and recognizable shape. The most unique feature of this chair is its unusual design. It represents geometric abstraction where art is in favor of the functionality.

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5x5 Chair

5x5

The 5x5 chair is a typical design project where the limitation is recognised as a challenge. The chair's seat and the back are made of xilith which is very difficult to be shaped. Xilith is the raw material that can be found 300 meters under the ground's surface and is comined with a coal. Currently the majority of the raw material is thrown away. From environmental point of view this material generates waste on the earth's surface. Therefore the idea about the chair design seemed to be very provocative and challenging.

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Desire Chair

Desire

Desire is a chair which have the purpose to increase your passion and lust with its smooth shape and soft color. It is not for people looking for relax, its a chair for naughty people searching for pleasure for all senses. The original idea was inspired by the shape of a tear, but during the modeling it was distorted in order to receive this gentle and graceful figure, to provoke a feeling of wanting to be touched, to be used, to be your possession.

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