"Four Works" is a chair come workstation designed by Danish Studio Four Design. For those that do most of their work or browsing from a laptop this is a nice solution to get you out from behind a restrictive desk. The chair also features plenty of storage, power sockets and an integral light.
Visit Four Design online at www.fourdesign.dk
Functionalist design-hunters with an eye for the craftily scholastic pieces of Formes Scandinaves can, for a starting price of £7,633, furnish their lives with this classic contemporaneity by Poul Kjærholm. Introduced by iconic Danish furniture design company Fritz Hansen in 1958, the PK31 Easy Chair is a free-standing integration of comfort and artistic conception met with leather and a matt chromed sprung steel base. Leather is available in a choice of seven colours.
Available at Nest
When designers Oluf Lund and Eva Paarmann were in need of inspiration for a re-working of the classic lounge chair design, they looked to the ocean. Their Lobster and Shelly chairs, based on the exoskeletal forms of lobster and crayfish respectively, are beautiful treatments of that which is naturally influenced. And just as in nature, this creature feature works to support and protect by way of sculptured construction. Produced exclusively in Denmark, Lobster and Shelly are fashioned from a moulded beech shell with a choice of walnut, oak or Aniline veneers. Each comes with a chrome plated steel base so you can sit and spin. A Lobster footrest is also available.
Visit PID for pricing and shipping details.
The Amaki chair is part of the contemporary Odue range from Italian manufacturer Oasis. Taking inspiration from nature to create forms reminiscent of Future Systems amoeba inspired "Blob" architecture, the Odue range is at the forefront of funky organic form interior products.
Visit Odue online at www.odue.it
Lady X. Only a bathtub this seductive could live up to such a mysterious name. It's taken three designers - Giovanni Ronzoni, Luisa Frigerio and Fabrizio Proserpio - to craft this stunning sculptural tub for Axolo from satin stainless steel and precious woods, and the finished product is nothing short of gorgeously sleek, industrialised minimalism.
Visit Axolo online at www.axolo.it
She's an educated follower of fashion, but background disciplines in art and design have also converged to ascend Kara Mann to well-deserved recognition amongst the interior design elite. Hailing from Evanston, Illinois, Kara has since founded a Chicago-based showroom, KARA MANN, LTD., an offshoot of her Kara Mann Design (KMD) firm which launched in 2005. But distinction cannot only be found in the merits of her media celebration (features in The New York Times, InStyle and Vogue, to name but a few of the publications to hold this stylemaker du jour in high regard,) but in her unique creative vision, also.
Striking the balance between modern and classical design, her bespoke interiors excercise complete design auteurism, featuring the seamless integration of approaches from the darkly decadent to breezy, thalassic infusions. To attain this uniqueness, Kara works with a range of collections from artists and design studios, spanning handmade contemporary Americana from BDDW, to 'surreal and provocative' textiles from studio Timorous Beasties, to the punk regalia of Brit-based duo Jimmie Martin. And this knack for collective esotericism is why this one-time 'Rising Star Award'-winner has gone stellar.
For more information or to make enquiries, visit Kara Mann Design.
Designed by Paolo Rizzato for Poltrona Frau, the Regina ll swivel armchair puts a regal spin on the classic Bergere design. Available with accompanying pouf, this elegant seat is formed from a single rigid polyurethane shell on a lacquered steel base. Upholstering comes courtesy of soft Pelle Frau leather which is embossed with uniquely modernistic stitching.
Pricing is available on request.
Designed by Emaf Progetti, the Alpha from Zanotta is an icy cool winter slumberland. Comprised of 3 units - pouf, headboard and base - the Alpha is a personally adjustable modular bed system designed to present the bed as a feature focus. An aluminium painted demountable steel frame nestles upon height-adjustable, brushed and nickel-plated steel feet, with headboard, base and pouf upholstered in polyurethane/Dacron Du Pont.
Visit Zanotta online at www.zanotta.it
Shaped around the honourable concept of escapism, the P38 chair by Owen Edwards pays divine attention to its indulgent purpose. The glossy outer shell gives a sense of protection, whilst the soft black leather encased within pays promotion to the notion of sheer relaxation. Beautifully contrasting materials and curvaceous lines make this design an ideal monochromatic focal point for a contemporary interior.
Handmade to order, pricing runs accordingly.
See here for Owen Edwards' contact details.
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Skulls Wallpaper - Bronze on Oil Slick - is a handmade-to-order piece of the most divine interior loveliness your walls could ever have the pleasure to be adorned with. Deliciously decadent and decidedly dark, this signature paper features deep pile velvet reflective bronze skulls on a smooth iridescent base. £210.00 for a 52cm x 10.05m roll with an ETA of 2-5 weeks on delivery. No bones about it, the best things really do come to those who wait.
Available here.
Via: Better Living Through Design
