Interesting Chairs - 10/1/09

Chair and furniture design are huge industries. For something so simple as a chair, there are so many varying designs. Some seem purely designed for artistic reasons while some seam designed with only comfort in mind. Here is something that caught my eye. This is called the glide chair. According to the website where I found the picture, this lacquered aluminum and fiberglass chair molds to your body. I find this to be a very striking and fairly practical design, even with being so minimalistic. Immediately when I looked at this it invoked a feeling of nature and peace. The first thing that came to mind was the shape of a bird. If you look at it the way I do, the top of the chair curves just like a birds body and the legs are clearly on the bottom. This chair is also supposedly very relaxing so it would seem to make sense that they would look at nature, which many view as peaceful and serene, for a design.


As I was speaking about earlier, I some chairs cater to more artistic tastes than practicality and I think that this one is leaning towards the artsy side. Although it could be an extremely comfortable chair, it doesn't evoke a very comfortable feeling to me. It also doesn't seem to have a very relaxing design. With all of the curves and the dominant red color it feels very wild. The first thing that this chair reminded me was of Gene Simmon's tongue. That might sound weird, but doesn't this remind you of Kiss? At least for me, my initial reaction was wild and unpractical. To be fair, I'm fairly sure that this chair is only a concept, but it still deserves to be judged and time and effort went into the design.

This chair is definitely more explicit in it's design, but it struck me as so interesting that I just had to add it. This reminds me most, as I'm sure it does you, of a tank tread. This chair denotes a since of struggle and battle which is what it looks like it would feel like to sit in it. Although it isn't very practical, I think that it could look good in a game room or just out on display.

Finally, I chose this chair simply because it really caught my eye. For me, this is the perfect blend of art and practicality. When I first looked at it, I really couldn't relate it to anything, but after further thought it started to remind me of a snake. This may seem like a stretch but if you start at the end of the seat and work back words, a snake like image seems to become apparent, at least for me. I don't think that this is necessarily a bad thing either. Although snakes are scary for a lot of people, they are also extremely flexible and maneuverable with ease. For whatever reason, that seems to scream comfortable. Anyway, that's all for chair designs and I'm surprised that they could be this interesting.