ios airin chair series

I like this interesting task chair from Korean manufacturer IOS Innovator's System. The pads have a molded fabric covered profile which is interesting. There is not a tremendous amount of description on the site, but I am going to infer that this allows the back to be flexible and the molding will actually promote a degree of ventilation. But the one of the best things about their site is all the cool desks they show in their gallery. The desks are not listed as their product so I'm not sure where they are coming from, but I like them!

Ios Airin Series

via blueantstudio

swoop desk by cb2

Crate & Barrel's CB2 makes this great little home desk called Swoop. Seems great for a little home office or a laptop desk in the corner of your living room. Its clearly channeling the Nelson swag leg desk, but we forgive it for the great value it is.

Swoop desk at CB2

neocon09 - itoki design sp chair

Justin forwarded this interesting task chair by ITOKIdesign - the SP Chair. The most striking feature is the back pad, which is not a pad at all, nor a mesh as has become so popular. It is molded, with deep ribs, of a soft material that will flex and give when you sit on it. Yet it maintains the spaces between the ribs which promotes air circulation and ventilation. Definitely a unique approach, and a really handsome chair.

ITOKIdesign SP chair

ITOKI has some other really interesting product so look for more info on them in the future.

still editing past content

Sorry for the sparse posting. I am still editing content in the background, shifting image hosting from typepad to flickr. But we are almost there, over half way through updating all the posts on the site. And when its done we look forward to simply posting again...!

thonet germany reissues classic mart stam chair

Chair obsessors like myself will recognize this Mart Stam chair as the daddy of all modern chairs. Created during Mart Stam's time at the Bauhaus it spawned many chairs inspired by its design, probably the most common and well known being the iconic "Breuer chair". Designed by architect Marcel Breuer with a chrome tube frame and cane seat and back, this chair was widely copied, directly and indirectly - and it was clearly inspired by Stam's earlier effort.

The Stam chair is even more minimal and simple enough it could be a $100 plastic chair contender if done in the right materials. Thonet USA?

Mart Stam chair

thanks to Pat at A+D Library Services

tabrasa - instant white board on any wall

Tabrasa is a white board paint that allows you to turn any wall into a dry-erase marker board, or white board as they are often called. White boards seem to have completely replaced black boards, colored markers have replaced white or yellow chalk. And it seems since the whole affair became tidier the white board really made an advance out of the classroom to where it is almost ubiquitous in work places. They are used for meetings, for seminar rooms, for brainstorming areas. And now you can introduce a white board area into almost any office without putting up a special piece of hardware.

Tabrasa by Ideapaint at MDC Wallcoverings

thanks to Pat at A+D Library Services

banquet workstation - theswitch

An interesting workstation situation at this Greek design firm. They have a series of shared desks, not quite big table desking as they only seem two wide, but they have a big banquet seat on one side. It provides an interesting alternative way to sit at your desk, and the high back makes for a space divider as well. Very cool idea, pulling from cafes, or taverns, and injecting it into the workplace. A description:

theSwitch workspace is located at Psirri, a “busy”, multi-cultural area in the historical center of Athens. Based on the agency’s philosophy on teamwork and the creation of user-friendly workspaces, the design and construction of the space creates a series of mini-spaces which serve for different functionalities: meeting room, mini-meeting room, lounge area, kitchen and bar- all fit in 120sq.m. Wide windows around the workstations allow for “communication” of the interior with the neighborhood and a view to Acropolis from the office’s front window. Transparency, simplicity and cleanness, with an attention to details and ergonomics characterize the space, which has been described as an urban working loft, where you constantly meet small “design surprises”.

To me this is much more compelling an idea than anything out of Neocon this year. More photos at theSwitch at ThisAintNoDisco