07 May 2011

Omer Arbel - chair

Another chair today made of concrete.
Omer Arbel, the Vancouver-based designer of the lauded 1.2 Shelf, has used ductile concrete—usually an infrastructural material—in its first application as furniture. Arbel’s 8.0 Chair—the inaugural piece in what the designer anticipates will be a series of outdoor pieces—has the pallor of a sunbaked Nevada salt flat and seems to project in all directions. “The concrete is very, very, very, very strong,” Arbel says. “It allows me to create this incredibly thin, cantilevering form.’



Links:
http://www.omerarbel.com/
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20050514/80-a-ductile-concrete-chair
http://minimalissimo.com/2009/11/8-0-concrete-chair/

Chesterfield concrete sofa by GrayConcrete UK

http://www.grayconcrete.co.uk/ created a chesterfield sofa for the garden. Might be uncomfortable without cushions but surely undestroyable.

via chariblog
http://www.chairblog.eu/2011/05/02/concrete-chesterfield-sofa-by-gray-concrete/