Creative modern chairs and unusual chair designs from around the world.
Breathing Chair
Modern foam chair becomes an armchair when someone sits down.
Futuristic Chair
Unique chair that is a combination of transparent plastic and wood.
Face Chair
Beautiful modern chairs designed by Bora Cakilkaya for P-Arch.
KOLO Armchair
Designed by Jouko Järvisalo for Finish manufacturer Mobel.
Two in One Chair
Cool “two chairs in one” set designed by Alberto Villarreal.
Flux Chair
Innovative chair that folds flat for easy storage and transportation.
Modern Rocking Chair
Cool rocking chair designed by London’s Supernatural Studios.
Roots Chair
Unique chair by Bulgarian based industrial designer Yuliyan Mikov.
O&O Chair
Beautiful contemporary chair prototype designed by Tetsu Kataoka.
Kanutos II Chair
Creative Kanutos lounge chair designed by Victor Monserrate.
Flip Chair
Creative modern chair uses the wall to support itself.
SARA Armchair
Cool armchair for your garden by Italian designer Davide Conti.
Also check out: Chair Wear and Folded Blanket Chair
jingpi
SARA Armchair
i like it…
Dec 21st, 2009
andrei
the two in one chair is brilliant
Dec 21st, 2009
Mr.Great
All of these chairs are good ideas.
But their are a few problems. For example, if you walk into some ones house and see a block of foam (The Breathing Chair) you would think there is something wrong with them.
Another problem is, well if you think about it half of these chairs look very uncomfortable. especially O&O Chair, would you want to sit in that for even 10 minutes!?!
Mr.Great
Dec 21st, 2009
latincrow
i agree they all seem pretty uncomfortable specially the SARA you may think that is the most comfortable of the whole article but look closely low back design with no neck support, also that roots chair looks like a murder weapon one misstep and you get impaled by your own furniture.
on the other side i’m loving the huge breathing block of foam
Dec 21st, 2009
Lydie
I like the sara one!
Dec 22nd, 2009
Rayan
@Mr.Great & latincow: These are designs are meant to be, well, designed. It’s like high fashion…Stilettos aren’t comfortable, but they’re hot. It about aesthetics, this isn’t a post for unusual lay-z-boys.
I’ve noticed that some people are very critical of the practicality of many featured pieces, when they are meant to be inspiring and unique; not necessarily used in an every-day setting. These are works of art that you sit on. If you are looking for normal and practical, may I suggest a Pottery Barn catalogue?
Personally, I think the flip chair is an interesting concept, and the modern rocking chair looks fun. :)
Dec 22nd, 2009
forumlogic
Sorry Rayan but your comment was just pompous – if a chair cannot function properly as a chair (eg. be comfortable to sit on) it is not really a chair. It can only be described as a chair-shaped sculpture and therefore is nowhere near as clever as it pretends to be.
Dec 22nd, 2009
Dan
Forumlogic, I don’t think you understand design. Sorry if this comes across as pompous, but a chair is a chair if it was designed to be a chair and can be sat on- comfortable or not. A bed of nails isn’t comfortable to lay on, but you don’t call it a bed-shaped torture device, do you? No, it’s a bed of nails. You can argue semantics till you’re blue in the face, but these are chairs, and you’re being a negative nancy.
Dec 22nd, 2009
Mask
well i think that most of them are MUCH confier than they look, and to be honest, alot of furniature that calls itself a “chair” is very unconfortable. for example, stools, are very irritating to sit upon for extended periods of time, due to no back support. what what.
Dec 22nd, 2009
Karin L. Stewart
I really love the cool comtemporary designs!
Dec 22nd, 2009
ward
Personally, i think Rayan has a point. Designers sometimes get too much into it that they end up doing an art piece rather than a functional piece. form should always follow function.
The breathing chair has a cool concept, but i don’t think anyone would be sitting in it after 6 months of accumulated dust. it looks really hard to clean.
But still, all featured pieces look great! we just have to try it out ourselves and hope they didn’t forget to consider ergonomics. Its good to me as long as it makes me sleep after 5 minutes in it =)
Dec 23rd, 2009
latincrow
@Rayan i totally understand the design and art point of view but let’s not forget that these are furniture after all so if you actually buy it you would want to sit in it wouldn’t you, i’m ok with the idea of a chair like the roots from an artistic point of view but there is no practicality into the design.
and sorry if i don’t agree with your point of view and it’s ok, different strokes for different folks, and every opinion counts but from my point of view as an engineer and a consumer the SARA chair looks really uncomfortable and the roots looks like a murder weapon.
Dec 24th, 2009
linkstochina
I like the Flux Chair one ,ha!
Dec 25th, 2009
Yaheba
You can sit on a pile of buffalo chips. Does that make it a chair because someone calls it a chair?
Dec 28th, 2009
Anny
The two in one chair amaze me :)
Jan 15th, 2010
swads
really superb creative ideas
Jan 25th, 2010
Danny
The Flux chair really got my attention
Jan 31st, 2010
Jimbob
I think what matters in the form and function debate is the design brief the designer was working to. If it was a product designed to be a statemtent of creativity and be looked at more than sat in, then the ‘roots’ chair fulfills the brief. If its meant to be a practical comfy chair, it didn’t, simple as.
Mar 11th, 2010
Vencent.S
SARA Armchair looks very soft.
Apr 9th, 2010
Vladi
breathing chair is a pretty cool concept. would look better in a different color though, maybe black? or red? flux chair is cool too, looks like its made of something lightweight, interesting how it supports from all the curves very nice!
May 7th, 2010
khadizah
ya thats true some chairs look uncomfortable but who create it must be creative and dare to do something different…who dares budy’s?????
Feb 25th, 2011