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Sansa Chair in Red By Cheick Diallo

Sansa Chair
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The Sansa Chair, an inventive deconstruction of the chair form, is among the original creations that have established Cheick Diallo (b 1960 in Mali, West Africa), as one of Africa’s leading contemporary designers.
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Damien Hirst Spin Chair

Damien Hirst Spin Chair
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The problem with an item of furniture that is also an expensive piece of collectible art is that you tend to not want to use it for its originally intended function, which would be, of course, to sit on it. Because we’ve all been told countless items to refrain from touching the art, let alone putting our asses on it.

This unique Spin Chair by artist Damien Hirst, specifically entitled Beautiful Arrested Development,  can be found at Other Criteria, Hirst’s gift shop on Broome Street in NYC’s Soho district, selling for $13,400. Bring your Black Card.

Damien Hirst Spin Chair

Marshmallow Sofa By George Nelson

Marshmallow Sofa
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Designed George Nelson™ and Irving Harper in 1956, the playful Marshmallow Sofa is a landmark of Midcentury modern design that’s still turning heads and making people smile. The 18 round cushions can be all the same color or in multiple colors for the right look in a private office, lobby, lounge, living room or den.
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Eye On Design: Vermelha Chair By The Campana Brothers

Vermelha Chair
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For the famed furniture designers, brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana, startling materials are a hallmark of their design practice. Often evoking the rich street-market culture of their native Brazil, they utilize everyday elements in unexpected ways, such as this looped red cord for the opulent pile upholstery of this Vermelha (Red) chair (2007). Continue reading Eye On Design: Vermelha Chair By The Campana Brothers

Stacking Chair By Danny Lane

Stacking Chair
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Danny Lane is a London-based designer, visual artist and glass sculptor who specializes in working with fractured and stacked glass.  His popular Stacked Chair (1993) is made up of slab-like green-tinted glass with polished, irregular edges. The chair back and rear, single leg are  constructed of an arched column of stacked irregularly cut and polished glass slabs held together by a central steel rod topped by a nut. Similar construction applies to the chair’s shorter front legs and feet.
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