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The New Chair
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Alexander Zaxarov
May 26, 2020

Continuing the streamlined simplicity of the Afteroom collection, this sleek, simple and elegant chair is crafted in plywood, a material that exemplifies the innovative manufacturing advancements of the 20th century.

Thin sheets of ash veneer are glued in layers with grains running in opposite directions to create a material that is both incredibly strong and exceedingly lightweight. The gently curved form is rendered in natural oak as well as dark stained oak and black ash which enhance the natural beauty of the grain and lend appealing warmth to the design. The soft silhouette makes it easily adapt to a range of spaces where its versatility, flexibility and strength make it the ideal choice as an everyday object of beauty and function.

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Alexander Zaxarov
May 26, 2020

Continuing the streamlined simplicity of the Afteroom collection, this sleek, simple and elegant chair is crafted in plywood, a material that exemplifies the innovative manufacturing advancements of the 20th century.

Thin sheets of ash veneer are glued in layers with grains running in opposite directions to create a material that is both incredibly strong and exceedingly lightweight. The gently curved form is rendered in natural oak as well as dark stained oak and black ash which enhance the natural beauty of the grain and lend appealing warmth to the design. The soft silhouette makes it easily adapt to a range of spaces where its versatility, flexibility and strength make it the ideal choice as an everyday object of beauty and function.

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The smallest brief in the discipline. Bent beech, riveted aluminium, forged steel, salvaged timber set in molten aluminum, plywood veneer, flat-pack logic. Chairs that lean into process, into material memory, into sculpture; chairs that refuse the distinction between furniture and object. Argued out one piece at a time — because the chair is where form and function meet most visibly, and most honestly.
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