Danish designer Ole Jensen has created the Memory armchair to be part of the New Danish Modern collection from Normann-Copenhagen.

Memory is a warm and friendly armchair that makes time to sit and think. It is upholstered, and with its broad, square arms, it embraces you and invites you to sit down and relax completely.

The designer Ole Jensen explains:

“I wanted to design furniture that arouses immediate recognition in both design and use. ‘Reversed perfection’, with an immediate freedom in manufacture and details. The chair consists of patches as in a patchwork quilt, which gives them a somewhat home-made character, without allowing this to compromise their quality.”

Visit Ole Jensen’s website – here.    Visit Normann-Copenhagen’s website – here.

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Architect Paul McKean has sent us the Neal Creek residence he designed, which is a rural vacation home located near Hood River, Oregon.

From the architect:

The Neal Creek residence treads lightly upon its surroundings, maximizing valley and water views with minimal impact to the natural environment.  The owners – windsurfing and snowboarding enthusiasts – were interested in a modest weekend retreat that would be highly efficient and ecologically minded.  Their wooded two-acre parcel of land presented many unique challenges including wetlands, creek protection setbacks, and floodplain restrictions.  The design solution for the two-bedroom house addresses these issues by elevating the habitable space one full floor above grade.  Views to the creek are enhanced from this position and the living spaces float within the tree tops.  Lifting the main space protects the house from potential flooding and brush fire damage while making way for a covered outdoor patio and much needed gear storage below.  At the uppermost level, the roof has been sized and detailed to allow for a future planted roof that will replace the landscape lost to the building footprint and reduce heat gain to the interior spaces.

Visit Paul McKean’s website – here.

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Swedish designer Fredrik Färg has created the COAT easy chair, to be produced by Materia.

The Coat easy chair has its own strong personality while at the same time exuding innovation, creativity and elegance. Inspired by gentlemen’s fashion, the back of the armchair is shaped like a collar, which can be folded to encompass the body and provide shielding. The stand is in moulded veneer, with a seat and back in moulded polyester felt. The construction is bound together using large cufflinks made of die-cast matt chrome zink.

Visit Fredrik Färg’s website – here.  Visit Materia’s website – here.

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