The Little Fellow Chair by Sofie Brünner and Ditte Maigaard
Danish designers Sofie Brünner and Ditte Maigaard have created the Little Fellow chair.
The chair will be launched at the 2010 Stockholm Furniture Fair.
Full description after the photos….
The Little Fellow Chair by Sofie Brünner and Ditte Maigaard
The Little Fellow Chair is an exploration in unusual materials and innovative ways of upholstering. The designers intention was to create an object that affects people in a profound, unique and personal way, which makes the viewer want to touch and explore the object. The name Little Fellow refers to the similarities to a distinguished little friend.
The frame is covered in thick nautic rope, which makes all surfaces textured and warm, while making the chair appear as if it was ”made entirely of rope”. This concept is also used in creating the seat pad. Constructed with a traditional brush binding technique, the upholstery of the seat consists of a few centimeter long pieces of rope-ends pulled into a grid of holes in the timber seat. The rope-ends can be exchanged and different colours added to create patterns. This construction allows for client customisation and personality, while it expresses a wonderful tactile sensation.
Visit Sofie Brünner’s website – here. Visit Ditte Maigaard’s website – here.
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Sam Walden on 18 Jan 2010 at 5:54 pm #
I like it. It would definitely be a conversation piece.
Lance on 18 Jan 2010 at 6:26 pm #
I’m sorry, but it looks horribly uncomfortable and like a tire that ran over a lamb was split in half and a photo snapped. Phrases like “wonderful tactile sensation” do nothing to change that impression either. They’re just buzz words that help sell chairs like the Marcel Wanders knotted chair, but at least that chair has a sense of lightness about it, no matter how uncomfortable it is to sit in. I appreciate design and unconventional materials as well as the next person who visits this site, but pieces like this do absolutely nothing for me.
Leif Nielsen on 19 Jan 2010 at 4:15 pm #
I hope I get to touch and feel the texture in Stockholm – the rope texture looks amazing.
The overall aesthetics are really impressive. I especially like the view from the bottom.
I wonder if the designers have considered other colours for the seat itself? I would like to see both a darker shade of gray, and one in pink matching the bottom.
Jorg on 19 Jan 2010 at 6:57 pm #
Lance, I don’t think you appreciate design as much as you think you do. Your comment is very superficial.
I also don’t think you read the description and/or understand what the designers were trying to achieve with this chair.
The chair “is an exploration in unusual materials and innovative ways of upholstering”
They were not trying to make the most comfortable chair ever.
They were not trying to make the most beautiful chair ever.
This chair might not ever be put into production or for sale.
The chair “is an exploration in unusual materials and innovative ways of upholstering”
So, with that goal in mind, I would say they were 100% successful.
It’s an exploration, an experiment. They’re playing with an idea. It’s what designers do.
If you really appreciate what designers do, I don’t think you would be making such superficial judgements.
jayasri on 19 Jan 2010 at 9:41 pm #
it’s very nice, how it stands, any internal material between two layers