The Elephant Chair by Neuland for Kristalia
German designers Eva Paster and Michael Geldmacher of Neuland Industriedesign have created the Elephant Chair for the Italian furniture manufacturer Kristalia.

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From the designers:
A steel pipe construction winds through luscious leather gracefully imitating the backbone of an elephant, creates the comfortable seating pod in one flowing move which comes to its conclusion in the elegant swing of the arm rests.
The Elephant chair impresses by its unusual details. Shape, material and fabrication produce a graceful melody – reduced to simple notes without losing the beauty of the sound. This harmonious play of construction, aesthetics and pure quality which appears to come together without effort allows this chair to have rightful ambitions to become a must-have item. A well executed marriage between functionality and comfort – and moreover a wholly sensual experience.
Visit the Kristalia website – here.
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andeson pisaniello on 01 Aug 2010 at 4:26 pm #
One of the most beautiful chairs I’ve ever see.
Nice work.Love the five legs structure. Would buy would sell!
luis Arrivillaga on 02 Aug 2010 at 12:47 am #
very beautiful, organic, simple. based on a classic design, with new details and innovative materials… very good… i like it a lot.. congrats. !!!!
zachary alan on 02 Aug 2010 at 12:09 pm #
Charles and Ray would be very proud. It is a nice nod to their iconic work.
elliot burns on 02 Aug 2010 at 12:42 pm #
It’s so……Plastic!
I don’t purchase furniture made from petro chemicals.
jamie4747 on 02 Aug 2010 at 6:33 pm #
Dear Zach,
C and R are SO over. Time to move on.
colorescene on 03 Aug 2010 at 11:20 am #
it’s very similar to Kasper Salto’s NAP chair
http://www.kaspersalto.com/nap/index.html
klaus on 03 Aug 2010 at 12:30 pm #
Oh my…. Have a look at this article to see the exact same chair from Danish manufacturer Friz Hansen.
http://www.dagensdesign.dk/index/blog/Optegnelser/2010/8/2_NAP_or_ELEPHANT.html
flores on 03 Aug 2010 at 4:30 pm #
Punch two holes on both sides of an eames chair and voila — it’s an elephant chair! or an nap chair!
Lance on 04 Aug 2010 at 2:33 am #
And everyone had a hissy fit after Jaime Hayone released his new chair, too close to Eames famous lounger for some…
This looks like a million chair out there. The leather detail is nice, but not “necessary”. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times… “All design is derivative”, but this is just an outright copy of chairs that have been out forever. It’s too bad “new” means change the legs slightly and viola!
Lance on 04 Aug 2010 at 2:34 am #
Whoops, Hayon. Sorry, had to spell check when you’re getting ready for work.
TW on 05 Aug 2010 at 2:15 am #
Just what the world needs – more plastic chairs…
Martin on 14 Sep 2010 at 2:05 am #
The two chairs seem actually different to me. The concept is different.
Look what the designers of the Elephant say about the chair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY7Hrfa_qxo
Anyway, I like both.
Nap is neat and elegant, Elephant is more sophisticated and impressive.