Pelt Chair by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
British designer Benjamin Hubert has created the Pelt chair for De La Espada.
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Description from Benjamin Hubert
Pelt is a dining chair comprised of plywood and solid ash launching at the London Design Festival in collaboration with Portuguese manufacturer De La Espada.
The chair has a thin 8mm plywood shell that wraps around a solid ash frame, akin the skin over an animal’s skeleton. It extends down the front and rear legs with fluid tab that seamlessly integrates with the solid frame beneath. The frame of the chair has been reduced to a simple cross construction linking the front and rear legs. This geometry was made possible by cncing a complex twist to maintain the integration of the start and end points.
The chair also offers efficient stacking with its ability to stack 6 chairs.The chair has been developed over a period of 12 months after several interations of prototyping and testing.
Designer: Benjamin Hubert
Manufacturer: De La Espada
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Henri on 05 Oct 2012 at 11:44 am #
Wow, this is a magnificent chair and object.
Strong lines and soft curves, natural materials, intriguing structure and very well detailed.
Will work equally well in the dining room or contract market.
Emile Horak on 07 Oct 2012 at 8:29 am #
This design is brilliant in its simplicity of lines form and functionality. It has an ageless feel to it!