Vitra Edition Prototypes

Vitra Edition Prototypes

Vitra Edition is a laboratory that gives designers, architects and artists the freedom to create experimental furniture objects and interior installations. Their choices of materials, technologies, applications and formal concepts are not limited. Working without the constraints of market and production logic has a liberating effect and results in surprising solutions and new ways of seeing design.

0 Source: Vitra [ Pictures provided by: Michael Kangas ]

Jewellery Drawer by Malin Lundmark

Jewellery Drawer by Malin Lundmark

A gigantic jewellery case in the shape of a drawer where you can store your favorite necklace. Inspiration comes from intarsia*, a common technique that was used in furniture manufacturing in former times. In most cases people store jewellery in jewel cases but this becomes storage in a new way.

0 Designer: Malin Lundmark

Tete-a-tete Seat by Laurie Beckerman

Tete-a-tete Seat by Laurie Beckerman

When visiting a friend in the countryside, I noticed all the little nooks and crannies on his property and thought how wonderful to suddenly stumble upon a beautiful object that invites two people to sit on it and enjoy each others company. The original tete-a-tete seat was created during the Victorian era for intimate conversation in the parlor.

0 Designer: Laurie Beckerman

ISIS - World's Thinnest Chair by Jake Phipps

ISIS – World’s Thinnest Chair by Jake Phipps

The world’s thinnest most compact folding chair. The design allows the ISIS chair to fold completely flat to a depth of just 3cm, in one effortless movement. The chair is made from a series of flat geometric panels that are linked together and contained within its own frame.

0 Designer: Jake Phipps [ Via: Pan Dan ]

AlphaSphere - Multi-sensory Relaxation Furniture by Sha

AlphaSphere – Multi-sensory Relaxation Furniture by Sha

Power Napping – this piece of relaxation furniture from Vienna Artist and perception researcher, sha, which has now become a cult object, offers pure enjoyment all the way. In addition to the clear form and design style, this exceptional item of relaxation furniture also has many inner values to offer:

0 Designer: Sha

Zanotta Wire Tables by Arik Levy

Zanotta Wire Tables by Arik Levy

Smallwire, Wire and Bigwire tables have been designed by Arik Levy for Zanotta. aoJust like in a biological process, I obtained this cyber form by assembling elements, multiplying them, changing their disposition, connecting them to a structure or just to one another in empty space.

0 Designer: Arik Levy [ Manufacturer: Zanotta ]

Paperclip Chair by Chris Kujawski

Paperclip Chair by Chris Kujawski

The Paperclip chair was inspired by, you guessed it, the paperclip, and it’s inherent strength, flexibility and concentric nature. Constructed from titanium rod and formed sheet aluminum, the chair would be ultra lightweight. The design of the frame also allows it to be stacked and transported easily. The cantilever lends flexibility to the frame, but the sitter is prevented from tilting all the way back by the concentric bar across the back of the chair.

0 Designer: Chris Kujawski

YiAhn - Bassinet That Turns Storage & Table by Min Kang

YiAhn – Bassinet That Turns Storage & Table by Min Kang

It is not only a normal bassinet; when the baby outgrows his bassinet, it can also be used for storage such as a toy bin and a mini bookshelf with drawers. As the baby becomes a child, it can convert into a set of a chair and a table for children. It can also be used as a bassinet again, if the family has a second baby.

0 Designer: Min Kang

Moroso Panna Chair by Tokujin Yoshioka

Moroso Panna Chair by Tokujin Yoshioka

Tokujin presents a new collection designed for Moroso, the Panna chair. He experiments unusual materials, creates shapes and uses fabrics, interpreting and reprocessing them via the poetry of Japanese culture. He forces us to dive into his design, to live it intensely and globally.

0 Designer: Tokujin Yoshioka [ Manufacturer: Moroso ]

Puzzle Table by Hsien Chang

Puzzle Table by Hsien Chang

The design concept of this product was inspired by sliding puzzles. The concept of the mechanism has been applied to the storage of office desks so that users can see what is kept in the desk with great ease by moving the dividers on the desk. The grids can be designated to store different items according to the users’ needs of storage and usage:

0 Designer: Hsien Chang

Grace Chair by Todo Design Studio

Grace Chair by Todo Design Studio

Grace came to us as we were making a paper model of another chair. As we began to rotate the paper model and look at the object in our hands from different angles, we began to think about the space that contains the object and how the object defines the space around it.

0 Designer: Todo Design Studio

TransPlastic Furniture by Fernando & Humberto Campana

TransPlastic Furniture by Fernando & Humberto Campana

The TransPlastic series tells a fictional story: in a world made of plastic and synthetic matter, a fertile ground is laid for transgenic creations. Natural fibres recover the plastic as in an immunological response: nature grows from the plastic and overpowers it.

0 Designer: Fernando & Humberto Campana [ Via: Dezeen ]

Caba - Felt Covered Chair by Kwangho Lee

Caba – Felt Covered Chair by Kwangho Lee

To define a new decorative side of ordinary material, I have explored different materials to see how it works different ways. On this concept, using ‘felt’ as material was the ultimate solution. Normally ‘felt’ is used in covering the floors of the automobile interior or floor coverings.

0 Designer: Kwangho Lee