Since the twentieth century, chairs have been changing with every twist of fashion producing beautiful furniture items. However, with new technologies emerging, improvements in ergonomics and the necessity to reuse materials, chair design has changed its aim of being “beautiful” to its intention to be “useful”. Not only do modern chairs work on comfort and physical appearance but also on sustainability.
With all this, who wouldn’t want to try these amazing chair designs? My favourite – the last one. Which one is yours?
1. Acapulco Chair
Designer: Carlos Ocho (reinterpretation of the anonymous 1950’s Acapulco Chair)
Year: 2013
2. United Colors of Benetton Chair
Designer: Luis Pereira Miguel
Year: 2013
3. Millipede Chair
Designer: Michael Samoriz
Year: 2011
4. Loop Chair for Casamania
Designer: Sophie De Vocht
Year: 2011
5. Lost in Sofa
Designer: Daisuke Motogui Architecture
Year: 2010
6. Z Chair
Designer: Zaha Hadid
Year: 2011
7. Cork Chair
Designer: Gabriel Wiese
Year: 2009
8. Lathe Chair
Designer: Sebastian Brajkovic
Year: 2009
9. Puzzle-like Inception Chair
Designer: Vivian Chiu
Year: 2011
10. Cabbage Chair
Designer: Nendo
Year: 2008
11. Hug Chair
Designer: Ilian Milinov
Year: 2011
12. Tube Chair
Designer: Tom Price
Year: 2011
13. Clutch Chair
Designer: Scott Jarvie
Year: 2008
14. Tambour Chair
Designer: Brian Sanderson
Year: 2003
15. Light Up Chair /Anglerfish Chair
Designer: Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia
Year: 2012
16. SheetSeat Folding Chair
Designer: Ufuk Keskin and Efecem Kutuk
Year: 2009
Virginia Duran 
I like Loop Chair for Casamania! A new great post, thank you, vVrginia.
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You are welcome! Thanks for reading 🙂
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I like the loop chair best but they are all very interesting. It’s surprising how few chairs are beautiful, comfortable and well made.
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Indeed. And while doing research I found so many others. I was happy to find more sustainability and reuse in chair design.
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Nice post! 😀
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They’re all so beautiful in their own way. While I don’t love the look of it (although I prefer it from close up), I love the idea behind the Lost in Sofa; very whimsical! Fun post!
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I am really enjoying following your blog! You present possibilities….
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Thanks for your kind words and for reading my weekly posts 🙂
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!!! With this, my breath.
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Such a visual feast Virginia I keep going up and down to see which one I prefer and still have not been able to make up my mind 😉
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I like the cork chair – and the cabbage chair. Think I like being hugged
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Hi, amazing chairs, some look uncomfortable, my favourite one is the loop chair, fun to sit on, surely!
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LOL! I have the first chair on the pics in my house, a yellow one!
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Wow! I am jealous. You didn’t know it was a design masterpiece?
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Great looking chairs! Comfort wise I’m not so sure, but I do like cabbage!
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One of the problems with this modern world, and teaching such things as design in college, is that thee are more and more people who want to add something to this world before they die. And each person who wants to leave his mark, has to change something… for that matter, each person who wants to get a PhD has to find some new original topic to write one. What happens, is that we get a disproportionate amount of ridiculous work. When it comes to chairs, before people thought about their looking good, they used to think about how comfortable they would be for the person sitting. I like straight backed simple chairs. But I’m sure there’re a lot of people who will rush to grab these versions.
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What you say makes sense but I don’t think these particular designs are only created as beautiful or comfortable items. Many of them are aesthetical and functional experiments (like the Cabbage Chair) that not only do they intend to be comfortable but also try to reuse materials (making them sustainable designs). We should be open to innovation!
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I’d like to try the Cabbage Chair!
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I want the anglerfish chair. It would be a conversation piece in my otherwise drab living room lol
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I know! It’s a very interesting design.
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OK and my shopping list just expanded, I want those badly 🙂 (And totally enjoying your blog)
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Thanks Nabil! I had a lot of fun doing research for this post. These designs are creative and very sustainable!
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Hi Virginia… just curious where you found the Tambour Chair. Not that I mind. Great post… love them all. ~Brian S.
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Hello, sorry for the late reply! I wrote this post a long time ago so I don’t remember, sorry. So happy to have you here, love the Tambour Chair. Take care. Virginia
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