Airline Chair By Hans J. Wegner
Through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the Airline Chair buy Hans J. Wegner has been part of airports, public offices, hotels and private homes. Its a furniture design masterpiece.
Hans J. Wegner was a skilled designer in all facets and learned a lot through his early years as a carpenter, as he learned about the free use and movement of wood, which can be combined with many other types of materials to create something unique. He made many chairs and was part of many projects over his...
Alberto Lievore Delivers A Cool Furniture Design
Alberto Lievore is a well-known architect and designer, and was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1948. He was born into a family of Italian immigrants, and even as a child, he had grown into his interests and sensitivity for his simple environment, his family and all his simple possessions. He had begun inventing various objects and creating toys for himself, but as the years progressed he pursued a scientific technical education in chemistry and went into work for an oil company. He later...
Aston Martin 1950 DB2 Still A Supercar
Aston Martin debuted the creation of the DB2 at the New York Auto show in 1950, it was considered to be the first genuine David Brown vehicle despite the creation of the DB1, also having his name, and very little unit produced. The initial DB2 was a 2 seater, but later on there was also a Drophead coupe version was created and was a huge success, accounting for more than a quarter of total sales of the DB2, 102 of this version were built. The DB2 was a civilized and beautiful looking car, but...
Classic Furniture Design By Charles And Ray Eames
Charles Ormond Eames is a brilliant furniture designer born in 1907. Allready at 14 years old, Charles worked part-time at a steel company where he learned about engineering, drawing, and architecture. In this periode of his life the idea of one day becoming an architect was emerging.
The Eames designed the Eames Sofa Compact in 1954, and it was a new scheme for sofas as it reflected the traditional sofas, but it still provided comfort without all the bulkiness. It was another milestone...
Furniture Design By Louise Campbell
The Collage was created in 2004, but it wasnt officially launched until 2005 and it was an addition to her already impressive lighting fixture repertoire. Louise Campbell is an amazing and bold Danish designer of today, as she has a very brash and interesting outlook on design, as she pulls from everything as source for her inspiration. She is a relatively young designer when compared to the career life span of other designers, and although she has done quite a number of designs, exhibits and...
Is Aston Martin DB2 A True Supercar
In 1953, the Aston Martin DB2/4 was the first comprehensive revamp of the DB2 car, because the car needed to evolve. But the DB2 would always be known as the car that single handedly revived Aston Martins career and pushed it on to greatness. The DB2 was replaced in the autumn of 1953 by the new look and feel DB2/4, and was praised for being better than its predecessor by far. The DB2/4 name meant that it was very much an Aston Martin, David Brown creation but just with four seats. But...
Jaime Hayon Making Furniture Design
Spaniard Jamie Hayon is a very bold and far-stretched designer that knows no bounds, and asks no questions, as his style is neither here nor there. He is an exemplar of designers for this generation, and well poised on his way to becoming like the greats of history for the future. Jamie has a knack for designing anything under the sun, and has his hands in everything including lighting, and one of his most standout pieces is the Josephine Queen Chandelier. It is a fitting name, since the...
Supercars For Ever Try The New BMW Z4 Coupe
The 2007 Hamann BMW Z4 M Coupe was a joint venture with both BMW and Hamann, as the latter was given the challenge of designing and outfitting a car with its latest products and upgrades. The original Z4 coupe is a very successful car for BMW and with the Z4 M design it is a much sportier, powerful car that has complete performance all around. But as good as the Z4 M coupe now was, it was decided to be made a whole lot more better when Hamann completely custom-tailored the car inside and out....
The Corona Chair By Poul M. Volther
Poul M. Volther was a prolific and interestingly insightful designer that saw potential in many things that others could not. He was part of the sculpting of the iconic modernistic generation of design along with other famous designers like Le Corbusier, Arne Jacobsen, Hans J. Wegner, the Eames and Alberto Lievore just to name a few. The Corona Chair was first introduced in 1964 to the mainstream public, but was conceived three years earlier in 1961 and that model was crafted out of solid oak,...
The Ox Chair By Hans J. Wegner
Hans J. Wegner has designed many unusual and unique pieces that have captured the imaginations of many a young designers and artists, plus many of the average citizens as well. And this unique piece prime example as well, and it is also another prime example of a designers work being misunderstood when it was first made widespread. The Ox chair (EJ100) was first introduced in 1960 and it represented its name to the fullest as the first thing you notice when you look at it is the distinctness...
The Peacock Chair By Hans J. Wegner
Throughout Hans Wegners long career, he designed furniture mainly for Fritz Hansen and Johannes Hansen. Hans J. Wegner was a very talented and minimalistic designer, as his creation seemed to be extravagant in lay out, but were in reality a simple and innovative combination of materials that at first would have never even been put together. Finn Juhl named the Peacock Chair, after its distinctive back silhouette, by him just pointing out that it looked like a peacock, and then the suggestion...
The Wingchair Armchair By Hans J. Wegner
Hans J. Wegner was a prolific designer, as his many works could vouch for that, as he has created some of the most unique and remembered chairs and other furniture throughout his career. The Wingchair Armchair or the Wingchair Ch445 Armchair was first introduced in 1960, the same year as the Ox chair, but after, and the Wingchair is said to be within the traits and characteristics of the Ox chair. This is Wegners trademark way of creating parentage or historical ties between his creations, and...
Toyota Supra Mark I
The Toyota Supra was one of Toyotas most popular sporting cars that gained many, many fans and spawned many racing enthusiasts and Supra lovers all over the world. The Mark I is the first generation of the car and ran from 1979 to 1981. The Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, and was then known as the Toyota Celica Supra until its third generation, then the Celica was dropped and it was essentially its own car. The assembly of this masterpiece was done strictly in Japan, and the body...
Toyota Supra Mark II
The Toyota Supra Mark II was the eventual successor to the first generation of the Supra, and this second generation ran from 1982-1986 with a host of improvements and modifications than its predecessor, but also went through a lot of changes over its four year run as well. The Mark II was assembled in Japan, and this was another model that had the direct link with the Toyota 2000GT, especially with its engine. The sportscar was also known as Celica XX or Celica Supra MK II in some parts of the...
Toyota Supra Mark III
The Toyota Supra Mark III and was the last model to be directly based on the Toyota 2000GTs engine, and this generation ran from mid 1986-1992, an it was at that time the longest running production period for the Supra line with approximately seven successful years. This model also marked the total independence of the Supra line from the Celica attributes and name, as the 2+2 fastback became its own entity. It also debuted its very own engine platform, and also kept the rear wheel drive...
Trinidad Chair By Nanna Ditzel
Nanna Ditzel knows how to make furniture design. From the start of her career in the post war years, she has continuously been working with new materials and new techniques. Various materials such as fibre glass, wickerwork and foam rubber are all included in here furniture designs.
The Trinidad chair is one of Nanna Ditzel's greatest successes. The chair was designed in 1993. It has long since achieved the status of a modern classic furniture design. The distinctive chair takes its name from...
True Furniture Design By Hans Wegner
Hans J. Wegner was one of the best of all Danish furniture designers. His work combined excellent craftsmanship and commitment to modern living. His work is today internationally popular furniture design. His work is minimalist but preserves function. The best of his work is his many beautiful designed chairs.
Hans J. Wegner created the Wishbone Chair also known as the Y Chair or the CH 24 chair, and was first introduced in 1949, and it is still in production today. Classical portraits of...
What Is Furniture Design?
What is furniture design? Answers to this can be multiple. Jeannette Altherr is one of the answers for beautiful furniture designs?
Jeannette Altherr was born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1965 and she has become a very famous German designer and stylist, and is now one third of the brilliant designing trio Lievore Altherr Molina studio. Jeannette studied at the Industrial Design School in Darmstdt, and then she later moved to Barcelona to further her studies at the Escuela Massana in design,...
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