Bear with me for a moment as I try to explain a bit about this chair. Most of the information about it is in French, but I think I get the gist of it.
It’s a new release from French designer Eric Jourdan – who, among other things, has a big collection coming out in January that he created with Ligne Roset. Eric works with the firm Domeau & Pérès which gets a lot of commissions to design for the aviation and aeronautics industries – which was a big inspiration for this interesting creation.
This being named The Hampton’s Chair by Jourdan – you clearly see the classic Hamptons-esque lines set off by the deck like Red Cedar planking. The original chair was actually designed for an upscale golf club here in the US, but Domeau & Pérès wanted to offer a version of the design to the general public as well.
With this chair, Jourdan wanted to evoke the utilitarian aspects of Enzo Mari’s Autoprogettazione collection released in the 1970’s. This was a group of designs that were conceptualized as DYI project kits that could be built using everyday materials and tools. Although (to me at least) it seems The Hampton’s Chair has a distinct Summery spirit about it, I can see it in a wide array of settings year round.
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This is quite cool in a This Old House sort of way – I’d love to see it in a room.
Cool design, but it looks uber-uncomfortable. Or, maybe i should say, tres uncomfortable
this looks like a bad high school wood shop project. Also, I don’t see any connection to aviation – maybe the spruce goose? Go back to design school.
Oh trimtab21 what a crank you are! Also you clearly don’t know your design and art history very well.