NAP-chair by Kasper Salto

[All pictures: http://www.notcot.com/archives/2010/05/fritz-hansens-nap-chair-by-kas.php]

Kasper Salto (Danish industrial designer) was born on 14 February 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the son of textile artist Naja Salto and grandson of leading Danish ceramist Axel Salto. He first trained as a cabinet maker before attending the Danish Design School, graduating in 1994. From 1994 to 98 he worked for designer Rud Thygesen. At that time he met Peter Staerk: their friendship would have a deep influence on his professional life. In 1997, he designed the Runner chair for Peter Staerk who made the chair famous in Denmark, but also abroad.

In 1998 Salto opened his own design design studio, wprking for companies such as Fritz Hansen, DubaB8, Engelbrechts and Lightyears. In 2003 he opened a new office, Salto & Sigsgaard, together with architect Sigsgaardan.

On the pictures: the NAP chair by Kasper Salto. The name of the chair reflects Kasper’s mentality. NAP stands for normal, active and passive. Normal means sitting up straight, all the way back into the seat. Active is when we are leaning forward to listen or speak, eat or work at a table. Passive means leaning back and relaxing. His aim was to make the NAP chair functional without compromising on appearance - just like the great designers of the past like Arne Jacobsen.


Links:
Kasper Salto
Ambiente Direct

Slices, Chips & Shells lookalikes

Lounge Chair by EamesOrange-Slice Chair by PaulinShell-Chair by Wegner

CHIPS-Chair

Recently I found in a Belgian interior-magazine some publicity about a new chair-model ´Chips´, available at online-store 3Suisses. This model reminds me a lot of some great designer-pieces which have already been produced in past times. One of those design-chairs is the ´Orange Slice´ by French designer Pierre Paulin. The seat and the back of that chair look like slices of an orange, where its name comes from. This model has been and still is produced by Dutch enterprise Artifort. If copies don´t bother you or if you prefer spending less money on chairs for your home, then the 3Suisses-Chips-chair might be of some interest for you.

Links:
Charles & Ray Eames
Hans Wegner
Scandinavian Design
Danish Furniture

Colourful Spring at Ikea

Colourful flowers are the new design for bedlinen and cushions (designer: Emma Jones): Renate Slinga, Renate Blom... just some of the poetic names for this 2010 Spring-line. Läckö is the name of the metal gardentable and -chair, Väte for the white paper tablelamp.

Green chair: original Fermob Luxembourg Chair. White model: Ikea designed Blanko Chair (available in white, blue and red).

Links:
Ikea
Fermobshop-Oxo Netherlands
Ambiente Direct Germany