The Nesting, Stacking and Flattening Designs of Christian Desile:
Fascinated with geometry, the French visual artist and photographer Christian Desile eventually began creating furniture. His Desile chair, above, caused quite the stir at Paris' 2009 Maison & Objet show; the designer seemingly came out of nowhere to win the Coup de Coeur award. The bamboo version above is intended for indoor use, whereas the outdoor version below is produced from recycled PET plastic, and is itself 100% recycleable.
Since then press on the man has been quiet, but a look at his book reveals Desile has a lot more in him than just one chair.
The chair's cousin, the Desile table, folds flat and can be cut from a single piece:
His Liegere stacking stools recall an old-school phone dial:
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Fascinated with geometry, the French visual artist and photographer Christian Desile eventually began creating furniture. His Desile chair, above, caused quite the stir at Paris' 2009 Maison & Objet show; the designer seemingly came out of nowhere to win the Coup de Coeur award. The bamboo version above is intended for indoor use, whereas the outdoor version below is produced from recycled PET plastic, and is itself 100% recycleable.
Since then press on the man has been quiet, but a look at his book reveals Desile has a lot more in him than just one chair.
The chair's cousin, the Desile table, folds flat and can be cut from a single piece:
His Liegere stacking stools recall an old-school phone dial:
(more...)
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