New furniture designs such as seats, sofas, tables, chairs, often designed by leading architects such as Zaha Hadid and Ben van Berkel – architectural furniture news from around the world.
We feature Thonet at Clerkenwell Design Week, in London, England. Inspired by the concept of community in the workplace, the stand at new space Catapult is organised into areas of activity, from working to meeting and from breakout to hospitality. CDW 2023 also sees the launch of an addition to Thonet’s S 220 range of chairs by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin (Industrial Facility), unveiled in 2022.
e-architect showcase LEVA chair design for Mattiazzi by Foster + Partners, Architects, UK. This is their first EPD to encourage collaborators to embrace sustainability. As part of the practice’s first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), they have completed a comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) of the product. The industrial design and sustainability teams at Foster + Partners undertook this project with a view to encourage and challenge the manufacturers we work with to embrace more sustainable production processes.
The Height of Comfort with the S 220 H Barstool by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin, unveiled in 2022, is expanding. New to the elegant collection of moulded plywood chairs, available with and without armrests, is the comfortable S 220 H barstool
Thonet returns to Clerkenwell Design Week with new designs and classic style at Catapult, 1 Sekforde St, London EC1R 0BE. Inspired by the concept of community in the workplace, the stand at new space Catapult is organised into areas of activity, from working to meeting and from breakout to hospitality
Thonet’s S 32 cantilever chair is one of the most popular and recognisable pieces of tubular steel furniture – a versatile design icon for a variety of settings and styles
Thonet furniture in the Strauss CI Factory. First-class seating for a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The CI Factory, in Hesse’s Main-Kinzig district, opened in 2020 and is celebrated as a cutting-edge manufacturing and logistics facility
Once the idea was there, it spread like wildfire. It was as if the world had just been waiting for Marcel Breuer to have his eureka moment. Inspired by bike handlebars, Breuer, a carpenter and head of the Bauhaus furniture workshop, joined forces with a locksmith. As if drawn into the room – Thonet and tubular steel
Industrial Facility’s new S 220 chair range reflects Thonet’s formal, material and technical heritage with an ultra-modern take on the company’s line of moulded plywood furniture: the design draws on the familiar lines of the iconic 214 bentwood chair
Architect Carsten Joost has created a home for his family near Hamburg, Germany in a modern cubic design with minimalist aesthetics, bringing his unique interpretation of loft style out into the countryside. Thonet’s tubular steel cantilever chairs add touch of luxury to a contemporary family home
World culture in Vienna: the historic Café Bellaria reinvents itself. Thonet bentwood classics create fresh colour accents in the newly renovated coffee house
The work of Sam Hecht and Kim Colin, known together as Industrial Facility, is characterised by its precise form and aesthetics derived from functionality. The British-American design duo carefully considers an object’s context and its relevance to modern life in their designs as seen in Thonetology: The New S 220 Chair
A real all-rounder: The Triennale S 661 Chair. A new take on Günter Eberle’s design from 1954. The moulded plywood was a driver of innovation; a love of organic forms inspired designers. Furniture such as the S 661 chair brought lightness and life into interior spaces
Sit back and relax on the Thonet – 119 Lounge Chair designed by Sebastian Herkner, 2021: a lightweight lounge chair for living rooms and hotel lobbies
A modern work space with a welcoming atmosphere Thonet furniture at the Josef Rädlinger HQ in Bavaria. The construction company incorporates contemporary office premises into a former monastery.
After a challenging 18 months with few opportunities to exhibit new products, or for the industry to gather together, Design London in September represents a welcome return to something closer to ‘business as usual.’
Solid, yet light; understated, yet impressive: designed by Werner Aisslinger as a “community hub”, the Thonet Table 1140 brings together functionality, versatility and elegant simplicity – You can dance on it
As part of practice’s first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), Foster + Partners completes comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) of the LEVA chair designed for Mattiazzi
The reduced tubular-steel design of the ground-breaking S 43 cantilevered chair by Mart Stam from 1931 now benefits from two updates that make it the perfect choice for flexible office layouts, home offices and many other spaces
When English designer James Irvine began work on a new interpretation of the S 5000 daybed-style sofa 15 years ago, he was designing for the present – with the future already in mind.
An uplifting addition to a classic range: Thonet introduces two new barstool versions for its S 32 chair collection
