Bouroullec Brothers Design a Low-cost Minimal Chair
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French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec recently unveiled their series of minimal chairs, designed for Danish brand Hay, at the Milan Design Week. The duo was inspired to create “The Elementaire Chair” as an aesthetically appealing alternative to the eBouroullec Brothers Design a Low-cost Minimal Chair
French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec recently unveiled their series of minimal chairs, designed for Danish brand Hay, at the Milan Design Week. The duo was inspired to create “The Elementaire Chair” as an aesthetically appealing alternative to the existing plastic chairs. Though designed to be as simple and inexpensive as a “white T-shirt or blue jeans,” the chair is robust for long-term use while featuring a delicate aesthetic.The Elementaire chair recalls the aluminum Hole chair that the Bouroullecs had designed for Italian furniture brand Cappellini in 1999. Made in polypropylene, the structure has no visible joints, which according to the designers lends “a certain harmony and calmness” to the chairs.“The world is full of plastic chairs with the wrong colors and shapes. We can see it in a lot of beautiful cities in Europe, for example. A nice street with an awful terrace full of pink or light green chairs that totally spoil the place,” Ronan told Dezeen. “People have no problem buying expensive trainers, but they still don't want to buy expensive furniture. We worked to do it at a low-cost. It’s like a white T-shirt or blue jeans, it's a rough chair that you can use everywhere,” he added. “We wanted to use the most efficient way to mass-produce something, and at the same time to create the most beautiful chair, but beautiful in terms of being extremely well-designed. Not too loud, not too shy. Just exactly balanced. A chair that could work in a lot of different contexts,” he continued.The Elementaire chair was launched at the recently held Milan Design Week. http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more