prophets and penitents: confession of a chair at milan design week 09

DAMn° magazine has invited an eclectic mix of more than 30 designers to express their personal confessions on chair prototyping, with many of the pieces seen in public for the first time.

‘munaria’, by bruno munari, 1988, prototype image © designboom

‘amateur eames’, by jerzy seymour, 2009 image © designboom

‘amateur eames’, by jerzy seymour, 2009 image © designboom

‘straw chair’, by osko+deichmann, 2009 image © designboom

‘pixelated chair‘ by rianne makkink & jurgen bey, 2009 image © designboom ‘prettypretty rosina’, by dejana kabjlio, prototype, 2009 image © designboom

‘sclulpt chair’, by matreen bass,  prototype, 2008 image © designboom

‘carbon coen’, by michael young,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

‘360° chair’ coen’, by konstantin grcic,  prototype, 2008 image © designboom

‘pack‘, by francois azambourg,  prototype, 1999 image © designboom

‘pack‘, by francois azambourg,  detail, 1999 image © designboom

‘the wally chair‘, by jason miller,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

‘jim’, by ilkka suppanen,  prototype, 2007 image © designboom

‘chaton siege’, by lachaert + d’hanis,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

‘chair overdose’, by bram boo,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

‘identity disorder’, by arik levy,  one-off, 2009 image © designboom

‘trift’, by judith seng,  prototype, 2009 image © designboom

‘saturn stool’, by barber osgerby,  prototype, 2008 image © designboom

‘split box stool’, by peter marigold,  one-off, 2009 image © designboom

‘killepieds’, by 5.5 designers,  one-off, 2003 image © designboom

view of the exhibition image © designboom