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Don't move from your chair

Posted Apr 16, 2009

Previewing next week during Milan design week the Morfojet armchair resembles an aeroplane seat - only with more legroom of course. Imagine first class rather than coach, imagine a seat where you can listen music and enjoy a film. Swide tries it out for size.

The Morfojet armchair designed by Gianni Pedone creates a new destination - that of not moving.

With airtravel being stressful at the best of times, why not recreate a first class cabin without the hassle of security checks. The chair's armrests resemble turbines and hiding a powerful sound system (two amplifiers,
a subwoofer and four loudspeaker), and the chair's "wings" are its seat - in handy vicinity of  course, of the chair's inbuilt Mp3 player.

The Washington on Fire chair - featured below is by the same Italian designer.

Influenced by climate change, the designer has visualized a city on fire. Its square base is spotted with
cylinders that resemble a city’s skyscrapers. Despite their appearance, the cylinders are actually soft and comfortable and relax under a user's weight - unless of course you're a supermodel and then this seat could prove to be a bit awkward.

The two chairs will be exhibted by Morfonauta, a collective of young Italian  industrial designers during Milan's design week. Morfonauta will exhibit  at the “Fuori Salone del Mobile 2009” at Hotel Nhow in Via Tortona 35.

For more previews from Milan Design Week see www.swide.com/HoWhere/The-Salone-del-Mobile-preview-
 

Source & Photo Credit: Morfonauta
 

 

TAGS: salone del mobile milan industrial design morfonauta gianni pedone morfojet chair