shrimp chair and ottoman
Design Markus Jehs & Jurgen Laub,
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Head layer cowhide, aluminum alloy
"At first, you see it and admire its sharp silhouette. Its elegant.outline results from flat cushions and a bentwood shell which has a particularly refined appearance thanks to its side recesses. In this way, Shrimp also blends into rooms which are not exactly hotel foyers. At the same time, a choice of wood, leather or fabric can create very different highlights. So much for appearances. Then you sit down and experience the feel of a superior cocktail chair: you don’t sink in, and it provides firm support and a sense of security at the same time. This is a place to relax, underlined. by the rotating easy chair and the stool that comes with it: feel free to put your feet up."
chairs: 690 w | 720 d | 970 h
ottoman: 640 w | 420 d | 400 h
Stuttgart designers Markus Jehs (left, born 1965) and Jürgen Laub (right, born 1964) have set a steady course for success. Whilst their day-to-day work consists of designs for such renowned brands as Cassina, Cor, Fritz Hansen, Nemo, Thonet or Ycami, flamboyant special projects like “room 606 – ice cracks” at the Ice Hotel in northern Sweden indicate the freshness of their approach and testify to the pleasure they find in pure design that does not pursue a concrete aim. Even so, their classic product and interior design projects are anything but boring. Jehs + Laub combine “German” virtues like functionality, formal stringency and clarity with extraordinary imagination in terms of their concepts and use of materials. Their solutions seem strikingly simple, a combination of aesthetics and logic that reveals itself at first glance. That may well be because they always start from a strong basic idea, as they say. “Ideally, a product will then develop all by itself.” Sounds simple. Just like their concept for the new Mercedes Benz showroom that has been implemented worldwide: the rectangle, compasses and triangle or set square stand for product stage, communication and space segmentation. The space chair for Fritz Hansen already looks like a classic and uses different covers to show a variety of faces – sometimes business-like, sometimes trendy.
In 1954 Prince Bentheim Tecklenburg and LeoLübke began manufacturing upholstered furniture in Rheda-Wiedenbrück under the name of COR - Latin for heart. This was because three heartsembellished the coat of arms of the founders. Barely a year later it was honoured with the first of many awards - the march of COR into the nations homes had begun. From the swinging sixties with Conseta to the seventies with Trio and the eighties with Zyklus until today.
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