lovegrove biophilia lounge chair
Design Ross Lovegrove,
1958
Glass fiber reinforced plastic
The BIOPHILIA Collection explores a new avenue of design that forms a dialogue between time, shape and space. It combines the trend-setting natural design of the Sagrada Famila by Antonio Gaudi, VONDOM’s expertise in advanced rotational moulding technology and the ongoing line of research of digital transference into contemporary design. Taken out of craft and into the 21st century’s progressive domain of polymerization and industry, BIOPHILIA is a collection that acknowledges this lineage but pushes the boundaries between material structure and shape into a new modern territory as yet unseen, diametrically opposed to modernism in its expression.s.
910 w | 650 d | 760 h
Ross Lovegrove studied design at Manchester Polytechnic and trained at the Royal College of Art in London. He has contributed to the design of the Sony Walkman and Apple computers, been in-house designer for Knoll International in Paris, co-member of the Atelier de Nimes, and acted as a design consultant to Luis Vuitton, Cacharel, Dupont and Hermés. In 1990, he created Studio X in London. Lovegrove is inspired by forms of the natural world, the possibilities of new manufacturing techniques, and the ability to evoke an emotional response in users.
The Spanish company Vondom, headquartered in Palomar, is an internationally renowed producer of outdoor furniture, lighting, rugs and planters. Vodom is a dynamic company, highly innovative and always attentive to create the perfect equilibrium between design and technology. As a result it offers a series of products with strong characteritics, made of recycable materials and using innovative production methods. The company is collaborating with famous designers like Ramón Esteve who contrived numerous Vondom collections. All products are manufactured at the same production facility in Valencia, exported worldwide and sold by a growing number of authorized retailers. Vondom is regulary represented on all important international trade fairs: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, the Maison et Objet in Paris, the Hospitality Design in Las Vegas, the Furniture China in Shanghai, the Habitat in Valencia and many others.
