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January 13, 2011

Maximo Riera’s ‘Octopus Chair’

Most chairs in homes tend to be angled or placed in a corner to give the room some character. Now where the hell do you place this in your home? Who knows! but I do know that you definitely need to have one in your home this year.

This lovely piece of design eye candy comes from Spanish artist Maximo Riera who designed this limited edition piece that is part of a larger collection called ‘Animal Chairs’. The series consists of more than fifteen different works where the marriage between furniture and animal is the main component. The series looks to bring life to the basic function of the object, making it more present while creating a stronger connection between the spectator, the chair and its environment.

Requiring a team of over thirty professionals and four different companies, the chair was produced using a CNC milling machine. Mechanized sculpting tools then produced a series of forms cut from foam blocks. Each part was assembled, glued, sanded and painted by hand to create an object that transmits a dynamic sense of movement.

posted by: Adrian "Age" Farquharson
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