Chair or Luggage?

This post is less about being portable and more about looking portable. If there was ever a chair to give you the feeling of travel while staying home - this is it. It reminds me so much of those ZERO Halliburton aluminum briefcases I used to lust after.

Design - Chairs - Furniture

Daniel Stier The aluminum 'suitcase' version of the chair at a train station. (photo courtesy of NYtimes)

Naoto Fukasawa's design, called Chair, embodies his notion of objects "dissolving" into their environments. The sight of travelers perching wearily on their rolling luggage inspired the witty aluminum-clad "suitcase" chair, while the idea of a bale of hay becoming an impromptu seat resulted in the hay chair. Other versions of Chair are made of clear acrylic, marble, felt, wood and polyurethane, each one of which evokes an entirely different feeling. The prices, though not yet set, promise to be anything but dissolving. But then good things come in small quantities.