Recently, a rocking chair/swing exhibition is being held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At the exhibition, all kinds of strange ideas of Brazilian creatives were placed on "rockers" and "chairs", which was a lot to see. In terms of appearance, some of these chairs are made of special materials, some are rich in color, and some have weird shapes...and from the perspective of comfort, some of these chairs should be uncomfortable to sit on, while some have high visual comfort scores.

In fact, for a chair, good looks and comfort are equally important. Designing a chair is a big enough challenge for industrial designers. In recent times, some interesting chair design cases have been announced. Let's take a look at which of these chairs can make you feel that it is a "successful" chair.

Rocking chair Great Egret Designer: Sayar&Garibeh

This sculptural chair can be sat upright or sideways. This is Sayar&Garibeh’s attempt to explore how sculptural beauty and industrial design can be combined.

Sofa chair Plump Thonet: Designer Atelier I-N-D-J

This is a classic improvement case. This sofa chair is a renovation and improvement of the classic design "Seat No. 18" by the Gebrüder Thonet company in Vienna 150 years ago. The earliest version of the chair was made of wood. After improvement, leather and metal played the leading role, which greatly improved comfort and fashion.

In addition, the front and rear positions of the metal chair back can be adjusted by inserting the chair legs into different holes on the seat cushion, making the entire design more user-friendly.

Steel tube seat Arauto Designer: Pedro Paulo Venzon F.

Another case that hopes to integrate art and design. However, from a structural and ergonomic perspective, this chair may not be too comfortable to sit on. The ornamental value should be higher.

Steel pipe + wood chair Sylph Designer: Atelier Deshaus

The designer hopes to reflect the relationship between furniture and people, as well as between people and the surrounding environment, by combining industrial steel pipes with wood that requires hand polishing. According to the design description, the steel tubes have different shapes, which not only make the chair more beautiful and recognizable, but also enable the chair to provide support for the user's back in different ways. In addition, since the steel rear legs have a certain degree of elasticity, stability and comfort will also be improved.

Quetzal sofa chair Designer: Marc Venot

French designer Marc Venot was inspired by the birds of Guatemala and designed a sofa chair that looks like overlapping feathers for the furniture brand Missana. This chair should be quite comfortable to sit on, but the cloth material will cause some trouble for the user to clean it later.

Cat sofa chair Designer: Formation Association

Finally, let’s take a look at this sofa chair specially designed for cats. It can be crawled on, sat on, and lie down on. It looks warm and interesting. Are you a little envious of cats?

In fact, this design can also be used as a stray cat shelter, allowing stray cats to rest, play, and avoid pursuit.