Crocodile Chair

Date April 13, 2024
Tags Furniture 

In 2021, Felix and Aparna Rao (artist and co-founder of the furniture company Phantom Hands) crossed paths during a robotics project at ETH (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich. Right from their first meeting, they began sketching ideas that went beyond just the robotics project; In a lively exchange, the idea soon emerged to reinterpret the legendary Chandigarh Armchair, viewing it through the lens of a graphic designer.
The result is the “Crocodile Chair”. A chair whose blueprints follow a grid typical of the Swiss Style. All components follows the same system. The jagged armrest, however goes against every rule. Despite the individual parts following different concepts, they come together in the middle in a surprisingly harmonious wooden joint.

 
 

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