Chair of the Day: Giramundo Chair
I couldn’t pass up this chair. It’s Green! So, it has to be cool, right? Wouldn’t you be proud to vacuum this? On second thought, I guess you couldn’t. Maybe get one of those old shag rug rakes from the ’70′s.
Anyway, here’s the green part. Thomas Bina’s Giramundo swivel chair, designed for Environment Furniture, is covered in yarn scraps collected in Rio de Janeiro. The legs come in a variety of metals or Sustainable Forestry Initiative‚Äìcertified hardwood.
You see, from my point of view, I don’t care if something is green. I don’t care if it’s green and was designed by Philippe Starck. It has to be attractive, useful and at least a tiny bit practical. This is just my humble opinion, but I think what’s been done here is that Bina has taken someone else’s trash and created more.
4 Responses to “Chair of the Day: Giramundo Chair”
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Posted by Jennifer at Design Hole on March 4th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Thanks for seeing things my way. It think, in retrospect, that it would make a great cat bed. They’d like the yarn. :)
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Posted by bronxelf on March 5th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Yeah but then you’d have to clean it. Imagine how well all that yarn would hang on to cat hair. It would be disgusting and matted in no time. Ick.
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but I think what’s been done here is that Bina has taken someone else’s trash and created more.
Wordy McWord with word sauce. There’s no way I can agree more. I am *right there* with you.