Like fashion, chairs can be sumptuous or simple, whimsical or practical, a frill or a necessity. Both balance multiple concerns—design, construction and comfort—and serve as a testament to personal taste. To celebrate the arrival of the Fred lounge chair—a collaboration between Danish furniture design house Fritz Hansen and Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon—Kinfolk’s creative team explores the relationship between our clothes and the most used and useful chair in the home: The one where we sit and put on shoes in the morning, lay a freshly-pressed outfit for the day ahead, or—perhaps more often than we’d care to admit—use as a catch-all for clothes that are not quite dirty but not quite clean. TwitterFacebookPinterest Left: Asta wears a vintage scarf. Right: Fred lounge chair by Fritz Hansen in yellow Christianshavn 1110 textile and black base. Left: Asta wears a leather shirt by Nanushka and vintage trousers and scarf. Right: Fred lounge chair by Fritz Hansen in gray Christianshavn 1120 textile and black base. Asta wears a blazer and trousers by Peter Do and shoes by Reiken. Fred lounge chair by Fritz Hansen. Related Stories Fashion Issue 51 The Getaway A lazy weekend at the Farnsworth House. Design Issue 51 John Pawson From the king of minimalism: “I find the essential and get the design down to a point where you can’t add or subtract from it.” Design Interiors Issue 51 Axel Vervoordt Inside the world of Axel Vervoordt. Design Issue 51 Inga Sempé “Minimalism is boring as hell, and on top of that, it’s preachy.” Design Issue 51 Halleroed Meet the giants of Swedish retail design. Design Issue 51 Andrew Trotter The architect and designer on renewing traditional architecture.
Design Issue 51 John Pawson From the king of minimalism: “I find the essential and get the design down to a point where you can’t add or subtract from it.”
