Karim Rashid has become known as a designer for his generation. His industrial design work has spanned every area of art, from fashion to interiors, from fine dining to furniture. With over 3000 designs to his credit, Rashid's aesthetic has translated quite well into architecture. I've actually had the pleasure of visiting perhaps one of his most noted interior design concepts for Morimoto Restaurant in Philadelphia. The restaurant is all chic organic shapes, with fixtures inspired by waves backlit my morphing LED displays. Nature and organic forms seems to be one of Rashid's top influences. This can certainly be seen in his Blobulous Chair, which he debuted at Milan Design Week in 2008.
In the design house's own words:
" If freedom were a form it would be a never-ending undulating boundless biomorphic shape that is in perpetual motion. Form follows Fluid. In a postindustrial house our conditions will be more relaxed, softer and blobular, where our experiences will be more hypertextual and less linear. The blobchair speaks to the new casualism that is feeding our ever changing and shifting global lifestyles. Blob Architecture may shape our environments; organic systems will change our paradigms, and Organomics may shape the objects with touch everyday. "
The chairs are composed of a fiberglass backing finished with automotive, high gloss paint with foam/felt upholstered seats. Available in all the bright neon colors shown above, these chairs may not be for every decor, but are definitely a signature piece for those adventurous few. Drawing from the "blobitecture" movement, the chair melds the amorphous aesthetic with Rashid's unique industrial techniques, making for a piece that can bring large scale architectural influences to the every home. Some people might call it ugly or even tacky, but you have to admit, this is not something from your neighborhood IKEA.
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