The last couple of months I've been writing the architecture column in the youth oriented free press
Velvet Magazine in Athens. For the second issue I chose my top 10 favourite armchairs, which were not really 10, but here's a few:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yEy-Cio6qHB_BfVIZE9et5Hk5XqGDL9XRd7IjRCVOEylxCd6gU9T7bu29-7PKgIEek8ovJK7anEGkRcWJM8Ej8ZMeRgmCC-3hs3Lh6RWLmyM4hIsk5ChBqJJJEt1yPCFecO8Hw/s400/EXPERIMENTAL_CHAIR-AAGARD.jpg)
totally redefining what you think of blobs, this was an experiment by
Gunnar Aagard Andersen, 1964![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7oMjE_JBUmaxfmVWVOaho71Sf0huJhuQYAXUVma-Z-nOVVeim78nVTbIQlfEK1bqc98IjB73pUI_fUJNOvwWxcfjYIIc6pzerVhmeav5xZNVQd06rtq8721tLoeztA3mLyOBwA/s400/Capitello-solo.jpg)
almost my personal favourite, Capitello by Studio 65, 1961
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixjFONWgD3Z3kmD4edXhCm52xkDN4zc_Icb3Jl0sEY7AOuZF1unKTk2l1uO6AlZMpDFZva-5IJ3ypgB8EJosUwPKTtJFAj_J6YUMFldGxPCOR2ewBrOTO_Lu05sZBtfYK0I2qPw/s400/Tombale-solo.jpg)
I've blogged most of these before, but just cant get over the "Tomb for the Living Room" by Alessandro Mendini, 1974
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5595kcdVkULacX0PbEe6w0_xMbLYB8QfnELzZ-Pv02Rfan1U6AxmMLRFhpt30ySHXnemMlPZx5Ecyh28bxFxkIshLC6dBBSyuQJ_shlDxK99ING4jx8Kj9O1p9QV5w5SXmm46DQ/s400/SPLAT!.jpg)
Inspired by all of these I did the Splat! chair, last year in Milan. But here is also some amazing "chairs" that didnt make the article.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyyTiy4tM9BkIsxTnloj4THEl4CLZWopMQYI28GB6F3CB9EnPq1z1cvMg5k0Yn3Gr_UhxS2NwgIi1T1hCu5Eqk3XsgSTl8gxExlxM2S7Siunre_MC22QlJAzE1j9xJ8MBJsIdHw/s400/anotherchair.jpg)
I just can't remember who did this chair, though I know it's from the broader gufram context. Anybody knows? (
It's the Torneraj by Ceretti, Derossi, Rosso - 1968)![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuxSKGonHozCytAI1wMItzyaA5qtMfWR7VWlMBZOsQRTaXdqeifclEmN_RJZR4IUG699oWVH-A5SgBegf6qmJ1pw1mg1LlTYrmLTELgnJjq9BfHQ7W0_erxODQj-pt2jHAH7aDg/s400/Fortigothrona.jpg)
yes this is not really a chair, it is a truck but there is a chair on it, and it is kind of the size of a super-sized armchair
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1uU7s3Nmj8jeqhL2ov0-TtZqou0mfKaOAb9eI8E_J9WI4rFlIN007VifOFYsgmWrbW_mZZAx8QMp7wIDk9bCIY_-7qLLJlJTpG1na-BEDi7t3GGLIpM44kgLU2Xk-ieRmOKtvg/s400/Magritte-edit.jpg)
oh and a Magritte Rock-chair with another chair sitting on it.