Ercol Evergreen chair

The Evergreen chair is the height of the Chairmaker’s art. The back bow is a complex bend, made in three axes from a single piece of straight timber, hand bent by two craftsmen. This is then combined with the skills of windsor chair making to provide a beautiful frame which is then upholstered in supportive and comfortable cushions to provide the ercol Evergreen Easy Chair and Sofa.

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soulcraft steel bike

Filmmaker Michael John Evans sets out to visually portray “the zone” which one enters when their craft is honed. Sean Walling, owner of Soulcraft, builds top notch custom steel bicycle frames. This short film documents Sean’s fabrication methods: a well choreographed dance of experience and muscle memory producing a seemingly effortless ode to process. From Steel: invites the viewer into Sean’s machine shop for an up close and personal look at the work that results in yet another awesome Soulcraft. Musical score provided by the internationally praised duo, Mattson 2.…

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Setu : Herman Miller

Studio 7.5 gives us a behind-the-scenes look on the making of the Setu chair. Design process.development started in 2003, one continuous contour , from 45 prototype to fully functional cinematic  comolded polypropylene evolutive structure, the beauty of this chair is the minimalism in term of material nature , less hinges, not treated aluminum only used in car design so far, less pieces, one main idea. The chinematic spine is one main assembly of easily recycled piece of 2 type of polypropylene to achieve structure and movement .no instructions, no control …genius

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