Typographic design furniture

Tabisso has a fun line of lamps made to look like punctuation marks and a collection of typographic chairs with letters of the alphabet and numerals.

Phaidon previews 50 Years of Chair Design, a new exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. The show runs in Hamburg, Germany from September 29th through March 13th, 2011.

(above Classroom Chair designed by Stefan Wewerka c.1970 via Phaidon)

“The Pick A Colour show, at Modus,” featuring chairs designed by Pearson Lloyd, part of London Design Festival  (photograph by Katrin Greiling via Wallpaper*)

“The Afterlife of Chair Backs,” designer Antonello Fusè turns old chairs into coat hangers (first discovered via Big Think, image via design boom)

exhibition poster for The Chair, illustrated by Friedemann Lichtwitz c. 1960s
(via Sandi Vincent)

A to Z typographic stools designed by Sascha Grewe
(via notcot via Stilsucht)

animal chair designs by Elad Ozeri
(first discovered via designboom)

ABChairs designed by Roeland Otten
(first discovered via Dezeen)

The authors of Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York “re-imagined” an Eames chair which is currently on auction on eBay. This is just one of 20 designs included in the Eames Inspiration auction curated by Billi Kid and Luna Park.

“A unique collection of iconic Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chairs, as re-imagined by some of today’s most celebrated graffiti and street artists, will be featured in Barneys New York windows…and auctioned online May 11th through June 1st.”
—Operation Design

(first discovered via Brooklyn Street Art)

a vintage Herman Miller brochure (via matte stephens)

“A Bold Chair Made from 100% Biodegradable Cardboard”
(discovered via Inhabitat, designed by SanSanserif Creatius)

classic chairs design from the 20th century (laser cut)
(first discovered via swissmiss)

collection of vintage VW buses with logos
(discovered via Delicious Industries via cartype)

vintage 1953 Knoll ad for the Bertoia chair
(discovered via sandiv999 on flickr)

“…Sit Down, opening at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London in early February, features more than 70 types of kids seating, from rocking horses to high chairs, to designer miniatures and stern deportment chairs…
— Creative Review