Refuge Chair by francisco santos from portugal

"refuge" is a lounge chair, proposing a re-interpretation of style presented on thai furniture. It’s a very low chair with a very wide seat, where the user can define his seating position by moving the pillows. its dimensions are 1200x1135x1024 mm.

keeping its solid configuration, sense of heaviness and stability, it was inserted a different kind of language, more geometric, less organic. the sense of suspended volume suggests lightness, like a refuge where heavy thoughts are away and inner peace is settle. the pillow design can be chosen in different styles, whatever the user wants an more or less traditional style. the chair's design is able to fit different patterns and keep an clear, light and relaxing look.

it’s a living room chair, but using different kinds of fabric, weather resistant, it can be used as garden furniture.

the main cone is built by two symmetric halfs, made of molded plywood. the cut plane stands on the vertical position, when the chair is finished. the legs are as well made out of two parts in molded plywood. the seat is an unique part, made of a stamped steel sheet. this part is clothed with fabric, which will cover all the outside of the seat, hiding the fittings between the main cone and the seat.