Menuspace Tearoom Club Chair
TEAROOM CLUB CHAIR
TEAROOM CLUB CHAIR
Designed by Nick Ross
Tearoom Club Chair In creating his new, fully upholstered lounge chair, Nick Ross envisioned a form ideal for exclusive hotel, club or lounge environments – as well as private living spaces that indulge the senses and our need for comfortable retreats.
Ross’ inspiration for the design came from Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Willow Chair, created for the Willow Tearooms in Glasgow in 1904.
Like many of Mackintosh’s furniture designs, the Willow Chair – while undoubtedly beautiful – is more about visual impact than comfort, its unusual dimensions making it more of a sculptural installation than a piece of usable furniture. Seeing untapped potential, Ross opted to evolve the essence of the Willow Chair to create a more fully resolved product.
DESIGNER
NICK ROSS
Nick Ross (1986) is a Scottish-Swedish, Stockholm-based designer studied industrial design at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, -and was awarded the Arts & Heritage prize for his graduation project, Stray, in 2008.
Later on, he enrolling in fine arts Master’s program in interior architecture and furniture design at Konstfack in Stockholm, in 2013.
Immediately after graduating, he began working as an assistant to Swedish designer Matti Klenell until establishing his own self-named, Stockholm-based studio in 2014.
Ross is a designer with a penchant for scarce spaces that focus on the use of materials and light in a given expanse. His research centres on the complex repertoire of history, with a particular focus on ancient history, where he finds the factors with which to interpret the relationship between the user and contemporary design.
Using storytelling as a pretext and applying a confidently critical approach, Nick is interested in investigating facts and happenings that have determined specific cultural balances. Every project comes from the desire to create ideal or real bridges between the present to that of the past.
At first glance, Nick Ross appears to have a great eye for presentation. A closer look reveals a sensitivity to materials that makes bold moves appear delicate.
He considers how historical interpretations alter our current perceptions of objects.
The main interest lies in how guesswork or cultural ‘curation’ can create situations where we are influenced to think in certain ways and feel certain things.
” According to the designer, “My work looks at the role of history and storytelling in how we perceive the world around us, by working with themes such as place, origin, and the role fiction plays in past and present societies."
INFORMATION
BRAND
Menuspace
PRODUCT TYPE
Club Chair
COLLECTION
Tearoom
DESIGNER
Nick Ross
DIMENSIONS
- Height : 78 cm / 30.7"
- Width : 70 cm / 27.6"
- Depth : 58 cm / 22.8"
- Seat Height : 47 cm / 18.5"
APPLICATION
Residential
WEIGHT
15 kg (33.1 lb)
BASE COLOUR
Black (RAL 9005)
ENVIRONMENT
Indoor
SEAT
With Upholstery
GLOSS
Gloss 10-15
MATERIALS USED
- Plywood
- HR Foam construction
- Webbing/belts
- Foam flex
- Upholstery
CHARACTERISTICS
- Scandinavian based design
- Products available globally
- Produced for longevity
- Suitable for high-traffic use
- Suited to modern spaces
PRODUCTION PROCESS
The club chair is constructed with a structural frame made of plywood. Seat consists of layered foam (5 layers) in different hardness with webbing/belts underneath. Back and armrests consists of a double foam layer, with front part being reinforced with foam flex. The base is made from painted MDF.
USE
Interior Furnishing
CERTIFICATION
TSCA title IV compliant
SEAT COLOURS
