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iL-studio's New WorkIsabelle Leijn has been designing products and furniture since 1996.
Her design is characterized by strong, monumental, almost architectonical forms.
She sells to a growing number of clients worldwide, either through shops or directly via her own label iL-studio, which she founded in 2000.
In her new show, Leijn investigates the possibilities of foam, that is mostly used for the fabrication of cushions.
Producer Recticel manufactures the unique FrameFoam, that is so strong that a wooden or metal frame in a sitting object is no longer necessary.
The Amsterdam based designer goes one step further and uses FrameFoam in the entire design.
Last year, she has designed two fauteuils and a sofa, in which not just the frame but the entire objects were made of solid FrameFoam.
Because the foam in itself is too hard to sit on, Leijn thought of creative solutions to create comfort.
The objects knew a construction so that your weight made the chair bend and support you at the same time.
Once you got up, the object bent back in the original position, making the design modern and comfortable at the same time.
This year, iL-studio investigates the possibilities of foam even further.
On show are three different sitting objects:Sling, Flexor and Rocky VI.
Sling consists of a U-shaped construction in fo
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November 20, 2005 | Viewed 28,750 time(s)
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