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A Transparent Twist on Le Corbusier's LC3 Armchair?

Luke Broekmuelen's Windex-ready Number One

By Rain Noe - November 12, 2015

in Furniture Design

Here's an interesting-looking chair that's part Apple Store staircase and part Le Corbusier LC3:

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It's the work of Dutch designer Luke Broekmuelen, who mysteriously has just this one piece on his website.

It's either just a rendering or he's photo-manipulated it into different colorways.

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Whether it's real or rendered, Broekmuelen has calculated some of the details, as revealed in his description:

A cuboid shaped chair. The exterior is covered with glass (or either acrylate) and connected to the steel skeleton with SADEV glass fittings. Seat pads are made of leather and come in multiple colours.

The dimensions are 1000x990x700 (dxwxh)(mm) with clearance between the exterior panels to prevent damage due to thermal expansion.

Approximate weight of the chair (acrylate version) is a little over 110 kg (242 pounds). The interior skeleton and transparant exterior can be disassembled for more compact transportation. No welding is needed for assembly.

Perhaps his otherwise blank website has more to come. Broekmuelen has named the chair Number One, so with any luck there will be a Two, Three and Four.

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Patrick Hyland

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It's obviously a rendering.. a poor one I'd say!

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Juan Cano

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This chair reminded me of an exhibit I went to over 20 years ago in Mexico City on the Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata. Kuramata was obviously a master at his craft (http://www.designboom.com/portrait/kuramata.html)

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  Nice, though his glass chair reminds me more of a Rietveld. Have you ever sat in a Red & Blue, by the way? It's shockingly comfortable, the angles are all perfect.
  
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    No, I have not. The Red & Blue does not look comfortable at all! I think there's one at the RISD museum here. They probably won't let me try it. ;-)
    
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