Furniture, like the best things in life, comes in a variety of flavors. But normally, once you’ve committed, you’re living with the piece for the long haul, or at least until you’ve used it enough to justify whatever you’ve spent.
Not so with the Darwin chair by Stefan Sagmeister, presented at Design Miami/Basel a few weeks ago. The chair features 200 uniquely patterned sheets that can be torn off as they wear.
“The Darwin chair utilizes a free swinging structure that includes about 200 sheets of attached prints. As the top sheet gets dirty or tired, the user can simply rip it off thereby transforming the chair’s appearance (and the remaining perforation eventually forms a comfortable head rest).”
As for the each of the patterns themselves? Apparently, they’re an in-series interpretation of the growth of the universe—beginning with the formation of the planet, to the development of lifeforms, and through the digital revolution.
[Dezeen: Darwin Chair by Stefan Stagmeister; Via: 1DesignPerDay]
