The initial idea for the Vegetal chair in 2004 was to create a piece of furniture that appeared as if it had grown naturally, like a plant. For inspiration, its designers, the French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, looked to historic furniture that integrated a sense of organic growth: English garden chairs constructed in boughs of cast iron;... See more

All of the books featured: Living with Charlotte Perriand by Latanour Galerie Downtown, A Passion for Jean Prouvé by Galerie Patrick Seguin, Chair: 500 Designs that Matter by Phaidon Press, Casa Brutus magazines A Century of Isamu Noguchi from February 2004 and Sori Yanagi: A Designer from the October 2008 Extra Issue, & from Taschen’s Basic... See more

ベンチは樹皮がそのまま残された生の丸太で、安定性のために平らに切られています。コーヒーテーブルは松の幹です。どちらのテーブルにも、1本の枝が丁寧に置かれています。ボアーズは自らをミニマリストではなく「エッセンシャルリスト」と呼んでいます。「ミニマリズムはヨーロッパ的すぎる」と彼は言います。「エッセンシャルズとはバランスが大切だ」