Chaise design from ArtCenter days. Press release follows:

WMchaise is LA import Frank Osborn’s furniture design debut, and this oversized lounger begs the question: “Might one desire to face a companion while relaxing?“

Osborn draws inspiration for this piece from bourgeois salon furnishings of the 18th and 19th century, imagery from Celtic tapestries depicting the love embrace, and über-sleek concept car design. Featuring a nearly bilateral symmetry, the lounger offers two organically mirrored seats, calling to mind the slight differences between left and right halves of a human face.

Offered in over 1200 custom colors, WMchaise’s resin shell is treated with a high gloss clearcoat to protect from sun damage. The optional skin-tight cover (not shown) is a high-gloss vinyl, thinly padded, slick and silicone-like to the touch, offered in a broad range of colors, and zips on and off easily.

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New lamp concept created at Parsons. Press release follows:

Is it melting? New York City based artist designer Frank Osborn began with a simple idea and allowed materials to guide his creative process. His newest creation, Cnidarian lamp/light, is a hand made resin pendant lit by LEDs. The design affords its user an uncanny glimpse into Osborn’s personal visual memories. “I have a very strong memory of an old paint advertisement from my childhood, and while working on this project I realized that I was trying to somehow recreate or revive that image.”

Informed by a background in the sciences, Osborn auditioned several plastics, eventually settling on a urethane resin that offers a visual and tactile experience unlike other lamps, translucent, turgid, flexible to the touch, and not unlike the hydrostatic skeleton of a jellyfish. Each pendant is hand shaped, layer by layer, ensuring that no two are the same.

Illuminated by six small LED bulbs, the lamp uses 95% less energy than a conventional bulb of the same power.

Materials:

Urethane resin, hand poured and shaped

Dimensions:

10.6” height x 7.5″dia

Notes:

6 colored LED bulbs, rose, included

Designer:

Frank Osborn

Design Year:

2009

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My friend S and I came across this really dope leather armchair at Spring and Lafayette one night. Andrew was kind enough to sit in for a photo.This is my favorite from the series.

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