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Houdini

Apr 2, 2010 / E15 / Robert Fischer

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My first ideas for e15 led us up a blind alley: Philipp Mainzer’s austere, architectural designs are not compatible with chairs designed in the same spirit. Then we tried the exact opposite and made chairs that look as if they have been tailored: complex, flowing forms and very lightweight.
The structural idea is derived from wooden gliders, which have an outer skin of thin plywood glued around supports.
Expensive tools are not necessary for this kind of construction, but really good craftsmen are needed: each individual, 4mm-thick piece of cut plywood has to be bent by hand and glued to its support. In this way a strong element of craftsmanship links the Houdini product family to the rest of the e15 collection.

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press review
Elle Decoration China-February 2011
Schöner Wohnen Oktober 2010
Surface September 2010
Magazin Z / Juni 2010
Stylepark Magazine Nr.19 2010
Stylepark Magazine Nr.16 2009
Intramuros Nr.143 July/August 2009

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Houdini

Apr 21, 2011 / Bastian Müller / E15 / Furniture / Ingmar Kurth / Martha Schwindling

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Leo

EC04 LEO is the new compact and versatile lounge chair showcased in Milan in fresh shades of nude, khaki, honey yellow and in the new European walnut veneer. Taking up the aesthetics and production technique of the side chair, EC04 LEO is a natural continuation of the CH04 HOUDINI seating family, reflecting its abstract organic form and the modern use in material.

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Houdini

Apr 14, 2010 / Bastian Müller / E15 / Furniture / Ingmar Kurth / Jonathan Mauloubier / Laurence Stoffel / Sophie De Vocht

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Bess / Bessy

The sofa SF05 BESS is an idyllic development of the dynamic construction of the CH04 HOUDINI chair. The two-seater consists of an upholstered seat and a back made from flexible oak-veneered plywood, which is not upholstered. The back is gracefully bent around the back of the seat to form the back rest.

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Houdini

Apr 14, 2010 / Bastian Müller / E15 / Ingmar Kurth / Jonathan Mauloubier / Laurence Stoffel / Sophie De Vocht

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Eugene

The lounge chair eC03 eugene makes an inspiring link to the chair family Ch04 houDini through its unique appearance and construction.
With its high back, wide, deep seat shell and sloped back legs this generously proportioned lounge chair exudes lightness and leisure.
Made from flexible oak-veneered lacquered plywood.

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Houdini

Apr 22, 2009 / E15 / Furniture / Ingmar Kurth / Steffen Kehrle

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Dining chair in Frankfurt

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Houdini

Apr 21, 2009 / E15 / Furniture / Ingmar Kurth / Steffen Kehrle

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Sidechair

E15 unveils the first two items of the new chair family HOUDINI in Milan, in 2009: a side chair and chair with armrest. Both chairs are made from 4mm thin oak-veneered plywood using an unusual production methodology. The outcome is a new silhouette of wooden furniture where the chairs’ back and seat run in bent curves around the base forming a seat shell.

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Houdini

Apr 10, 2009 / E15 / Furniture / Ingmar Kurth / Making Of / Steffen Kehrle

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Making of

Inspired by a technique used in aeroplane model making, two-dimensional plywood slabs are stretched by hand around a complexly milled solid wood ring to form the back and another to form part of the seat. No nails or screws are used to hold the chairs together rather the 2D slabs are glued to the base to stay in position, producing the shape of the chairs.