Radical but strange-looking modern chairs

I’ve come across quite a few chairs and tables online that make me wonder what in heaven’s name the designer was thinking of when he or she conceptualized them. Maybe some of them might be suitable for commercial use, maybe not. I’ve seen chairs that look like raw pieces of meat, chairs that look like aliens, even chairs that look like clothing (and can be worn as such). Then there are chairs that look nothing like I’ve seen before, such as British designer Tom Price’s Meltdown Chair and Dutch designer Marijn van der Poll’s Do Hit Armchair.

No, Price did not have a meltdown when he was creating the chair (at least, I hope not!). What is meant by the chair’s name is that he took a whole bundle of common plumbing tubes and applied extreme heat to them using a seat-shaped forming apparatus – a former. The ends of the tubes melted and stuck together, which resulted in the creation of the chair’s seat. This technique also had the effect of leaving a pattern of irregularly-shaped holes on the seat’s surface. There’s no denying that the Meltdown Chair grabs one’s attention with its radical design. I’m not too sure about the comfort factor, though.

The Do Hit Armchair by van der Poll (that isn’t him in the picture) is simply a steel cube or box that he formed into a chair by hitting it repeatedly with a large hammer. It was the result of an assignment that he accomplished while studying at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, but it was later picked up for commercial production. And no, he wasn’t having a meltdown either when he first came up with the idea for it.

You might consider getting these chairs for your bar or restaurant. I don’t know if they would be easy to mix and match with commercial bistro tables, though. We aren’t even sure if your customers will find them comfortable. If not, they would at least be a great topic for conversation.