50+ Sleek, Funky and Weird Chair Designs

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50+ Sleek, Funky and Weird Chair Designs

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Chairs have evolved tremendously for thousands of years, as they shifted from being a symbol of state and dignity, to an item of ordinary use.

Chair design considers intended usage, ergonomics (how comfortable it is for the occupant), as well as non-ergonomic functional requirements such as size, stackability, foldability, weight, durability, stain resistance and artistic design.

In this article, we’ll leave their function aside and take a look at chairs purely from an artistic point of view.

Here are 50 examples of great chair design, from the sleekest you’ll ever see, to the funkiest and the just plain weird.

What do you think of these chair designs? Which ones are your favorites? Please share your comments below…

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#1

RoaldA
August 4th, 2009 at 6:10 am

Hahahha, i laughed! Genious, somethign out of the ordanary.

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French Blast
August 4th, 2009 at 6:14 am

amazing and very creative chairs!

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Hagi
August 4th, 2009 at 6:23 am

these chairs crack me up

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Mars
August 4th, 2009 at 6:28 am

would it be worth relaxing if we a chair like that

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Maria
August 4th, 2009 at 6:30 am

the bookshell one is my favorite! and the one right at the beach too!!!

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JP
August 4th, 2009 at 6:31 am

Some of them where not made with comfort in mind. OUCH!!!!

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Adam Hermsdorfer
August 4th, 2009 at 7:47 am

Agree with JP. I would definitely buy the book shelf chair.

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Luke Jones
August 4th, 2009 at 10:04 am

http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/chair_design/35b.jpg

Where the hell are his feet?!

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Jonn
August 4th, 2009 at 10:21 am

You just know that every on of these chairs will have a ridiculous ‘modern design’ price tag attached to it!

Some nice chairs designs there though…

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Alpi
August 4th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

I think the gaming seat is my favourite!

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vikas ghodke
August 4th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

Woow great creativity… i need this one lol http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/chair_design/5.jpg

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Estefany Franco
August 4th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Wow! Such amazing, creative and weird designs! I wish I could have some for me… ^^

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MyPSDStudio
August 4th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

nice collections..very creative but not recommended to sit :p

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david
August 4th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

The shopping trolley chair is very creative and awesome!

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Rachel
August 4th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

OMG. I love the Q shaped computer chair! Some of these are so practical and creative. The sailboat hammock looks luxurious! That was a clever reading chair, and I like the one that reminds me of a harp. rocking wheel chair?!? Amazing! what did they do, draw a crazy phrase out of a hat and have to design it? Coolest things i have seen today!
i would actually buy the simple ones with the circle patterns on the back. A lot of them just look like art sculptures they are so contemporary, its strange to think of them as furniture. So used to “Don’t touch the art!” being screamed at me. But these ones are meant to be sat on and even some rocked!

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Brian DeKoning
August 5th, 2009 at 12:07 am

I defy anyone to view these photos and not sit up straighter.

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Rashid Rupani
August 5th, 2009 at 12:15 am

Very uncomfortable but good design

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Jonn
August 6th, 2009 at 11:39 am

I know what you mean, but doesnt that mean it’s bad design then? lol

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Jestep
August 5th, 2009 at 12:58 am

Here’s e of my favorites. Surprised you missed it…

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/431471686_01f7e2c161.jpg?v=0

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Mark
August 5th, 2009 at 6:30 am

I prefer the natural trees
pooktre.com

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Joost de Valk
August 5th, 2009 at 9:56 am

Now that’s a bit much, chairs wise, to chew in one day

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Bendesign
August 5th, 2009 at 10:50 am

Beautyfull Chairs. very creative Designs. Thank you for this inspiration.

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A Soldier's Mother
August 5th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

I love them – wow, I wish I could buy probably around half of them. I can’t even figure out which one calls to me the most…but it would be more than I could possibly fit in my house. What a great collection – thanks for pulling it all together!

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Vigor
August 5th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

What the heck? I subscribe to this blog because it’s a web design blog not an interior design blog. WTF, pray tell, has chairs got to do with web design?

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Walter
August 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

Hey Vigor,

WDD was designed to empower readers to become better designers.

You can only grow so much from seeing inspiration in website design, that’s why you’ll see the blog diverting to other fields of design in order to expand one’s horizons.

There’s something to learn from all design aspects, and industrial design is one of them.

Thanks.

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Liora
August 5th, 2009 at 11:46 pm

Vigor,

The reason this blog is so great is because it offers a colorful and broad spectrum of inspiration for the design community at large. Bravo, WDD, for doing what most web design sites can’t do: bridge the gap between web design and print, industrial design and architecture. There is something of interest to everyone. I even forwarded this link on chair designs to people who love art, but don’t practice it themselves, and received really enthusiastic responses.

Liora
Brush This

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JohnONolan
August 6th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

Agreed, completely.

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KTd
August 6th, 2009 at 11:45 am

More here: http://chairwhore.blogspot.com/

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JohnONolan
August 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

The thing about chair designers is that they seem to perpetually negate that comfort is a fairly important function of a chair. Most of those things would give you piles after just 5 minutes!

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Vigor
August 6th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

But seriously. Chairs? Ok, whatever. I just found it useless and boring. I get inspiration from observing design in many forms, so I “get” the idea here…but … chairs? Seriously?

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Josh Zehtabchi
August 6th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

The last red chair has to be my favorite chair in the whole post. Looks so… smooth like I would slide right off of that thing.

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Andrey
August 6th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

I love the last creative!

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stevo
August 7th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Some great designs here, how have I never seen a chair and bookcase combined before? it seems so obvious now.

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Daria
August 7th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

love it! lots of cool designs!

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abdelah
August 8th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

Some of them where not made with comfort in mind. OUCH!!!!

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ChairBlog
August 10th, 2009 at 12:30 am

Well found!
Nice selection!

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Laura
August 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

Wow, a few of those I’m not too sure how your even meant to sit down on them! And once you do, they can’t be very comfortable!

However they are all truly genius and a few I would love to own, especially the hammock!

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Jordan Foutz
August 11th, 2009 at 2:56 am

My favorites are the mountain bike, the shopping cart, and the crosswalk signs. But 99% of them, fantastic.

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Bluegrass Print
August 18th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

Dang! Nice collection! Keep posting stuff like this. I love weird furniture design.

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Martin Sanders
August 18th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

what an amazing collection. Most of them are for design rather than comfort

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web design company
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 am

nice collection of chairs , i like the fist one it is color is very nice

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yatin
August 23rd, 2009 at 4:23 pm

amazing and creative chairs ……..

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bonggarrido
September 1st, 2009 at 9:57 am

sorry, but i’m on my way to a carpentry shop to have some of the designs copied. LOL. i sooo most like the chair with the built-in bookshelves on, very practical. Sitting on books never looked this good!

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web design company
September 30th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

amazing collection of chairs, great creativity

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Paul
October 24th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

Design and comfort don’t always go hand in hand. The child in me loves the gloss red chair at the end.

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liner
November 13th, 2009 at 5:04 pm

look here, there is also a very creative chair

http://www.3d-chair.com

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