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Colander: A Chair That Resembles an Everyday Household Item

12.09.15 | By
Colander: A Chair That Resembles an Everyday Household Item

Designed for Italian company Kristalia, the Colander chair, by Patrick Norguet, gets its name from that everyday household item we all use: the colander. The punched holes in the seat and back reference Kristalia’s Italian roots through the act of draining pasta in a colander.

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Not only can the chair be used indoors and outdoors, it stacks easily and thanks to the small holes, it drains water when it rains. The frame is aluminum (die-cast aluminum crosspiece and aluminum legs) and the seat and back are molded polypropylene, meaning the chair will last when used in outdoor settings.

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Colander is currently available in white, black, beige, coral red, and basalt grey.

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Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.