Patch by Benjamin Hubert
Patch was launched by Benjamin Hubert for Bla station on pavilion 8, stand D36 during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, 14th-19th of April 2010.
The chair design consisted of a patchwork fabric upholstered onto a plywood shell supported by CNC formed steel legs. The language of flat metal work construction used in civil engineering inspired the modern chair. Industrial sheet steel panel riveting with the flatwork steel completing the relationship was referenced by to patchwork upholstery detail. From earlier prototypes of ‘diamond chair’ exhibited in London and Cologne in 2008 developed the range.
Milan 2010: a range of brightly-coloured seating covered in patchwork fabric was presented by London designer Benjamin Hubert via at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. Called Patch, Swedish brand Blå Station presented the collection of chairs and stools. A plywod shell upholstered the fabric on the seats and bent steel legs supported it. From Hubert’s earlier prototypes of Diamond Chair, this new range was developed.
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