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The Wooden Slat is Back

There's nothing elaborate to describe the reappearance of the bentwood chair with slats.  Perhaps it's part of the mid-Century modern revival which began surfacing this year, perhaps it's merely a pleasure to work with the wood.  Whatever the case, these chairs are springing up all over!  For more on the history of different types of chairs, visit designboom.

Some take the Nordic simplicity of the wooden slats to a higher level, like the show-stopping Lounge Daddy (left) by Cornwall-based Sixixis, which is made from one single plank of Cornish Ash using their own innovative steam bending techniques.  Made in limited edition of only 50 pieces.  Or the Sixixis Chaise4 (right), each piece signed by the artist.

Others keep the spirit, but change the functionality, like the Glide rocking recliner, reminiscent of a sailing vessel, by New Zealand-based David Trubridge.

  Still, slats works wide, like New Designer Talent Mark Williamson's chairs

They work on benches, flat or standing up, as designer British Nick Smith presents with Bent / Ch (left) and Lounge (right). 

They work horizontally...  South African designer Ryan Frank's Sunday Morning rocker, with 'built in storage' is made without glue from a single sheet of Birch ply. 

And you can never go wrong with the 1957 classic.  Scandia (swivel version) by Norwegian designer Hans Brattrud, reissued by Fjordfiesta, as seen as open space 06 at the Truman Brewery during 100% Design, or in the classic version at 100% Norway.