STINGRAY by Thomas Pedersen

by FREDERICIA Furniture

Product Description

Thomas Pedersen's eye-catching almost futuristic interpretation of the classic rocking chair. A modern, dynamic piece of furniture built for comfort and which accommodates a variety of sitting positions. The shape of the rocking chair was partially inspired by a shell. This gives it a beautiful organic design which is raw on the outside but smooth and refined on the inside. A piece of furniture that provides a unique experience of inner tranquillity. The steel frame has been constructed without any transverse lines thus accentuating the floating appearance of the chair. The chair as it appears today gradually evolved through a process of models, mock-ups and prototypes made by hand from fibreglass. Stingray was originally launched with a vacuum-moulded plastic shell, but today it is also available in innovative 3D veneer, as well as fully upholstered in fabric or leather or with an upholstered topside.

News:
13-10-2009Fredericia Furniture’s futuristic rocking chair, Stingray, designed by Thomas Pedersen has won a Bo Bedre Award in the category ”Contemporary Classic of the Year”. The Danish home improvement magazine, Bo Bedre, awards a number of design prizes each year in different categories for stylish and striking design both from Denmark and other countries. Stingray has received the prize “Contemporary Classic of the Year” based on the jury’s verdict and votes from Bo Bedre’s readers.

This is what the jury said:
”With an extraordinary idiom this turns the clock back to Eames’s organic play with glass fibre and the Danish design tradition for functional seating furniture. Thomas Pedersen’s rocking chair gives you the chance to sit comfortably in several positions, while at the same time being a beautiful showpiece in the corner of the sitting room.”

The contemporary classic prize is one of a large number of prizes which Stingray has received within the last two years, to name but a few the Danish Design Prize 2008/09 and the internationally acclaimed Red Dot Award 08.


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