Rocking The Look

OFTEN THINGS STRIKE YOU AS familiar, but you just can’t put your finger on precisely what it is they remind you of.

- Caitlin Clements

 

Once you learn what it is, of course, it’s so obvious you can’t believe you didn’t click sooner. This chair is a classic example of the phenomenon. Its wide, undulating form feels naggingly reminiscent of something – and, once you hear its name, it all falls into place: meet the Stingray.

It’s a chair that will already be familiar to fans of Scandinavian furniture, having been created by Thomas Pedersen as his final exam project at the Aarhus School of Design in Denmark. He presented Stingray at the Copenhagen Furniture Fair in 2002, where it was spotted by Danish design house Fredericia, who collaborated with the young graduate to manufacture and market it.