Pharrell Williams Is At it Again With His Newest Chair - The Tank Chair

I shared with you Pharrell Williams last attempt at furniture design, along with his many other business and creative ventures here.

Now, he's at it again, with his latest creation, again for Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, the Tank Chair.

Designed in four different colors with differing materials; the Black one has a pony hair and colt leather seat and smoke plexi legs, the Baby Blue one has a full grain bull leather seat and transparent blue legs, the Transparent one is actually a full grain white bull leather seat with clear plexi legs and lastly the pink one is shown as a prototype but will be be pink pony hair and colt leather seat on transparent pink plexi legs.

Black Pony Hair:

back:

seat detail:

plexi legs detail:

above: "The Tank (black)" 2009
Plexiglas and full grain colt leather / Plexiglas et poulain pleine fleur
32 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 24 inches / 83 x 53 x 63 cm
1/8 + 1AP + 1PP

Baby Blue Leather:

profile:

front and back:

details:



above: "The Tank (baby blue)" 2009
Plexiglas and full grain bull leather / Plexiglas et taurillon pleine fleur
32 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 24 inches / 83 x 53 x 63 cm
1/8 + 1AP + 1PP

Transparent & White Leather:

above: "The Tank (transparent)" 2009
Plexiglas and full grain bull leather / Plexiglas et taurillon pleine fleur
32 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 24 inches / 83 x 53 x 63 cm
2/8 + 1AP + 1PP

Baby Pink Pony Hair (prototype image):

above: "The Tank (baby pink)" 2009
Plexiglas and full grain colt leather / Plexiglas et poulain pleine fleur
32 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 24 inches / 83 x 53 x 63 cm
1/8 + 1AP + 1PP

The chair will be on display at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at Design Miami from December 1st to 5th, 2009.

Below is Pharrell's previous chair design for Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin:


all images Courtesy: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami & Paris

First Music, then Clothes, Jewelry and Sunglasses. And Now, Pharrell Williams Is Removing Tatts and Designing Furniture.

Pharrell Williams is an Emmy award-winning producer, frontman for N.E.R.D., partner of A Bathing Ape/ Bape brand, founder of clothing lines Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream (I do so love his astronaut jeans, shown below)



Above: Pharrell's astronaut jeans for BBC

A Fashion icon as well, Pharrell was named Best Dressed Man in 2005 by Esquire magazine and was one of the faces in Louis Vuitton's 2006 ad campaign.



He has also designed a line of Louis Vuitton jewelry and sunglasses:


Above: Pharrell's Blason line for LV.


Above: His sunglasses for LV

But he's not stopping there. In addition to the latest breaking news that he plans some innovative tattoo removal, he's now designing furniture- at least a chair or two. And ugly furniture at that (sorry, Pharrell).



Pharrell Williams designed the Perspective chair in collaboration with Domeau & Pérès who are manufacturing the piece and will be making the additional chairs.



The chair, as well as another chair design and a table will be part of a show in Paris at the prestigious Emmanuel Perrotin Galerie. The show will be from October 21st 2008 until January 10th 2009. The chairs will be available in a few colors and only 4 of each will be sold. The chair, as explained by Pharrell, represents the love between a woman and man.



When asked about the design, Pharrell says “I had often wondered what it’s like to truly be in love, not lust for once.. So I decided not to ask what it was like in someone else’s shoes or what it was like to sit in their seat.. I decided to sketch out my own experiment; the perspective chair.”

Location of the exhibition: 10, impasse Saint Claude 75003 Paris

Next up for Pharrell? World Domination :)

More Swine Art by Wim Delvoye : Tattooed Pigs & Pigskins (UPDATED PICS)

above: a dead stuffed pig featuring Wim Delvoye's tattoos

Above: Artist Wim Delvoye tattooing a live pig

My last post on artist Wim Delvoye, his pig farm and his tattooed pigs has received so much interest - as well as controversy- that I'm sure to stir up the pot by showing you where you can see more of his actual tattooed pigs (in this case, stuffed as opposed to live) as well as his framed tattooed pigskins.





Above: stuffed tattooed pigs from the exhibit at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin


Animal lovers have made some comments about how cruel it is to ink live pigs, but from what information I have been able to find, it seems that pigs nerve endings are far less sensitive in their skin than our own and tattooing them does not cause pain as it does on human skin.

Critics should also know that artist Wim Delvoye is a vegetarian and owns his own pig farm.

The tattooed pig skin pieces below are at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris.








Tattooing pigs, live on his art farm, or stuffed and on exhibit are just a small part of this Belgian artists' unusual repertoire. See his site here.

See the skins and stuffed pigs at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin by clicking here.


See the original post with many pics of tattooed swine as well as an interview with the artist here.


Now you can get your own Wim Delvoye Action Figure! Check this out!