Adam Simha is the MIT grad who founded MKS Design in 1998. With a focus on the medium of metal, MKS designs and manufactures innovative works of furniture, home accessories, and knives.
The 5 Minute Chair is a testament to Simha's mastery over metal. The steel from which the piece derives is dense, and as a result, hard to manipulate. But Simha was able to work with the material in a way that maintained the steel's structural integrity, while also making a chair that is sleek and surprisingly comfortable.
Because of the chair's strength and durability, the 5 Minute Chair will last for a lifetime and beyond. All that from a 5 minute prototype.
If you're in the Boston area, check this chair out in person at Room 68..
Images: Nick Siemaska
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5 minutes = max amount of time you can stand sitting in it.
With powder coat, it might make a good garden seat -- I'd want drainage holes in the seat portion, though, to avoid collecting a puddle... even flat seats can do that...
Meh. Such a huge footprint for so little seating area, and so little interest in the form itself.
@MargotTenenbaum my thoughts exactly.
simple enough ~ to become a staple anywhere~ public parks and other places as well as chic hotel lobby's !
@MargotTenenbaum and @MissMeaghan - my first thought too!
I'd be more than happy to take anyone over
to see the 5 Minute chair, then out for coffee and cake! I am certain you'll be surprised at its unexpected comfort and appeal- full disclosure; the prototype took 5 minutes but the production chair took 18 months! -AS