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Strapbands Chair by Yahïa Ouled-Moussa

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Parisian-based designer Yahïa Ouled-Moussa re-uses old canvas belts, weaving them onto discarded wooden chairs. We like these colorful versions, but there's also a military one, incorporating old canvas military belts in green, brown, and beige. (We'd also cut off the loose ends, but that's just us...What do you think?)

 
 

Chairs are available by commission, or at his Paris boutique, Yoming Gallery.

Via: The Cool Hunter (who also had the only photos we could track down)

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    Comments (20)

    Blech. Looks like a student project.

    I am amused by the chair choices - I have 10 of almost the exact chair on the left. I am thinking about painting them; I would never consider anything like this.

    posted by greer on January 28th 2008 at 3:29pm
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    Not a fan...

    posted by trixxie on January 28th 2008 at 3:33pm
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    Bah.

    Who is 'We'?

    Siamese twin writers? You'd still have to share one brain to claim 'we'.

    posted by clickchick on January 28th 2008 at 3:34pm
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    my cat would love this chair

    posted by Sassy in SF on January 28th 2008 at 5:04pm
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    hideous

    posted by rascal on January 28th 2008 at 9:00pm
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    "re-uses" leads me to think the belts were once used and they are now being recycled. I bet those are new, and wasting the materials as opposed to recycling them. You could buy the canvas straps instead of buying new belts.

    posted by 1971MI on January 29th 2008 at 2:32am
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    Designer?
    Cut off the ends , it is Really Silly.

    It Looks like a Cubscout project gone bad!

    posted by phauxtoe on January 29th 2008 at 3:26am
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    That's a whole lotta ugly!

    posted by ChrisToronto on January 29th 2008 at 3:38am
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    the metal buckles would scratch my floors.

    posted by SD913 on January 29th 2008 at 3:47am
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    What this immediately brings to my mind is the traditional leatherwork of the countries north and south of the Sahara -- & since the designer is Algerian, this is probably a witty visual reference to work like this:

    http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/may23/gifs/tuareg_bag.jpg

    This would be immediately obvious to people in Paris, given French ties to the Maghreb and Sahel.

    I like it, it's fresh, contemporary and evokes Africa.

    posted by Deborah on January 29th 2008 at 4:17am
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    not hot.

    posted by Archie on January 29th 2008 at 4:19am
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    unacceptable

    posted by Schniffy on January 29th 2008 at 4:47am
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    My friend Debbie did this with old leather belts she bought at the Good Will. Her chairs look amazing.

    posted by I Love Upstate on January 29th 2008 at 4:49am
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    I like these chairs, but I wouldn't recommend them for actual use. A chair like this can become a wonderful piece of art if placed in the right spot, such as a corner of a hallway, or some other area where you might put a sculpture. It becomes a conversation piece. And if it makes the cat happy as well, life is even better.

    posted by DesignHole on January 29th 2008 at 4:55am
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    It's not for me, but it might be kinda cool for a hotel or club. It's like a Shaker chair dressed up to do the flamenco.

    posted by Lisa Hunter on January 29th 2008 at 5:12am
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    I'm not a fan either. I like the colors and all, but the hangy things, not as much.

    posted by Christine (the one in DC) on January 29th 2008 at 5:15am
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    The colors look great together; it would make for an amazing cat toy.

    posted by visualingual on January 29th 2008 at 5:18am
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    I see the novelty in it, but it is not particularly appealing, and looks really haphazardly put together.

    posted by siongchinchan on January 29th 2008 at 6:51am
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    I was thinking of it as a work of art.

    posted by Deborah on January 29th 2008 at 7:10am
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    If you wear shorts or a skirt, the hanging sections would either scratch or tickle your legs.

    posted by Downeast Suzy on January 29th 2008 at 12:02pm
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