Jolyon Yates (1968- ) was born in Durham, England. He studied industrial design at Sheffield Hallam University and automotive styling at the Royal College of Art in London. He worked for Style Porsche in Stuttgart, freelanced with designers Stefan Stark, Seymour Powell and The Product Group, taught design at Massey University in New Zealand, and worked for Bakewell-White Yacht Design.
In 2007 he launched ODEChair, making one-off wooden rocking chairs, sculpted stools, and accessories. I ran across photos of his
Breeze chair the other day, and after looking at more of his work, I'm convinced that he is an up-and-comer who will have made a place for himself among the important designers who are remembered fifty years from now.
From odechair.com
Images from playfast.exblog.jp
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| Breeze chair by Jolyon Yates |
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| Alternate view of Breeze chair |
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| Close-up of Savannah III (Breeze) chair |
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| Ocean rocker |
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| Leaf stool |
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| Hips stool |
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| Stingray stool |
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| Magazino magazine rack |
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| LadyGirl bookends |
ReplyDeleteThis what Charles Eames dreamed of doing in the 1940's.
We've come a long way from the early days of splints, haven't we? Technology has finally caught up with the dream.
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