by Brianna Crandall — April 10, 2015—High-design site furniture manufacturer Landscape Forms announced last week the addition of two new products to its successful Chipman line, part of the company’s Terrace Life group of lifestyle furnishings for terraces, rooftop gardens and other private and protected spaces.
The new Chipman stool and standing-height table, like the IDEA award-winning Chipman chair and companion dining and lounge tables, showcase landscape architect and furniture designer Robert Chipman’s deft hand at sculptural form.
“These new products build on the immediate success of the original Chipman chairs and tables and give us entre into new kinds of spaces and applications,” explains Kirt Martin, vice president of Design and Marketing at Landscape Forms. “When people think of Landscape Forms they typically think of heavy-duty street benches. We do that very well, but this is something else.
“The tall stool and standing height table are ideal for more casual rooftop terrace and café settings. The beauty of their design enables them to move easily into high-end residential spaces, and their compatibility with existing Chipman furniture makes it possible to specify one family of products for a range of commercial spaces.”
The Chipman stool echoes the organic curves and hollows of the Chipman chair, but is not just the chair on tall legs, according to Landscape Forms. The carefully refined design inverts the geometry of the chair seat, which is broader at the front with a narrow “waist,” to create a seating surface that is more compact, narrower at the front and wider at the back.
This shape provides support for the relaxed, flexible postures people assume when sitting on a stool, and enables the stools to nest for storage. The low back grows organically out of the legs and its slight rise is just high enough to signal the body how far back it can go, adds the company.
The Chipman standing-height table shares the same inverted cone base as other Chipman tables and is offered in 31″ and 36″ diameters. Stool and table stem and feet are made of seamless cast aluminum. The table top is flat aluminum with a tapered cast rim. Both are finished with Landscape Forms proprietary Pangard II HAPS, VOC, lead-free polyester powdercoat. Aluminum used in manufacture contains 100% recycled content material.
For more information, visit the Landscape Forms Web site and see FM-specific information on the company’s FMLink ad.
