Johan Lindau | 2OO1-2O21
Momang is back
Marcel Sigel | 2O2O-2O21
Marcel Sigel’s Still Life combines timelessness with a striking contemporary uniqueness.
The first impression of a traditional wooden chair is immediately offset by the iconic
twist of the backrest. The ash veneered birch wood is bent to the extremes at the ends,
almost like it would be a strip of flowing cloth. Still Life manage to be both uniquely
original, and familiar. The chair has now evolved into a bar stool in two different
heights, adding that special twist in restaurants, bars, offices, as well as at home.
”Still Life is right in the middle between the constraints and challenges of large scale
production, and the freedom and liberation of one-offs sculptural pieces. I’m into strong
materiality and texture, with a focus on process and story.”
Marcel Sigel
Still Life rising
to new heights
Two long pieces for back legs, another pair for the front, and another six for cross and seat rails. All of it out
of a 4.4 meter long piece of wood. What more do you need for a sturdy and comfy café seating? Momang
takes as its inspiration two former chairs by Johan Lindau. Gutang is still used in Swedish restaurants, while the
first version of Momang thrives in many cafés. Johan Lindau offers improved comfort and a timeless graphic
expression two decades later, with plaited webbing as a seat. The ascetic retro is strikingly pronounced with
a sturdy and thick expression seen sidewise, and thin and slender seen from the front.
”The recipe is right on: take a wood plank, cut it up, and then add a plaited webbing. Serve!”
Johan Lindau
