Low Chaise

A sculptural piece, Low Chaise is a chair that displays as few chair–like characteristics as possible, and yet remains essentially a chair. Its kicked–back feet and neck depict the at–attention stance of a curious quadruped. Low Chaise is a socially independent piece that brings both life and interest to a specific area, and creates drama when grouped in an arrangement with others of its kind. The witty silhouette of Low Chaise necessitates a kind of sitting whose style is concomitantly guileful. For, to sit upon Low Chaise, one must hold oneself in a posture reminiscent of riding sidesaddle, sitting on a motorcycle, or even within a cockpit.

Despite its austere, sculptural appeal, Low Chaise has an uncanny ability to assimilate into any environment; even the Real World Chicago. Where, for example, it was featured in 2003 as a part of the scheme for the interior decor. Streng is of the opinion that the Real World house was the ultimate test for a design, in spite of the fact, or precisely because of the fact that its aesthetic aim is to be an abomination of taste; if a design can successfully assimilate while retaining its unique character there, it can do so anywhere. Low Chaise is uniquely versatile precisely because its design stems from such an archetypal attitude; somewhere between a lizard and an alien contraption, Low Chaise's exquisite good humor captured in plastic.