COS x Musical Chairs: Six designers, five chairs

To celebrate the festive season, COS has worked with Dutch artists Lernert & Sander to create a film that playfully depicts the COS Brand. Six furniture designers were invited to play a game of musical chairs while wearing a selection of timeless pieces from the COS AW16 party collection and accompanied by a live band, the contenders circle their chairs as they are removed one by one, slowly narrowing down the group. When the music stops, the designers must find a seat even when only one chair remains…

Meet the designers.

Philippe Malouin

Canadian designer Philippe Malouin lives and works in London where he set up his studio in 2009. Here he is pictured with his Typecast chair created for New York-based contemporary design manufacturer Matter Made. A pared-down minimal design with very pleasing proportions, it is made from bent and laminated plywood with a solid maple frame.

Marjan Van Aubel

Originally from the Netherlands, Marjan van Aubel is a designer and founder of solar power design studio Caventou. Her practice transforms materials and technologies into objects and her Well Proven Chair, designed with James Shaw, is made from foaming wood, a lightweight and mouldable material.

Tino Seubert

Inspired by history, art and science, German product designer Tino Seubert sees conceptualisation, design and production as a cumulative process and finds it important to involve himself in each step. He is pictured with his Nobel Peace Prize chair, from his Forming History series.

Mette Hay

Mette Hay is the co-founder of Danish design house HAY, which combines technology and quality materials with uncomplicated aesthetics. The Soft Edge Chair was designed by Iskos-Berlin who worked with plywood technology to ensure that you never come into contact with sharp edges or corners.

Lucy Kurrein

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