The chaise-longue “Flugstol” was designed in 2004 by the Danish designer Erling Christoffersen for the exhibition “The Haute-Couture of Furniture” held at the Danish Design Center in Copenhagen. Two thin laminated walnut shells delicately attached in the middle by a string constitute this masterpiece of contemporary Danish design. The chair represents a highly sculptural statement and allows the viewer a rich flow of associations such as the lacing of a corset or a leaf floating in space. Both the “Nomad” chair and the « Flugtstol » reveal Erling Christoffersen’s fascination with bended wood and with the metamorphose of a material into a three-dimensional object.

Architect, designer and professor Erling Christoffersen created in 1989 the “Studio 134” together with fellow architects Bjoerli Lundin and Flemming Steen Jensen. The three designers were passionated about interior design, furniture and graphic design, and in 2002, Erling Christoffersen opened his own agency while teaching at the Design School of Denmark and in other different universities (Victoria, Melbourne and Oregon universities).

Erling Christoffersen’s double training as an architect and as a cabinet-maker allows him to explore the intrinsic qualities of wood. The designer is particularly interested in laminated wood with which he experiments in various chairs such as the « Nomad Chair » from 2003 and the « Flugtstol » from 2004.