Amsterdam Designer Germans Ermičs Unveils an Ombré Homage to Shiro Kuramata

For his contribution to this year's Milan Design Week, Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs decided to pay homage to iconic Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata. The result? The Ombré Chair. The chair -- which sees its colorful panes bonded without screws -- takes cues from Kuramata's Glass Chair of 1976. Kuramata's own design was meant to give the appearance of floating on air and was actually inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. Disappointed by the sets of the Kubrick film and their use of pre-...