A few years back, designer Joe Gibson saw an Adirondack chair kit in a shop window.
Photography via Revolution Design House.
“I really wanted to see how much I could remove and still create something useful,” explained Gibson, who is a co-founder and director of design at Revolution Design House in Portland, Oregon.
The Belmont Chair is $1,050 from Revolution Design House. Soon he was looking for inspiration elsewhere and came across a vintage lawn chair with wooden slats instead of weaving on the seat. With the exception of the wood, everything is produced within eight blocks of the workshop.
The Belmont chairs are handmade in Gibson’s workshop. I wanted it to be a comfortable chair that looked like an Adirondack but wasn’t as difficult to get in and out of.
Photograph by Todd Holloway.
Gibson’s Boxcar Walnut & Orange planter is $70.
Painted by Julie Costanzo, a Boxcar Snail Trail is $300.
The Belmont chair with its partner bench.
“I’ve realized that going into a new project with pre-conceived expectations only hinders the opportunities of creating the best possible design,” he says.
The chair is made from aluminum and a wood called sapele, an African-farmed exotic hardwood. There’s no exposed hardware on the Belmont chair; it’s incorporated into the frame.