Mid-century purists might wince at the thought, but the Plane Lounge Chair doesn\u2019t care. It won\u2019t play to nostalgia or mimicry. What it does instead is flatten the idea of a lounge chair to its most elemental form\u2014and then, somehow, elevate that to high art. Designed by Jamie McLellan for Resident, the Plane feels like it was born on a CAD file and sculpted with a bandsaw in the same breath. It\u2019s pure timber geometry, given purpose and poise.<\/p>\n
Every surface is either dead flat or traced from a 2D curve. There\u2019s no ambiguous blending or digitally massaged transitions. The legs aren\u2019t legs \u2013 they\u2019re slabs. Thick, grounded runners that stretch the full depth of the chair, as if they were always part of the floor itself. Between them, a cantilevered seat sits like a wooden diving board, broad and unapologetic. It doesn\u2019t taper, doesn\u2019t float. It just exists \u2013 with a certain architectural inevitability.<\/p>\n
Designer: Jamie McLellan<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The backrest, a single vertical sheet, tilts just enough to catch your spine. No lumbar games or upholstery tricks. Just honest inclination. And while the whole thing reads rigid, sitting in it is like leaning into trust. You\u2019re not cradled, you\u2019re anchored. The comfort comes not from softness, but from precision. The angle of the back, the depth of the seat (just over 20 inches), the thickness of each timber slab \u2013 it\u2019s all calibrated to let the material do the talking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In a way, the Plane Lounge Chair channels the same quiet radicalism as Gerrit Rietveld\u2019s Red and Blue Chair. Both are object and idea at once. But where Rietveld\u2019s piece feels like a manifesto in color and form, McLellan\u2019s version whispers its intent. It\u2019s heavy, it\u2019s grounded, and yet it doesn\u2019t dominate the room. It doesn\u2019t need to. It becomes the room\u2019s pause button.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Built in New Zealand from solid oak or ash, depending on the finish, the Plane doesn\u2019t hide its joins or complicate its story. No complex carpentry tricks, no dovetails begging for attention. The flat-pack aesthetic is intentional, even proud. It\u2019s as if someone asked, \u201cHow few moves can we make while still creating a place worth staying in?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s really the point. In an era of noise and over-design, the Plane Lounge Chair speaks in geometry and silence. It doesn\u2019t compete. It holds space. With no soft edges, it somehow softens the room. A contradiction? Sure. But in the best kind of way \u2013 the kind that feels like clarity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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