The Monomorph
The Monomorph Chair by Wouter Van Riet Paap is a winner of the 2025 Iron A' Design Award in Furniture Design.
The Monomorph is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.
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The Monomorph is a chair that is constructed with 39 identical wooden elements. Working with only one shape to create a chair results in a highly durable, modular product. These triangular shaped elements all come from one sheet of plywood. The 38 elements are connected by steel rods making creating the backrest, seat an legs. The chair can be transported as a flat package and is easy to assemble. The plywood is painted in preselected colors or can be used untreated in the raw edition.
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The Monomorph by Wouter Van Riet Paap
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The Monomorph Chair
The Monomorph is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. The Monomorph is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. The Monomorph is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
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Wouter Van Riet Paap
De Ontwerpdivisie is a design company with a focus on the design of architecture and furniture. Furniture designed by De Ontwerpdivisie is about making use of 'lost' space, space that is normally not used at all. For example: space under the table, space above closets, space under the bed, etc. Another aspect of designs by De Ontwerpdivisie is it’s simplicity: Thus their motto: Keep it Simple! Resulting in a sophisticated minimalism.
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De Ontwerpdivisie
De Ontwerpdivsie is a design company specialized in furniture and architecture, founded by Wouter van Riet Paap.
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