Knubb

• Prize
  Honorable Mention in Furniture Design
• Company/Firm
  High Four LLC
• Designer
  Raun Meyn
• Photo Credit
  Jacob Hand
• Location
  Chicago, IL
• Project Date
  7/12/23
• Web URL
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The Knubb chair takes its inspiration from the fumeuse, or smoking chair. It’s been reinterpreted to create a multifunctional everyday use accent chair. The erect seating position promotes upright posture for an ergonomic workday or a casual experience.
Sitting on four exposed floating tenons, two subtle rails extend from the backrest to support the hand-dished seat. The rounded components of each leg and rail provide cradled comfort, while being securely grounded to the base.
The Knubb is made from sustainable urban forested white ash and finished with a hand-rubbed combination of hard wax and oil. The structural integrity of each joint is secured with slip tenons and recessed mortises. This beautiful handcrafted chair is built to last and designed to love.

Bio
Raun Meyn is a professional artist and craftsman working in Chicago, IL USA.

His work consists of functional forms designed with thoughtful awareness to balance, proportion, and material selection. Current works include: object design, tables, seating, wall art, credenzas, media cabinets, and built in case goods.

Raun has an eye for spatial relationships and keen attention to detail and craft.

His incessant ideas and love of building combined with continual custom work from clients new and old propels him to keep designing and creating.