Looking for a different touch to your business decoration? In this post we have made a compilation of 10 designer chairs and sofas that are famous for appearing in movies and are ideal to give a different touch to your business or home decor. While actors and directors get all the glory for their work, we often forget about the elements behind each shoot. For this reason, in Fiaka we want to claim the value that deserves the set design in the cinema and we have created a list with the top 10 chairs and sofas of cinema that can be inspiring when decorating your business. Here we go!
Top 10 designer chairs and sofas appearing in movies
Famous movie chairs
Chair inspired by “Men In Black”.
The Men in Black inspired chair has a classic Danish design, comfortable and functional. It is, without a doubt, a magnificent option that would enter directly into the top 10 of chairs, armchairs and designer sofas that can be ideal for decorating a business, an office, or even for your home. Created in the late 50’s, this chair is made of a birch wood frame covered with foam and fabric cushions. This egg-shaped chair is ideal for hotel reception or meeting spaces. Its swivel feet allow you to turn sideways when seated. This way, we can pay attention to the person talking in both areas of the room.
Star Trek Chairs
The Star Trek chair was made from materials rarely used in furniture at the time. Manipulating plastic like never seen before and creating smooth, unique lines of modernism that we strongly associate with designer furniture from the 1960s. It is an ideal chair for marketing or advertising agencies where workers have to be together part of the time. Its simplicity gives it modernity, even though it was designed more than 50 years ago.
U.S. Navy chair from “Vows of Love.”
Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum star in this romantic comedy in which a couple reunite despite a serious car accident in which they lose their memories. This aluminum chair was originally designed for the U.S. Navy. Nowadays, it is an ideal chair for businesses related to the hotel and catering industry and in which the mixes antique and modern styles.
American Psycho” Chair
This iconic chair was designed in the 1920s and soon became a beloved piece for lovers of modern decorative art. It is a chair with a tubular steel frame with upholstered cushions and leather upholstery. All of them with a backward inclination that makes it a very comfortable chair and ideal for resting. It’s a chair that never goes out of style and essential in our top 10 designer chairs and sofas featured in movie films. From the rest areas of large companies to the most luxurious hotels, this chair is a great option if you are looking for tranquility and comfort for our customers.
BKF or Butterfly Chair
The BKF chair or also known as “Butterfly” is a steel and leather chair inspired by film director’s chairs. It is a chair designed in the late 1930s by Argentine architects Bonet, Kurchan and Ferrari (hence the name “BKF”). It is a designer chair designed so that the weight of a person can adopt various positions and experience the sensation of sitting in a hammock. It can be used both indoors and outdoors, being the perfect choice for bars or restaurants as well as terraces and gardens. This chair appears in several films, including The Iron Giant (1999). On our website you can find the Butterfly BKF chair in three different types of fabrics, with a wide range of colors in each one.
Amelie Parisian Chairs
Parisian chairs have appeared in several movies, including the film Amelie. It is a bohemian chair with a lot of charm and ideal for different decorative styles such as vintage Parisian, boho, chic or classic. Although it looks like a fragile bamboo chair, the reality is that it is made of aluminum that has been painted to mimic bamboo. The Parisian chairs are ideal to decorate for cafes and restaurants with a lot of style of their own where the terrace is one of the main attractions.
Luke Cage office chairs
Created in the 1960s, this design icon became a trend thanks to its modernist design. It is a chair that uses steel wire to create a beautiful structure. Modern in style, these chairs offer your business beauty, comfort and contemporaneity.
Famous sofas and armchairs in the cinema
Matrix armchair
Many of you will remember the scene where Morpheus asked Neo which pill he wanted to take. The blue one allowed him to remain in the virtual reality of the Matrix, while the red one would free him from it and lead him to the real world. As you may recall, Morpheus sat on an iconic and sophisticated armchair with a classic design in the world of furniture. It is an armchair with a status of sophistication. The structure of the armchair is made of solid wood, covered with leather. Nowadays, it can be found in modern businesses offering a juxtaposition of classic and modern styles.
The sofa in the shape of Austin Powers’ lips
The armchair in the shape of lips was a creation of Dalí in the 1930s, the result of a series of paintings that the artist had made inspired by the Hollywood actress Mae West. The armchair was designed primarily as decoration, as the main idea was not to sit in it. Today it has served as inspiration for the furniture of pubs and nightclubs for its unbridled design.
Audrey Hepburn’s sofa-bathtub from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.
The sets of this movie released in the 1960s show the New York lifestyle. In it we observe a bathtub cut in half that preserves part of the pipes and faucets and rests on four golden legs. To make it more comfortable, it incorporated a purple cushion to sit on and small pink cushions used for back comfort. And here is our top 10 of designer chairs and sofas that are considered icons of cinema . We hope it has helped those of you who are looking for furniture for your business and still don’t know which one to choose. In Fiaka we are experts in hospitality furniture and we have a team of professionals that could make the difficult task of choosing furniture for your business easier. We also design and manufacture any type of furniture piece that you need, in a totally customized way. If you need help just contact us. We are waiting for you!