German furniture manufacturer Brühl recently unveiled Dive, a lounge chair designed by Kati Meyer-Brühl. The top of the chair forms an ogee arch, which puts me in mind of an antique edition of Arabian Nights I read as a child: the book had fabulous drawings secreted behind onion paper—minarets and palaces and all manner of opulent, Eastern architecture. Because the two arches that make up an ogee feature both convex and concave shapes, the form is sexy and sinuous. Dive features a level of ornamentation usually unseen in Brühl products, since the company uses strong lines and angles, but the result is a beautiful accent chair that works in juxtaposition to their stricter pieces.

Dive Lounge Chair. Designed by Kati Meyer-Brühl. Manufactured by Brühl.

Oriental Lounge Chair

Brühl describes Dive as a “richly faceted addition to any interior.” Like a cut gem, Dive reaches dramatic points. And like a great jewel setting, the lounge chair also offers visual interest in its details. Dive’s armrests, for example, “lie against the chair structure like wings ready to unfold.” If you want to highlight form, then Dive in pure white presents an excellent choice. For more decadent tastes, Dive can be upholstered in rich patterned fabrics—with motifs and colors that recall Oriental carpets and the tents of nomads.

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About the Manufacturer: Brühl furniture offers contemporary designs with clarity of shapes, concept, and design. By clarity, the German company means “straightforward concepts and clear-cut, defined forms.” Their designs favor straight lines and right angles, using curves as “sensitive accents.” Brühl pays attention to proportion and scale in order to achieve a furniture line with “a quiet, generous modernity.” Perhaps the best thing about their products is what’s missing—what they call “the art of omission.”