The work of BassamFellows introduces elegance and charm into just about any space. The celebrated design firm’s minimalist stools, armchairs and other seating pieces — typically made of oak, walnut or ash — are defined by the clean lines and alluring organic forms associated with the best of mid-century modernism.
Bassam Fellows, which is focused on furniture and product design, architectural projects and branding, is the result of a collaboration between Australian architect Craig Bassam and American entrepreneur Scott Fellows. Fellows, whose career included partnerships with the likes of Ferragamo and Corning Housewares, began to work with Bassam when it became clear that the pair shared similar creative visions as to the look, feel and quality of furniture and interior design. (The duo owns a Philip Johnson-designed home not far from the Glass House, a modernist marvel designed by Johnson in Connecticut.)
BassamFellows became an immediate hit among designers and decorators at the 2003 Salone del Mobile in Milan with the debut of their quintessential Tractor stool, a sculptural stool designed by Craig that draws on Swiss metal tractor seats and is made from locally harvested solid wood.
Bassam serves as the company's chief designer, while Fellows operates as the company's creative director, bringing expertise in commerce and brand strategy to the table. Together, the team has created furniture in their “Craftsman Modern” style for clients such as Geiger and Herman Miller, and has developed working relationships with leading architects, branding professionals, artisans and designers all over the world.
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Ovoid Chair in Solid Oak, Raw Effect and Leather by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The BassamFellows ovoid chair is a deceptively simple and casual chair derived from the pure geometry of elliptical forms. With a big sit despite a smaller...
Leather, Fabric, Wood
Mantis Chair in Solid Walnut with Leather Cushion Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
Inspired by the noble praying mantis, the signature stance and powerful limbs of this chair offers a study in contrasts. Strong and elegant, sharp and curved, thick and thin, the Mantis is sturdy and solid, yet visually light. Designer Craig Bassam conceived the chair to be a new American Classic, an object that possessed measurable gravitas and wasn’t overly indebted to the Classic dining chairs associated with midcentury Europe. From certain angles, the Mantis chair...
Leather, Wood
Brutus Armchair in Solid Wood with Cane Seat Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The BassamFellows Brutus chair has its roots in the powerful Modernist vernacular of Perriand and Jeanneret, but is softer and visually lighter. It emphas...
Cane, Wood
Geometric Lounge Chair in Walnut, Satin Nickel and Leather by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The Geometric Collection from BassamFellows celebrates the sublimity of pure geometry championed by the Wiener Werkstätte and the Bauhaus. In the same way that designers of these two influential schools tested the liberating material properties of bentwood and tubular steel, Bassam refined a set of constraints to spirit cold-rolled tubular steel into forms that hold the horizontal planes of a seat deck or tabletop, achieving the poetic appearance of extreme lightness and suspension. These stately steel scaffolds operate as a connective tissue uniting the furniture’s functional elements in a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, a synthesis central to BassamFellows’ philosophy of formal and functional coherence in design. The Geometric side chair elegantly combines a variety of materials in a single design. It features an ergonomically shaped seat carved from solid Walnut and a lightweight pellicle skin of Vienna caning...
Steel
Wood Frame Armchair in Solid Walnut and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The BassamFellows Wood Frame Collection has become one of the brand’s classic signatures. Adding to the collection are upholstered dining chairs and upholstered stools. The Woo...
Leather, Wood
Brutus Armchair in Solid Walnut with Leather Seat Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The BassamFellows Brutus chair has its roots in the powerful Modernist vernacular of Perriand and Jeanneret, but is softer and visually lighter. It emphas...
Leather, Wood
Tom Dixon Natural Oak Wood and Cognac Leather 'Slab' Lounge Chair
By Tom Dixon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tom Dixon 'Slab' Natural Oak Wood and Cognac Leather Lounge Chair Part of his expanding line of furniture, Tom Dixon's Slab Lounge Chair is constructed in simple geometric shapes th...
Leather, Foam, Oak, Plywood
Nils & Eva Koppel Medallion Chair in Oak and Leather 1952
Located in London, England
Nils & Eva Koppel - Medallion Chair, 1952 This is a new edition of this classic 1950s design, produced in small batches at our workshop in Denmark under license. The example sho...
Leather, Fabric, Oak, Walnut
Gesture Monochrome Fully Upholstered Lounge Chair in Oak, by Hans Olsen
By Hans Olsen
Located in Viby J, DK
Now the distinctive 1950s Gesture design is also available as a sculptural lounge chair. The popular moulded design was the brainchild of the renowned Danish architect Hans Olsen, wh...
Wood
Established & Sons LAYUP Lounge Chair in Oak veneer by Nathan Martell
By Sebastian Wrong, Established & Sons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Layup Lounge Chair is a sculptural piece designed for indoor environments. It is crafted from molded veneer—available in Bamboo, Oak, or Walnut—using advanced 3D veneer forming t...
Bamboo, Oak, Walnut
Contemporary Modern Tobo Armchair in Leather & Oak Wood by Collector Studio
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
Contemporary Modern Tobo Armchair in fabric & oak wood by Alter Ego for Collector Studio. Underpinned by a minimalist and sophistication aesthetic...
Travertine
Brown Leather Natural Oak My Own Chair Lounge Chair by Lassen
Located in Geneve, CH
Brown leather natural oak my own chair lounge chair by Lassen. Dimensions: W 88 x D 83 x H 102 cm. Materials: Leather. Flemming Lassen's iconic armchair from 1938 was originally on...
Leather
