We showed you Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka's chair design for Moroso which made its debut at the Salone Intenazionale del Mobile this year, and now here are two new designs by Patricia Urquiola for the firm.

Urquiola, (rather like Vitra) seemingly returned to the 50s and to Modernism in her search for inspiration, launching 'Klara' and a series called 'Silver Lake'.

'Klara' is a simple wooden armchair which blends decorative art, craftsmanship and industrial design thorough its gently curved lines. We think there is something of the first serial productions of the early 20th century about it, most strongly present in her elegant use of woven cane. A material - as we remarked earlier this week - Urquiola excels with. 

The name itself - 'Klara' - was also carefully chosen to reflect the sentiment of the piece (Klare in German means clear, whilst the Spanish equivalent Clara communicates serenity) so this little chair conveys a sense of tranquillity in name as well as form.

The 'Silver Lake' series is more directly mid-century, offering up an architectural memory derived from the Californian modernism of the ‘50s. Within the range there are three sofas, two armchairs and a small armchair displaying a continuous geometric interplay of solids and voids, with volumes creating many-sided polyhedral forms.

With 'Silver Lake', the designer has also selected a particularly ‘50s combination of materials; (wood, steel, fabric or leather) all combined in a strongly sculptural and  deliberate combination of contrasting surfaces.