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Brace Chair A

The Brace Chair A is the armchair in the Brace family by Studio Goons, extending the original chair’s bracing logic.

Adding arms to a chair is usually additive. A frame gets a bracket, a bracket gets a rail, and the silhouette accumulates. That approach was not available here, because the Brace Chair carries no applied members at all. Its side planes and back are the structure.

So the arms are not added. The side planes are extended. The same surfaces that carry the load continue upward until they arrive at arm height, which means the armrest is structural rather than attached. The chair reads as one continuous gesture from floor to arm.

That resolution is why this version took longer than the chair it came from. Lengthening a load-bearing plane changes where the forces gather, and the proportion had to be redrawn rather than scaled. The result is a chair with more presence and no more parts. Nothing about the armrest announces itself as a feature. It is simply where the structure ends.

The Brace family also includes the Brace Chair, the Brace Chair AC with cushions in pure Italian wool, the Brace Bench, and the Brace Stool. The bracing principle is tested at every scale in the group.

Studio Goons is a Paris-based collectible furniture and design atelier founded in 2020 by architect Paul Trussler and designer Mia Kim. Every work is made to order, designed and hand-built by us in our Paris ateliers, signed and numbered. Dimensions, finishes and materials can be resolved in conversation with the studio.

Inquiries can be made through St. Vincents

Material
Scandinavian birch plywood
Dimensions
62 × 52 × 76 cm or Custom Dimensions
Finish
Available in all standard finishes or Custom Finish
Lead Time
4 to 7 weeks
Edition
Evolving Forms Edition. Signed, numbered
Made in
France
Price
€2,440

Satin finishes have a smoother, slightly shinier surface than matte.

Satin Oak finish
Satin Oak
Satin Dark Oak finish
Satin Dark Oak
Satin Walnut finish
Satin Walnut
Satin Red Walnut finish
Satin Red Walnut
Satin Butterscotch finish
Satin Butterscotch
Satin Wenge finish
Satin Wenge
Oak Stripes finish
Oak Stripes

Matte finishes have a rawer, more natural feel. The surface absorbs light rather than reflecting it.

Matte Walnut finish
Matte Walnut
Matte Charcoal finish
Matte Charcoal
Matte Wenge finish
Matte Wenge
Matte Whitewash finish
Matte Whitewash

Custom finishes and materials can be developed with the studio on request.

Each work, made to measure. Dimensions, finishes, and materials are resolved in conversation with the studio.