Awesome Chairs

Relax and unwind outside in this swinging camp chair from Timber Ridge. Its folding steel frame and sling-style seat can hold up to 300 pounds, and its back adjusts from 90º to 130º. The chair can be set up in just two quick steps and includes a head cushion, a drink holder, and a carrying bag. Available in blue, grey, or tan.

Maker Neil Paskin returned to his workshop to build another great piece of functional craft. He fabricated this vintage-style industrial chair using hand-cut and bent steel for its legs and support structure and gently curved wood for its back and seat. We love how he made his own plywood from reclaimed floorboards.

This pair of folding rocking chairs is ideal for relaxing outdoors. In addition to a wide and comfortable seat, each chair has a sturdy steel frame and a built-in heating element to help keep you warm on cold days. This two-pack of chairs is a great deal, but you’ll need to grab a couple of USB battery packs to make the heat work.

NEMO’s Moonlite Elite backpacking chair weighs just 1.1 pounds and packs up small. Its aluminum frame holds up to 250 pounds, and its suspension system is made from strong but light HTP and Dyneema fibers. Its adjustable reclining system lets you sit upright for dining, conversing, or relaxing. It comes in Citron yellow, Goodnight grey, and Cipher camo.

This unique piece of outdoor furniture doubles as a heavy-duty gear hauler. It folds into lounger, cot, beach chair, and camp chair configurations and can carry all your other gear thanks to its durable aluminum frame and rugged wheels that can even roll over sand.

We’ve become spoiled by the heated seats in our cars, so now we want our backs and butts to be warm wherever we go. Gobi Heat’s Terrain chair helps keep you toasty for up to nine hours per charge, so you can lose the chill when camping or tailgating on cold days. The chair folds up and includes a carrying bag.

This smartly designed folding chair from Timber Ridge is ideal for camping, tailgating, and outdoor concerts. In addition to its padded seat and armrests, it has a fold-out side table and a fold-out cooler bag, both with built-in drink holders. It’s also got a mesh pocket under the seat for stashing your phone. Its sturdy aluminum frame can hold up to 300 lb.

Matty Benedetto of Unnecessary Inventions loves IKEA and hopes to collaborate with them someday. After the Swedish home furnishings company reached out to him, he thought it would be fun to design, prototype, and produce an office chair with a built-in pegboard so he could readily access hand tools while wheeling around his studio.

We bet you’ve never seen a chair like this. This amazing work of functional art features a back and seat made from 210 stainless steel spheres. Both the spheres and tubular steel frame have a shiny chrome finish to reflect the surrounding environment. Designed and fabricated to order by Shepherd Studio.

Sitting on the ground for outdoor festivals and concerts sucks. Take along ENO’s comfy, go-anywhere Lounger DL Chair. The tie-dye print’s easy to spot in a crowd, the cup holder and pockets keep essentials near, and the cushioned head pillow and armrests help you snooze through boring bits. Adjustable legs let it sit high (10”) or low (3”).

Breeo’s durable outdoor chair is just right for campfire chats. The seat’s raised position and upright back keep you facing your friends and the fire. Its poly lumber construction resists splintering, cracking, and rotting and won’t fade in the sun. Plus, it’s compatible with accessories like trays, drink holders, and hooks. There’s also a small version for kids.

Southwest style spruces up outdoor folding chairs in this collaboration between portable furniture makers Helinox and iconic Pendleton Woolen Mills. The Chair One HDB comes in two limited-edition geometric patterns that pop on the durable 1200D poly fabric and minimalist black aluminum alloy frames. Polished for the backyard, lightweight for camping.

Core Equipment’s saucer-shaped chair offers a cozy, oversized seating area, along with a quilted seat and a padded headrest. Its fold-up steel frame can hold up to 300 lb, and it includes a built-in cupholder, and a carrying bag. Available in grey or wine red.

Hand Tool Rescue previously created a unique tabletop vice with jaws that used a fractal design to grip irregular objects. He came across a 1913 patent for a fractal device – a chair that uses rotating sections to adapt to the shape of someone sitting on it. He collaborated with Josh Fick to create the metal parts with a fiber laser.

Mono+Mono’s portable camping chair folds up small enough to fit inside your backpack yet can hold up to 300 pounds. It has a strong aluminum frame, unfolds in 5 seconds, and weighs just 3.3 pounds. Its ripstop nylon seat has airflow sections to keep your back dry, two side pockets, and clips for holding bottles and accessories.

This extra-large camping chair can hold up to 600 pounds and accommodates three adults sitting side-by-side. It has slightly reclined seatbacks, and a seat height so you can stretch your legs, and is easy for a pet to jump onto. It’s made from weather-resistant fabric, weighs just 21 lb., and rolls up into a padded tote for carrying.

When does skating not require a skates? When you use the wheels from the bottom of your office chair instead. Inline skating expert Ilia Savosin shows us how it’s done by strapping a pair of five-wheel chair bases to his feet and hitting the skate park. We wonder how much smoother they would roll on these casters.

Masaya & Co.’s unique rockers add style and relaxation to any space. Each chair is handcrafted from sustainably sourced teak, walnut, or mahogany wood, and features a woven cord seat and back in an eye-catching pattern. Our favorites? The Mot Mot and the San Geronimo. They come fully assembled and ready to rock.

Humanscale’s award-winning Trea chair by designer Todd Bracher is a masterclass in form-meets-function. Inspired by a lobster’s exoskeleton, it cradles the sitter in a supportive shell while its mechanism allows parts to move in harmony with the body without manual settings. Available in three leg variants.

Built for workshops and garages, Vyper chairs are designed for durability. They’re made in America and offer steel or aluminum frames, casters that roll over just about anything, and comfy padded seats. The chairs come in short and tall models, with or without backs. Add-ons include drink/parts and tool holders.

Makers Simone Giertz and Laura Kampf teamed up to release Build Dice – a fun gift item to inspire creativity through randomization. After giving the dice a few rolls, they decided to build a chair by recycling an old satellite dish. They cut and folded the metal to form a seat, then gave it hardwood arms and legs.

Massage chairs are great, but their look is more suited to a salon than your living room. The Nouhaus massage chair looks like a piece of high-end furniture. The curvy swivel chair offers percussive, rolling, and kneading massages, and has built-in speakers. It’s made with real leather and comes with a matching ottoman.

CleverMade’s folding wood chair offers a comfy spot for relaxing anywhere, and sits at a leisurely angle for chilling out or gazing at the stars. It’s made from sustainable acacia wood and folds nearly flat, so you can easily store it under a bed or behind another piece of furniture. Holds up to 250 lbs.