Copenhagen-based designer Thomas Bentzen has designed a wooden lounge chair for Danish brand Muuto, informed by a traditionally simple Scandinavian aesthetic.
With a clean and minimal aesthetic, the Cover Lounge Chair joins the brand's Cover Chair series designed by Bentzen ? a long-serving Muuto collaborator.

While a lounging chair is typically entirely upholstered in fabric for a softer, more cushiony finish, the Cover Lounge Chair retains a stripped down wooden body, like the original all-wood Cover Chair.
Boasting a strong beech wood frame, the chair features a wide, rounded backrest in form-pressed veneer that curves downwards to form the armrests, in a bid to offer more comfort and an "inviting expression".

"The idea of a lounge chair in all wood is an archetypal element in the Danish as well as Scandinavian design tradition," Bentzen told Dezeen. "It arises from the belief that you can achieve a great amount of comfort from a simple wooden chair and a light, open sentiment within the design; something that is firmly rooted in the Scandinavian design history from the 1950s onwards."

Bentzen set out to create "a comfortable lounging design in wood that was at once modern and timeless whilst deeply rooted in the traditions of Scandinavian craftsmanship".
Despite sharing this aesthetic with the regular Cover Chair, the lounge chair has a more relaxed appeal, with a more solid base and a taller back to allow for added comfort and...