Plane Lounge Chair

A lounge chair that looks heavy, feels solid, and sits somewhere between sculpture and furniture.

Designed by Jamie McLellan for Resident, the Plane Lounge Chair is built from wide sections of solid timber, joined cleanly and left visible. The form is clear and unapologetic—two long runners, a thick seat, a single back panel. It doesn’t read as soft or sculpted, but once you sit down, there’s an unexpected ease to it. It holds you, and that’s all it needs to do.

The base is two long solid timber legs that run the full depth of the chair. They’re more like beams than legs—no taper, no curve, just full support. Between them, the seat projects out with no visible joinery. It’s thick and flat, slightly cantilevered, and looks like it was placed there by a crane. The backrest rises straight up in a single panel, wide and gently tilted, with just enough angle to lean into. Everything fits tightly. Nothing floats.

There’s no fuss here. No frame, no upholstery, no decorative moves. It’s all wood, joined with care, and finished to feel natural in the hand. From some angles, it feels more like an object than a chair. But it functions perfectly as a place to sit, pause, read, or just not move for a while. It’s quiet, but it holds its space. The kind of piece that doesn’t need much around it to make sense.

Built in New Zealand, like the rest of Resident’s line, the chair has that kind of presence you stop noticing until one day you realize it’s the only thing in the room that hasn’t moved an inch. It’s quiet, but not shy. You don’t need to rearrange your life around it—it’s already doing what it was made to do.

Jamie McLellan’s Plane Lounge Chair for Resident pairs solid timber with a grounded silhouette—more structure than seat, but still built for comfort. All images courtesy of Resident.