First Look: Front Finds Inspiration in Taxicab Seats

The Swedish design super-group references taxi-cab cushions in a new chair for Moroso.

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FRONT is the ABBA of the high-design world. They're all four very comely Swedish ladies, though, and they've exploded since the group's founding, just a couple years ago.

Their calling card? Extraordinarily high-tech, witty conceptualism--such as a chair that was designed with motion capture technology, while one of the ladies "drew" it in the air with a light; a soft seat made of fabric printed to be...