Designer shares story of hoop chair from “Black is King”
Klaudia//April 21, 2025
Lighting and furniture designer Lee Broom is posing for portraits on the “Beyoncé chair” in the atrium of his south London home. A feat of engineering in lightweight steel, its official name is the Hanging Hoop chair (price tag: £5,125).
A few years ago the pop diva hand-picked it for her Black is King visual album, where she swings from it sultrily (daughter Blue Ivy is captured on it too).
“She loved it so much, she asked if she could buy it. So we were like, ‘We’ll make you a new one, you don’t have to have the sample one from the showroom. But she was like, ‘No, I want this one.’ So it’s the Beyoncé chair now,” laughs Broom.
A few years ago the pop diva hand-picked it for her Black is King visual album, where she swings from it sultrily (daughter Blue Ivy is captured on it too).
“She loved it so much, she asked if she could buy it. So we were like, ‘We’ll make you a new one, you don’t have to have the sample one from the showroom. But she was like, ‘No, I want this one.’ So it’s the Beyoncé chair now,” laughs Broom.