GJ Chair by Grete Jalk, 1963

• Designed By - Grete Jalk
• When - 1963
• Made From - Laminated plywood
• Manufactured by - Lange Production
• More Info - This chair is regarded as the best and is certainly the most famous piece by Grete Jalk. It won first prize in a competition organized by the British newspaper Daily Mail. It is a very sculptural chair and has a very interesting shape. It is made form only two pieces of moulded plywood and is very complex to produce. He was inspired by the bent plywood chairs by Alvar Alto and Charles Eames but with this chair he decided to be even more adventurous with this method of making. The chair is available in teak, Oregon pine and black stained ash wood. A was designed with a matching table: the GJ Nesting Table.