- Designed By - Gerard Van Den Berg
- When -
1989
- Made From - Upholstery
with aluminium feet
- Manufactured By - Montis
- More Info -
This chair is perfect for tall people and people who like to slide right down
in a chair. Its very curvy shape and smooth fabric makes it quite sensual. It
is available in a variety of fabrics or leathers and has a matching ottoman.
- Designed By - Giancarlo Piretti
- When - 1969
- Made From - Chromed
steel, cast aluminium and ABS plastic
- Manufactured By - Castelli
- More Info - A
space saving design, it folds flat and becomes only an inch thick. The thin
metal frame and transparent seat and back make it look very light. It is
suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Over four million have been sold and it is
on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It won the BIO 5
award at the Lyublyana Biennial and the Gute Form prize of the
Federal Republik of Germany in 1973.
The plastic seat and back is available in transparent and colours and you can
also buy seat pads for it which come in many different colours.
- Designed
By - Charles and Ray Eames
- When
- 1945
- Made
From - Bent plywood
- Manufactured
By - Vitra
- More
Info - LCW stands for Lounge
Chair Wood. The Eames’ wanted to create a chair
that would fit the natural
contours of the body, could be mass produced and would be comfortable without
using any fabric or upholstery.
They also wanted it to be reasonably
affordable as Charles Eames said he wanted to “bring the most of the best to the greatest number of
people for the least”. What they came up with was
the LCW. The chair began as an
experiment in the Eames’ apartment, where they were moulding plywood in what
they called the ‘Kazam! Machine’. The machine pressed thin sheets of wood
veneer against a heated membrane that was inflated by a bicycle pump. Time magazine called
it "the best design of the 20th
century“. It is a design classic
and is still very sought-after today. It is also available with many wood and coloured finishes as well as
covered in calf skin.
- Designed By - Philippe Starck
- When - 1982
- Made From - Painted
tubular steel, moulded plywood, polyurethane foam and leather
- Manufactured By - Driade
- More Info - This
three-legged chair was originally designed for the Café Costes in Paris. It was
supposedly designed with three legs so that the waiters would have less legs to
trip over!. The shell is available in mahogany or black mahogany and the
leather in black, brown, cream, red and white.
- Designed By - Børge Mogensen
- When -
1959
- Made From - Oak
and leather
- Manufactured By - Fredericia
Furniture
- More Info - This
chair was inspired Mogensen’s trip to Spain in
1958, which was how the chair got it’s name. The chunky rectangular shapes and
thick leather make it a strong, masculine looking chair. It is available in
natural or black stained oak and with either tan coloured or black leather.
- Designed By - Poul Kjaerholm
- When - 1967
- Made From - Brushed
stainless steel and Italian leather
upholstery
- Manufactured By - Fritz Hansen
- More Info - This
slim, minimal easy chair has a slightly flexible, spring base which makes it
feel very comfortable. It is available in black, brown, red or white leather.
There is also a rattan version.
- Designed By - Frank Gehry
- When - 1992
- Made From - Strips
of hard white maple veneer
- Manufactured By - Knoll
- More Info - This
chair was inspired by apple crates and the surprising strength Gehry noticed while
playing on them as a child. The name comes from a hockey term. The curved
ribbon like strips of wood make this chair look graceful and natural and the
back bends slightly making it feel more comfortable. It is made by laminating strips of maple veneer
to 5 or 7 thick with glue. Each chair comes
stamped with the KnollStudio logo, Frank Gehry's signature and the
date of production. There is also a version
with arms and seat cushions
available.
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