Alleegasse Armchair by Josef Hoffmann

Wittmann is an Austrian furniture manufacturer who started as a saddler in 1896 and who obtained reproduction rights of furniture designed by Josef Hoffmann. I hapened to pass their Vienna showroom last week where this Alleegasse chair was on display. I love it.

Josef Hoffmann, born in 1870, studied architecture under Carl von Hasenquer and Otto Wagner at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In 1899, at the age of 29, he became a professor at what is now the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 1903 he and Kolo Moser established the Wiener Werkstätte. His first important building, the sanatorium in Purkersdorf, near Vienna, built in 1904, set radical new standards in architecture and interior design. But it was the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, built between 1905 and 1911, that founded his international reputation. Here, Josef Hoffmann succeeded in perfection the Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), reconciling art and life, and aestheticizing all aspects of design.

Mia by Bruno Mathsson

I found Mia on the Bruno Mathsson site and am surprised this is his first chair I share here (?)

Mi 407 Mia

Designed in 1972-1973

Stackable chair with armrests. Fully upholstered over polyether (CMHR) and supporting web. Buttonstitched.
Floor runners with plastic glides.

Information on covering materials on request.

Width 615, depth 580, height 790, seatheight 435 mm.
Fabric needed: 100 cm by 130 cm width.
Leather needed: 2 chairs = 1 hide by 4,5 m2

Wox Chair by Pavel Vetrov

Looking around at the Artu site I found another inderesting chair by Pavel Vetrov, the Wox, the name of which he derived from Wild Ox…the back can be seen as two Ox horns….It got a Red Dot Award in 2020. The second photo shows Wox number (or Mark) II

Moss Sofa by Pavel Vetrov


I found the Moss Sofa by Pavel Vetrov for Artu at BED

Artu is a furniture brand that was established in Russia in 2015. The general Artu’s concept is to create a modern and unique furniture for the HoReCa segment and offices.

Annually our engineers alongside the industrial designers create new models of chairs, tables and sofas and especially focus on ergonomic features of the product as well as esthetic

Pavel is a Graduate designer specialized in furniture and interior design with almost a decade of professional experience, including commissioned projects from famous brands such as Lexus, Temahome, TwoSix, Zegen and many more. Among 70 awards in design he has amassed throughout his career is the Red Dot Award, German Design Award. His work has been shown, mentioned and analyzed in the most important magazines around the world, including Forbes, Elle, Vogue, Le Figaro, among others, and he is an assiduous participant of all European design shows, namely Imm Cologne, Salone del Mobile Milano, London Design Fair and Paris Design Week.

Sofa Grown in Winery

This summer I visited the Guerrieri Winery in Italy. Beside grapes they grow their own sofa….

Their Guerrieri del Mare is my fave wine.