Saturday I attended the first ever Wordcamp in the Netherlands.
I couldn’t leave without taking a photo of at least one chair: The Stick Stool by Gerard de Hoop I reported about on May 23, 2007:
Category: chair
Classroom Chair by Stefan Wewerka at J. Lohman Gallery
I came across the Classroom Chair at a Phillips de Pury auction earlier.
Now NYC based J. Lohman Gallery has one for sale.
According to Lohman:
Stefan Wewerka
Vertreterstuhl or Klassenraumstuhlâ (Classroom Chair)
Germany, c. 1970
Lacquered wood
C. 30 ¾ in. (78 cm) high, 26 in. (66 cm) wide
Originally called the Vertreterstuhl, the chairs were part of an installation of a classroom at Galerie Moeller in Cologne in 1971. Since then the chair is also called Classroom Chair. Literature: Take a seat: Meisterwerke des Stuhldesigns (Masterpieces of Chair Design), Chart Gallery, Basel, 2005, pp. 102-103.Object No.: 8005
Price on request.
Lohman specializes in European design and decorative arts from the 1920s -1980s from mainly German designers and artistic movements.
A “Vertreterstuhl” is an Sales Rep Chair in the English language.
Petit Jardin Bench by Tord Boontje
This Petit Jardin Bench by Dutch designer Tord Boontje who is on the forefront of bringing up lace patterns in his design is up for sale at Phillips de Pury .
ESTIMATE £25,000-35,000.
SOLD AT £31,250
How to Kung Fu build a Xiaolin Rocker Chair by Hayami Arakawa
I tried to find more on the web on Hayami Arakawa. Found no website of himself, but he should make one albeit for the sole purpose of this hilarious video.
Ah but there is a blog about another work from him: Intellectual Circle
Last edited by gje on September 20, 2010 at 11:21 PM
Dining Chairs by Jean Royère
Eight dining chairs by Jean Royère at an upcoming sale of Phillips de Pury.
ESTIMATE £15,000-20,000
SOLD AT £37,250