Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
White Rietveld Red Blue Chair record at Christies Amsterdam Photo thanks to Christie’s Not many people will know (at least I didn’t know) that before Dutch Chair Designer Gerrit Rietveld painted the Red Blue Rietveld Chair red and blue, inspired as he then must have been by Piet Mondriaan, another member of De Stijl Groep … Continue reading “White Rietveld Red Blue Chair record at Christies Amsterdam”
Red Blue Rietveld Chair (Photo Moma) ZigZag by Jenner Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld after whom the Amsterdam art school Gerrit Rietveld Academie has been named, designed the Red and Blue (in 1917) and Zig Zag (in 1932) chairs which are world famous. By Cassina: Red-Blue and Zig Zag are still being produced by … Continue reading “Rietveld: by Cassina, by Rietveld and by Jenner”
Ancrage Lounge Chair by Noé Duchaufour Lawrance (2022) Ancrage family pieces are geometrical constructions. Vertical and horizontal lines connect in emphasised intersections. The radical clarity of their design pays subtle homage to Rietveld and brutalism. About Noé Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance is a French designer working across a wide range of disciplines and materials to create a … Continue reading “Ancrage Lounge Chair by Noé Duchaufour Lawrance”
And I was able to maintain the one post per day rhythm in February! Yay! 233 views: Arne Jacobsen in his Swan Chair 184 views: Red Prototype Denmark Chair by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld 174 views: Another Miss Blanche Chair by Shiri Kuramata on Auction 172 views: Solitaire by Alfredo Haeberli for Alias 160 views: Hideout … Continue reading “5 Top Chair Blog posts of February 2023”
I succeeded to publish one blogpost per day in January. It is nice to revert to post a Top Chairblog Posts of January 2023. The last 5 Top Chair Blog posts date from 2013. 295 views: Tube Chair by Klemens Schillinger 175 views: The Box Lounger by Ivar Gestranius & Kevin Lahtinen 163 views: Yellow … Continue reading “5 Top Chair Blog posts of January 2023”