Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
While picking up again on the mini series of seatings in Metro stations, I found an American expat living in Paris who blogs about Paris, sharing the cool seats of the Franklin D. Roosevelt station of the Parisian Metro.
With the lighting mirrored in them they really look like smiley’s.
Frenchless in France ยป Cool Metro Stop.
A set of six Art Deco armchairs from the “Kem Weber Group” dining suite by Kem Weber for Grand Rapids Chair Company. These chairs are in Weber’s signature “streamlined” style and are displayed in such museums as the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.
Kem Weber was born Karl Emanuel Martin Weber in Berlin in 1889. He received his design training in Potsdam and Berlin and eventually ended up in San Francisco in 1915; he became a U.S. citizen in 1924 and adopted the first name Kem. His designs typified the ideal elements of the “streamlined” Art Deco aesthetic and are considered some of the best examples of this style. Kem Weber died in 1963; his works have been included in exhibitions and museum collections around the world.
This set was also featured in “Horsefeathers”, a film by Groucho Marx circa 1934. KEM Webber was commissioned to design custom furniture for several Marx Bros. films.
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TITLE: Iconic Art Deco Kem Weber Group Set of Six Dining Chairs
PRICE: $150,000
CREATOR: KEM Weber (Designer)
COUNTRY: USA
CREATION DATE: 1928-29
MATERIALS: wood, textile
CONDITION: Good
LENGTH: 21 in. (53 cm)
DEPTH: 23 in. (58 cm)
HEIGHT: 41 in. (104 cm)
SEAT HEIGHT: 19 in. (48 cm)
DEALER LOCATION: New York City, NY
NUMBER OF ITEMS: 6
REFERENCE NUMBER: 11103188931508
Via 1stdibs.
Is a one off chair for a client.
Use: Rocking Chair
Material: CNC-Milled 1″ Oak Veneer Plywood / Threaded Rod Connections
Size: w 30″ d 28″ h 37″
Status: Completed 2006
Once I started here (and soon discontinued) a small series with Parisian Metro Seats. Now I want to pick it up again and introduced a category metro station seating. Also because i realized that not only Paris has nice public seatings installed in their Metro Stations.
Here a Torino Station. No sleeping allowed. I really like this design. The seats can be turned closer to each other for if you are traveling together.
It wouldn’t surprise me if this BASE Easy Chair by Polish designer Radek Nowakowski becomes a classic. From the images I see clear lines and a comfy chair. Radek started Redo Design Studio in 2011.
Via Behance.