Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Twist Chair by Berlin based Stefan Heiliger for Tonon Italia. From aside I would say “Rietveld Zig Zag”, but then completely different. My camera found it somewhere at IMM Cologne 2011. Glad it did, because Stefan has so many more chairs that deserve our attention.
Piet Mondrian on a chair in his studio in Paris. Piet was a painter. Not so much a chair designer. However he was a highly influential member of the Dutch De Stijl group of architects, artists and designers. Another prominent member of the movement was Gerrit Rietveld. So Piet Mondrian (who was born as Piet … Continue reading “Piet Mondrian Seated in his Paris Studio”
Two Columbia Road is a London based gallery specializing in a broad range of collectible furniture, associated design, works of art and photography from Scandinavia, Europe, and North America. Sometimes they have extra ordinary chairs for sale. Here are two clearly Dutch 20ies Red Chairs they offer for sale. However 2 Columbia Road attributes them … Continue reading “Two Red Chairs at Two Columbia Road”
I like this black against black photo I found at Velocity’s site [ed: which is closed now] Another famous chair being reissued: The Norman Cherner Chair. Just like the (grand)children of Edwin Lutyens and Gerrit Rietveld the second generation of Cherners started to re issue their forebears’ designs: After listening to countless requests from fellow … Continue reading “Armchair by Norman Cherner Reissued”
This Red Blue Lego Chair by Mario Monale Minale after Gerrit Rietveld for Droog Design is for sale at Phillips de Pury. Estimate £20,000-25,000. Added September 14, 2009: It appears I made an error in this post, the same error Phillips de Pury made: The designer is not Mario Monale, but Rotterdam based Mario Minale … Continue reading “Red Blue Lego Chair by Mario Minale for Droog Design at Phillips de Pury”