Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
A Modern Contemporary dining chair
Named for his love of hockey and influenced by the apple crates he had played on as a child, Frank Gehry designed the Cross Check chair with ribbon like interlaced strips of maple.
ASID Award, 1992
ROSCO Award, 1992
ID Magazine Gold Award, 1992
ICFE Award for Excellence, 1992
IBD Award (Silver), 1992
Premium Imperiale Award (Prince Takamatsu World Culture Award), 1992
Time Magazine, Best Design of 1992 Award
Via Furniture Seen.
RUTH FRANCKEN HOMME CHAIR
Price Realized £9,375 ($18,609)
Estimate £3,000 – £4,000 ($5,955 – $7,940)
Sale 5337 modern design 4 March 2008 London, South KensingtonOriginally designed 1971, re-edited in 150 examples in black, 150 examples in white by Gallerie X, 1988, lacquered polyester and tubular steel 100cm. high
Via Christie’s
I missed it earlier.
Hans Wegner’s CH07 Lounge Chair via Hive Modern.
Design Hans Wegner, 1963.
Form-pressed plywood, upholstery.
Made in Denmark by Carl Hansen & Son.The Hans Wegner three-legged shell chair was originally introduced in 1963. A few limited series were produced, but the project soon came to a stand still. The chair was relaunched in 1997 and after 34 years of oblivion the chair finally got its breakthrough. As a curiosity, it is worth mentioning that one of the original shell chairs from the 60s sold for $20,000 at Christies in London in 1999.
Seat and back are made of formpressed plywood shells. The 3 legs consist of a laminated construction, the 2 front legs are made of one continuous piece and the hind leg is a separate element. To enhance the comfort, Wegner has added 2 upholstered cushions which are fastened to the shell with screws from the back. In spite of its three-legs it stands well on the floor and does not easily topple over. Although it is low and does not feature armrests it is easy to get up by seizing the front edge and pulling oneself up. It is elegant as a soloist as well as in groups of 2, 3 or more. In 1999 the chair was given the highest possible grade in The Technological Institute of Denmark’s test program.
29″ h | 32″ d | 36″ w | seat: 15″ h
ch07 lounge – quick ship – hivemodern.com
Recently I discovered Designer Pages which is a great inspiration for designers and manufacturers. There I discovered the site of Portland based chair distributor Hive Modern which is an example of a good website!
About Hive Modern
Hive was founded in 2002 with the idea that Good Design can and should be presented in an inspired, knowledgeable and friendly manner.
From humble beginnings fueled primarily on inspiration, hive has grown to inhabit its own free-standing building in the Pearl District, Portland’s most upscale urban neighborhood. We are proud to be an authorized retailer for Alessi, Artemide, Artifort, Carl Hansen, Cassina, Flos, Kartell, Knoll & Vitra to name just a few. hive has been noted in national magazines such as Dwell, Index, In Style, Lucky and Western Interiors magazines.
We like to think of hivemodern.com, as the web-stop for the savvy design enthusiast…. bringing the rare and unusual plus time-tested icons of design directly to your front door. Our manifesto is really quite simple: to share the joys of Good Design while providing value and excellence in service to our patrons. Whether you simply enjoy browsing the product pages to see what’s new, or dive directly in and order a quantity of Eero Aarnio Ball Chairs, we hope to foster a fun web-based environment where people can delight in Good Design on their own terms.
The More I Blog about chairs, I wish I would have saved my dad’s sawbench chair of Hans Wegner. That had excellent seating and I presume this one has equivalent seating comfort.
Tent Londen is the first venue where the asymmetrical Holo Nest Chaise is shown.
About HOLO:
HOLO is a new furniture design collaboration between Australian mates and designers Michael Travalia and Christopher Thomas. Thomas and Travalia currently work out of Oslo and London and collaborate on a part time basis.
Christopher Thomas and Michael Travalia met in the magical surroundings of a temperate rain forest of southern Tasmania in Australia in 1994. They were design students attracted to the furniture course at the University of Tasmania.
After graduating the friends both left Tasmania.
Initially Christopher Thomas returned to South Australia where he became a design associate at the Jam Factory Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design in Adelaide, Eventually he opened his own gallery Christopher Thomas Art & Design, was employed as a lecturer at the University of South Australia, created work for exhibitions and made one off commission pieces for private clients.
After meeting his Norwegian wife, Thomas departed for a European holiday and fell in love with the wild mountains and fjords of western Norway. After working as a cabinetmaker in a historic carpentry firm in Bergen, he currently works as a lecturer in the media lab at KHIO, the Oslo national academy of the arts. Thomas has lived in Norway for the past four years.
Micael Travalia remained in Tasmania after graduating and worked with furniture prototypes for the forestry industry in Hobart. He continued creating work as a designer – maker and had pieces accepted into ‘The Tasmanian Wood Design Collection ’. Travalia then worked on a major architectural commission at The ’Design Centre Tasmania’ in Launceston; with his father David Travalia and Architect Rick Le’Pastrier. Looking to expand his experience and horizons the boy from the bush
moved to Melbourne in Victoria where he changed directions and worked as an interior architect.
He then departed on a working world holiday with his singer songwriter wife from which he has never actually returned. He is currently head of interior design at a multi national design and branding firm in London.
Remaining close friends over the years and across the globe Thomas and Travalia organized a brief retreat to a remote custom-built arts centre on the west coast of Norway for a combined artist residency and holiday in December 2007. The isolation of the ‘Nordic Artists Centre in Dale’ and sheer beauty of the icy environment created a space to think and contemplate as well as create prototypes.
The duo and their wives shared a wooden cabin as well as a studio and fully fitted wood machine shop. The centre is a hidden gem and is nestled above the tiny fjord town of Dale.
The location, dark winter conditions and materials at hand lent themselves to working freely in an honest, intuitive and creative way. Thomas and Travalia created drawings, mock-ups, and furniture
prototypes.
They treat HOLO as a ’design jam session’ and look forward to creating new connections and interactions within the design industry .The Initial collection will be available as a limited edition available as a pre order. The furniture collection has been produced exclusively in Oslo and London.
In their workshop they developed a second, yet unnamed, prototype.
Your Chair Blog editor spent a couple of days in London and visited Tent London, 100% Design and design auction house Phillips de Pury and Company.
There I was able to take a photo of Maarten Van Severen’s .03 chair myself:
(much) More to follow.