FERNANDO AND HUMBERTO CAMPANA: A Black Iron Chair at Christie's

Campana Iron Chair


FERNANDO (b. 1961) AND HUMBERTO (b. 1953) CAMPANA
‘BLACK IRON CHAIR (STAINLESS STILL)’ AN ELECTROSTATIC PAINT-COATED IRON CHAIR, DESIGNED 2004

Estimate $30,000 – $50,000

Sale Information

Sale 2119
contemporary design
8 September 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Lot Description

FERNANDO (b. 1961) AND HUMBERTO (b. 1953) CAMPANA
‘Black Iron Chair (Stainless Still)’ An Electrostatic Paint-Coated Iron Chair, designed 2004
executed by Estudio Campana, Sao Paolo, Brazil, number 2 from the edition of 12
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high, 48 in. (122 cm.), 31 in. (78.8 cm.) deep
Provenance

Private collection (acquired directly from the artists).
Lot Notes

The ‘Black Iron Chair’ is part of the ‘Iron Series’, which also includes the ‘Blue Iron Chair’ and the ‘Red Iron Chair’. For this series, the Campanas’ experimented with shapes and lines, creating an effect of ‘frozen’ lines floating in air.

FERNANDO (b. 1961) AND HUMBERTO (b. 1953) CAMPANA

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER (b. 1923) Chair at Christie's

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER (b. 1923)
‘CHAIR/CHAIR’ AN OAK, BURL WOOD AND COWHIDE CHAIR, 1987/90

Estimate $20,000 – $30,000

Sale Information

Sale 2119
contemporary design
8 September 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Buy Catalogue

Lot Description

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER (b. 1923)
‘Chair/Chair’ An Oak, Burl Wood and Cowhide Chair, 1987/90
39 in. (99 cm.) high, 37¼ in. (95.3 cm.) wide, 50 in. (127 cm.) deep
signed on crossbar Richard Artschwager 65/100 1990
Lot Notes

cf. Exhibition catalogue, Richard Artschwager Complete Multiples, New York, Brooke Alexander Editions, 1991, fig. 19.
C. and P. Fiell, eds., 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p. 587.

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER (b. 1923)

Marc Newson Felt Chair at Christie’s

Marc Newson Felt Chair at Christie's

Marc Newson Felt Chair at Christie’s

Marc Newson is becoming a regular at Christie’s. On September 16, 2008 there is another Felt Chair on sale.

Estimated £6,000 – £8,000 ($11,250 – $15,000)
Sale 5340 interiors – 20th century edition
16 September 2008 London, South Kensington

MARC NEWSON (b. 1963)
FELT CHAIR designed 1989, limited edition 93/99, 2005, chromed steel and FRB
83cm. high

At Christie’s

Update:
At this sale the Price Realized was: £6,250 ($11,219)

In March the same chair realized £10,625 ($21,091)

Recession?

One Good Chair: Winner Pandanus Lounge Chair

Pandanus Black
Jessica Konawicz, the designer, comments:

I aimed to design a lounge chair that is unique and beautiful, made of a single material that is renewable and biodegradable, is easily and efficiently manufactured, addresses the way people relax, and utilizes stacking for transportation.

Pandanus’s name and form were inspired by the leaves and fruit of the Pandanus Tree. The spirals created by the leaves reminded me of chairs stacked on top of one another. The fruit looks like little pods, which are curvaceous and colorful. By tracing over the fruit I found the most intriguing shapes. The challenge was to turn one shape into a form, which would be relaxing for a person to sit on. This lounge chair is not intended to fall asleep in rather for actively relaxing, meaning the user would be engaged in some activity like reading, listening to music, or having coffee with friends.

Pandanus Stacked

My goals for the chair were derived from the idea of making it sustainable in multiple ways,from the cellulose based plastic material, which is renewable and biodegradable, to the low energy manufacturing process, and the ability for the chair to stack to optimize space for storage and transportation.

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One Good Chair Award Winner: Posi+ive Lounge Chair

Jittasak Narknisorn

Posi+ive Lounge Chair

I started by finding a way to form a nice clean and comfortable shape with a piece of paper. Because I believe if I can do it in a simple way, it will be easy to make in an industrial system.

The seat was designed on simple rectangular bent plywood with four plus shapes cut through. This design is minimize waste material and allowed the plywood to form curves and bend in more directions to create a nice shape with more ergonomic support.

The legs are one steel round bar. They continue upwards to make armrests for more comfort. The two back legs are positioned to make the chair stackable by taking advantage of the cuts through the seat.

The cushion is made from wool felt fabric. It is the same shape as the seat (rectangular with plus shapes cut through) so it also has minimal waste.

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