Thonet Reopens Shop in Vienna

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Thonets Wi(e)derkehr

“Mitte April eröffnet im Stilwerk ein Thonet-Showroom. Die alte deutsch-wienerische Marke kehrt nach Jahren zurück. Ideen und Erfinder-geist Michael Thonets sollen aufleben – auch dank junger, österreichischer Möbel-Designer.” Text/Bild © DIE PRESSE, 2013

Redesigning Thonet by Alessandro Mendini, 1979

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Alessandro Mendini, Redesigning Thonet, Studio Alchimia, 1979

Orange S5001 Sofa by James Irvine for Thonet

Orange S5001 Sofa by James Irvine for Thonet

Orange S5001 Sofa by James Irvine for Thonet

Via Thonet Germany

This is post number 97 in an attempt to publish 100 Orange Chairs for Inauguration Day.

Thonets

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Michael Thonet, Chair No. 14 (1859) Via Phaidon Design Classics:

Probably the single most commercially successful chair ever produced (50 million sold between 1859 and 1930), No. 14 embodies the radical developments of Michael Thonet’s pioneering steam bending process, which paved the way for mass-produced furniture