Soft decoration designers are often asked a question, if you want to change a piece of furniture in the room, it will make the overall atmosphere of the room change, what should be chose to change?
The answer is usually "chair".
So today we are going to learn about what are the classic masters chair in the history ~
1.Wassily Chair
Designer: Marcel Breuer
Design year: 1925
The Wassily Chair, created in 1925, was designed by the well-known Hungarian designer Marcel Breuer. This is Breuer's first pole chair, and also the first pole chair in the world.
Wassily chair is light and graceful in shape, simple in structure and has very good performance. With strong machine aesthetic color, the main frame is formed by welding, which makes the design more like a machine. Especially, the belt is used as the handrail, which is completely similar to the conveyor belt on the machine. The backrest is suspended on a horizontal axis, which adds a sense of movement on the machine.
The Wassily chair, inspired by a bicycle called Adler, is the first pole chair design record in the world, in honor of the master of abstract art Wassily. Kandinsky, Marshall's teacher, named the chair the Wassily chair. Wassily chair has been called the symbol of the 20th century steel tube chair, pioneered modern furniture. This new form of furniture soon swept the world.
1.Chandigarh chair
Designer: Pierre Jeanneret
Design year: around 1955
Chandigarh chair is the most photographed chair in recent years. Its name comes from a utopian new city in India. Around 1955, the famous Swedish designer Pierre Gennaray was asked by Le Corbusier to aid the construction of Chandigarh City in India, and also asked to design a chair for civil servants in government buildings.
Sadly, the Chandigarh chair was largely abandoned as locals preferred modern design. Abandoned in mountains all over the city, it is often sold as scrap for just a few rupees.
In 1999, the decades-long Chandigarh chair, which had been condemned to death, saw its fortunes change dramatically. A French businessman has bought a large number of abandoned chairs and refurbished them for auction. That's why the Chandigal chair is back in the picture.
Later, Cassina, a famous Italian furniture brand, used the same material combination of teak and vine to reprint the Chandigarh Chair and named it 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair.
Nowadays, Chandigarh chairs are highly sought after by collectors, designers and furniture lovers, and have become one of the common items in many stylish and tasteful home designs.
1.Barcelona Chair
Designer: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Design year: 1929
The famous Barcelona chair that was created in 1929 by the German master Mies van der Rohe, is a classic of modern furniture design, regarded as one of the most classic chairs of the twentieth century, and has been collected by many world-class museums.
The Barcelona chair was designed by Mies specifically for the German pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona Exposition, which was also presented as a political gift from Germany to the King and Queen of Spain who came to inaugurate the ceremony.
The main structure of the Barcelona chair is the real leather cushion that supported by of the stainless steel frame, which has a beautiful structure and smooth lines. At that time, the Barcelona chair designed by Mies was hand-ground, whose design caused a great sensation at that time. This chair is also in the collections of many museums.
3.Egg Chair
Designer: Arne Jacobsen
Design year: 1958
Egg chair, designed by Jacobson in 1958. From then on, it became the model and sample of Danish household design. The egg chair was designed for the lobby and reception area of the Royal Hotel Copenhagen, and can still be seen in the special room 606.
The egg chair, so called because of its resemblance to smooth, broken eggshells, is also a modified version of the Georgian armchair, with a certain international flair.
The egg chair has a unique shape that creates an undisturbed space for the user -- perfect for lying down or waiting, just like home. Egg Chair is designed according to human body engineering, the person sits up comfortable, elegant and easy.
1.Diamond Chair
Designer: Harry Bertoia
Design year: 1950
In the 1950s, sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia designed furniture that made in the United States. The most successful of these designs is the diamond chair. Diamond chair is the earliest chair made of metal welding, because the shape liking diamond is named. It is more like a sculpture, a work of art, not only in material and form, but also in manner.
The designer actually used it as a modern sculpture. Betoia Bertoia once said, "When you look at the chairs, they are just air, like sculptures interwoven with the whole space." So no matter where it is placed, it can emphasize the concept of space very well.
In fact, there are hundreds of master chairs. Today we just share these 5 master chairs firstly. Hope you will enjoy these chairs.
Post time: Nov-02-2022