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Eero Aarnio Cup Chair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:44:05 +0000

Designer: Eero Aarnio

Designed: 1962

The Eero Aarnio Cup Chair was created by the designer with the same name in 1962. The cup chair is made of hardened fiber glass resin with one round leg, suitable for bars, kitchens and reception areas. As the name says, it has the shape of a cup and the back is very comfortable for your back bone. It comes in various external colors and the interior can have different leather finishing. Dimensions: Depth: 60.00cm, Width: 60.00cm, Height: 70.00cm, Seat Height: 47.00cm.

Chicago armchair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:25:45 +0000

Designer: angelo mangiarotti

Designed: 1983

The Chicago armchair was designed by Angelo Mangiarotti in 1983. The chair is basically a monoblock of reinforced glass fibre. The form is very ergonomic with curves that match the body forms.

The Egg

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:40:18 +0000

Designer: Arne Jacobsen

Designed: 1958

The Egg was designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 and manufactured by Fritz Hansen. It has a very comfy shell made of polyirethane foam with a glass fibre reinforcement covered in fabric or leather. It has a n 4-star base in injection moulded aluminium and the seat and back have a stainless steel structure. DIMENSIONS: Depth: 79 (95) cm; Width: 86 cm; Height: 107 cm; Total weight: 18.1 kg

Coconut Chair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:03:23 +0000

Designer: George Nelson

Designed: 1959

The Coconut chair was designed by Geroge Nelson and introduced by Herman Miller in 1955. It has the shape of a coconut slice and a chromed tubular steel base. The seat is made of fibreglass-reinforced plastic and covered in a one-piece foam rubber, upholstered with a leather cushion. What differs from a coconut is the color: the interior is black and the exterior is white. Another defining characteristic is the simplicity and the use of minimum of materials. Dimensions: 1040 830 x H 835 mm

La Chaise

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:00:34 +0000

Designer: Charles Eames

Designed: 1948

Le Chaise was designed by Charles Eames in 1948 and it has evolved from a design made by the architect Eero Saarinen a year earlier. It has a voluptuous organic form molded in fiberglass for a flexible seating. It’s very stylish and suitable for reception areas, galleries or residences. Dimensions: H 34.25″ D 35.5″ W 53″. Seat Height 15.5″ (Lowest point)

Ball Chair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:00:11 +0000

Designer: Eero Aarnio

Designed: 1966

The Ball Chair (also known as Globe Chair) was designed by Eero Aarnio in 1966 and hand made by him. In 1966 the Ball Chair was presented at the international furniture fair in Cologne and it was the sensation of the fair. It’s a very unconventional shaped chair – it looks like a hollowed out ball, fixed on a leg. Sitting in its interior makes you feel like in a “room within a room”, having your own privacy, in a calm atmosphere, isolated from noise. However, the chair can turn around its own axis, which gives a choice to the user: turn around and exclude yourself from the world around you, or face the room and the people in it. The Vitra Design Museum notes: “It is something between a piece of furniture and a piece of architecture and at the same time embodies both the mobile and the established, the fixed.” It’s completely cushioned in fabric.

Tulip chair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:59:29 +0000

Designer: Eero Saarinen

Designed: 1958

The Tulip chair was designed by the Finnish-born designer Eero Saarinen who was always in search of the “unity of a design”. He designed the tulip chair in 1956, being one of the first fiberglass chairs. It’s a single-legged chair made of fiberglass-reinforced resin with a comfy cushion covered with fabric or leather in various colors. Dimensions: 50 cm width, 56 cm diameter and 80 cm height.