Designed for function, not decoration

modern post-war Scandinavian furniture

has an organic quality:

referencing natural elements

and the human form –

made to serve the purpose for which they were designed.

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The pieces are of quiet, unadorned beauty

Simple.   Minimal.   Practical.

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Of Scandinavian Design Aesthetics

Chairs  

(images from danishdesignstore.com):

by Arne Jacobsen

– key figure of the minimalist Danish style

– created a series of iconic chairs during the 1950s

Egg chair

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Ant chair

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Lily armchair

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Lounge chair

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Swan chair

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by Charles and Ray Eames

– husband and wife design duo

La chaise, 1948

– for sitting and lying

– designed for a Museum of Modern Art competition

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by Borge Mogensen

Hunting chair, 1950

– designed for Copenhagen Cabinetmaker’s Guild

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Spanish chair, 1958

– inspired by chairs of Moorish design influences

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by Hiromichi Konno

Rin chair

– references a bird’s nest

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by Thomas Pedersen

Stingray rocker,  2002

– designed for varied sitting positions

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J110 chair

– a high backed dining chair

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by Komplot:  Boris Berlin and Poul Christiansen

The nobody chair

– made from textile over a frame, molded in one piece

– textile can be removed and can stand on its own

– can “remember” shape of chair frame

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by Hans Wegner

chair design impressario

Wishbone chair, 1949

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(image from lamodern):

Ox chair

– inspired by the art of Pablo Picasso and the Cubist Movement

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by Casey Dzierlenga

(image from remodelista.com):

Afustonna bleach maple rocker

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by Tadao Ando

The dream chair

– sculptural

– combines Scandinavian and Japanese aesthetics

– made solely of three-dimensional plywood

– Ando advocates for products to be made from one material

as respect for conservation and environmental concerns

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by Poul Volther

(image from fuleague.com):

Corona chair, 1958

–  the human spine

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