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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Possibly because chairs are furnishings that seem most representative of the curves/angles of the human form – can be rather sensual.
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why are chairs so much cooler than desks or any other piece of furniture?
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