vitra | gehry wiggle side chair | natural
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Vitra is a Swiss company dedicated to improving the quality of homes, offices and public spaces through the power of design.
At top3 by design, our Vitra collection focuses on the smaller pieces that bring design history, personality and joy into everyday spaces.
From iconic clocks and decorative objects to trays, tools and thoughtful accessories, Vitra has a wonderful ability to make even the most functional items feel special. These are pieces that add character to a room, whether as a finishing touch, a gift, or the beginning of a lifelong collection.
We also have access to the wider Vitra range and can order any Vitra product for you, including furniture, home office pieces and the beautiful Akari Lighting Sculptures collection by Isamu Noguchi.
Click for more ideas from Frank Gehry (designer)Frank Gehry, born 1929 in Toronto, Canada, earned a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California before studying urban planning at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.
In 1962 he founded the architectural firm Frank Gehry & Associates in Los Angeles. He designed the cardboard furniture series Easy Edges between 1969-72. Over the years he has taught at several universities, including Harvard and Yale, where he served as Charlotte-Davenport-Professorship of Architecture (1982, 1985, 1987-89) and where he still teaches.
Gehry has received numerous honorary doctorates from institutions including the University of Toronto, the University of Southern California, Yale University, Harvard University and the University of Edinburgh.
Projects for Vitra:
1994 Vitra Center (Vitra's Headquarters), Birsfelden near Basel
1989 Vitra Design Museum and manufacturing facility, Gehryās first buildings in Europe, Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein
Dimensions: 61 x 35 x 87cm high | seat height 43cm
Material: cardboard
Product Description
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, architect Frank Gehry reportedly noticed a pile of corrugated cardboard outside his Los Angeles office and began experimenting with this humble, everyday material. By layering and gluing sheets in alternating directions, he discovered he could create something surprisingly strong, durable and wonderfully sculptural.
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The result was his groundbreakingĀ Easy Edges furniture collection of 1972, including the playful Wiggle Chair. Its extraordinary, ribbon-like silhouette looks more like a work of art than something you would actually sit on, yet it is remarkably robust and comfortable. The collection became such an unexpected success that Gehry withdrew it from production, uncomfortable with being celebrated as a furniture designer rather than an architect.
He later handed over the production rights to Vitra, who continue to manufacture the Wiggle Chair today. A wonderful example of how an ordinary, discarded material, a little curiosity and an unconventional imagination can create an extraordinary design icon.
Structure:Ā Ā corrugated cardboard.
Edges:Ā Ā hardboard.
Note:Ā Ā the hardboard panels are undyed and may therefore exhibit slight variations in their natural tone.
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