Mystery Chair [ID Found!]
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I've been using a chair in a few of my models/renders (see attachment) and I would really like to know if the design is based on a real-world product.
I've looked at the big-name manufacturers and my web searchers have all drawn a blank.
Does anyone recognise this mystery chair?
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It's a sort of 'Barcelona Chair' by Mies van der Rohe... http://www.gomodern.co.uk/store/barcelona-chair.html but a bastardized version with an 'Eames' base...
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To be honest I think it looks more like a cross between the Olivier chair and the Eames Lobby chair.
Thanks for the suggestion though
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Ther is not on this crazy poster!
By Jeremy Dumm at Designboom
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And seems not in the 1000 chairs by Tashen
take this from Mies van der Rohe
By Eleen Grey
by Giovanni Tommaso Garattoni
+This
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I think that I might be onto something.
I have a suspicion that it's a re-imagining of the Ari chair by Arne Norell:
It has the same distinctive undulating seat shape.
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I've inadvertently stumbled onto the correct identity for this chair and solved the mystery.
It was a bit weird really as I was looking for something completely different - I was searching for interesting 70s and 80s gadgets for the latest speed modelling challenge and an image of the chair popped up during a Google images search:
@unknownuser said:
Chair F978
Geoffrey Harcourt, 1935, London, United Kingdom
Year of design - 1968
Manufacturer - Artifort, Netherlands
Materials - Structure polyurethane foam upholstered in Super Bultex, base consists of a painted aluminum disc
Dimensions - L70 x A69 x C75 cm
The F978 chair was designed by Geoffrey Harcourt em1968.
The structure of polyurethane brown and round base in lacquered aluminum in brown are the main features of this model. The chair is upholstered in woven wool-colored orange.
Harcourt has won many awards during his career and in 1978 received the title of 'Royal Designer for Industry.''
Source: www.zeppelinvintage.com
Best of all, it still appears to be in production: www.artifort.com/en-gb/collection/fauteuils/page_product.aspx?id=1424
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