Sigurd Ressell

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Sigurd Ressell (born January 13, 1920 in Meldal , Norway ; † 2010 ) was a Norwegian interior and furniture designer . He was a representative of Scandinavian design .

Life

Sigurd Resell studied at the State School of Applied Arts in Oslo ( Statens Håndverks og Kunstindustriskole ) until 1947 . He opened his own studio around 1950 and designed for various customers and manufacturers, including the Danish furniture manufacturer Niels Vodder. From 1948 to 1968, Ressell designed interiors and furniture for the Norwegian furniture brand Rolf Rastad & Adolf Relling . Mention should be made here of the chairs 56/1 and 61/1 for the Bambi series from 1955, the Blinken armchair from 1956 and furniture for the expansion of the Norwegian Parliament in Stortingsbygningen in the 1950s. Resell also designed furniture for Fjernsynshuset (the building of the NRK station ) and Televerkets administrasjonsbygning (the administration building of the Norwegian telephone company) in Oslo.

In the 1960s, Ressell turned to experimenting with steel components in his furniture, which resulted in his Circle Armchair . Together with the designer Cato Mansrud he designed in 1965 for the furniture manufacturer Anders Grasaasen a chair made of steel and canvas components intended for use on uneven terrain, entitled "Irafas" ( Safari read backwards), for which he in 1966 at the Biennale for Industrial Design in Ljubljana won a gold medal. In the same year he received the award for good design from the Foundation Design og arkitektur Norge . He also designed a series of lights for the lamp manufacturer Høvik Lys that bears his name.

In 1968 Ressell became a freelance chief designer at the Norwegian furniture manufacturer Vatne Lenestolfabrikk . In 1970 he designed a hammock-like armchair for her with the name Blank Vals , which emerged as the most successful piece of furniture in an industrial designer competition. Vatne produced the seating furniture from 1971 under the new name Falcon Chair , which sold so well, especially in the USA, Japan, Germany and Australia, that Vatne was able to triple sales within two years.

The armchair was characterized by a clear construction and elegant lines. The body was made of canvas and was attached to four arms with sturdy metal hooks and a leather border. The ocher brown or black leather upholstery could then be placed on this suspension. The armchair was originally made with a chrome frame, but in 1974 it was given a lighter foot made of industrially bent beech, which was stained to look like rosewood. The matching footstool was always made in the same way.

With the popularity of the armchair, very similar products by imitators soon appeared on the market, such as the Danish superstar chair . With the patent rights, Vatme obtained the cessation of production and the withdrawal of the copies. As a result, the original armchair was sold worldwide in several editions for over 30 years.

The Oslo gallery Vognremissen honored Ressell in 1990 with the exhibition 30 Years of Sigurd Ressell .

Ressell died in 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Sigurd Ressell . In: pamono.com
  2. ↑ Interior designer Sigurd Resell . In: Norsk Telegrambyrå of December 30, 2009.
  3. ↑ Sigurd Resell, interiørarkitekt and møbeltegner. In: Norsk Kunstnerleksikon I − IV, som ble utgitt 1982–86.
  4. ↑ a b Armchair and stool by Vatne Møbler. 1970s, design by Sigurd Ressell. In: ZDF , Bares für Rares , objects from July 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ Eva Røyrane: Norske klassikarar til folke put prisar . In: Bergens Tidende of March 16, 2007, p. 7.
personal data
SURNAME Ressell, Sigurd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Resell, Sigurd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian furniture designer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Meldal , Norway
DATE OF DEATH 2010