Wiggle Side Chair
Wiggle Side Chair is a seat piece of furniture which of the Canadian - US architect and designer Frank Gehry was designed. As part of his Easy Edges cardboard furniture series, which he developed from 1969 to 1972 , Gehry brought out the chair in 1972. Since 1986, the Wiggle Side Chair has been manufactured and distributed by the Vitra company as one of four remaining models .
background
At the beginning of his career, Frank Gehry built conventionally. Towards the end of the 1970s, however, he changed his architectural design language by beginning to use supposedly “poor” materials such as plywood , corrugated iron and even corrugated cardboard in furniture construction . Gehry is now known for the use of unusual materials. Since 1962 he has been running his own architectural office in Los Angeles under the name Gehry Partners, LLP. During his professional career, he worked several times for the Swiss home and office furniture manufacturer Vitra. His well-known building projects include the Vitra Design Museum as well as a production hall and Vitra's headquarters in Birsfelden . In addition, between 1969 and 1972 he also designed the Easy Edges cardboard furniture series, which is extremely noise-absorbing in rooms thanks to its surface texture. In this context, the Wiggle Side Chair was also created. The aim of the Easy Edges furniture series was to create affordable furniture for everyone, but Gehry ultimately failed.
design
The Wiggle Side Chair stands out due to its aesthetic and sculptural design. Gehry has designed a piece of seating furniture that offers good seating comfort, but is also robust and stable. The seat is curved into the stand. Corrugated cardboard is used for the backrest, seat and structure, and hardboard for the cheeks. The cardboard consists of several layers, which are cut into shape. The sturdy side of the chair is made of hardboard. The surface and color are kept in a natural wood shade.
Dimensions
The total height of the chair is 87 cm and the total length is 61 cm. The seat height is 43 cm. The seat width is 35 cm.
maintenance
Since cardboard is used as the base material, the chair must not get wet. However, the box can be dusted or vacuumed. The cheeks, however, can be wiped with a soft, slightly damp cloth.
Design museums (selection)
The Wiggle Side Chair is shown today as an exhibit in numerous national and international design museums. a .:
- Design Museum London
- Kunstgewerbemuseum , National Museums in Berlin
- Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (MAKK)
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City
- Vitra Design Museum
Trivia
The Vitra Design Museum sells a miniature wiggle side chair as a souvenir on a scale of 1 to 6.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Wiggle Side Chair , vitra.com, accessed on November 2, 2017
- ↑ a b c Wiggle Side Chair , designwissen.net, accessed on November 2, 2017
- ↑ Albus, Volker; Bley, Thomas S .; Borka, Max; Erlhoff, Michael; Fogelberg, Karianne; Gleininger, Andrea; from Heyl, Anke; Horntrich, Günter; Mácel, Otakar; Mehlhose, Andrea; Siebertz, Marco; Spohr, Kathrin; Wellner, Martin; van Wijk, Charlotte: Modern furniture: 150 years of design - Modern furniture: 150 ans de design - Modern furniture: 150 years of design . HF Ullmann, Potsdam 2013, ISBN 978-3-8480-0030-2 , p. 351 .
- ↑ a b c d Wiggle Side Chair , smow.de, accessed on November 2, 2017
- ↑ Wiggle Side Chair , qvest.de, accessed on November 2, 2017
- ↑ Wiggle Side Chair , imgrum.org, accessed November 3, 2017
- ↑ Wiggle Side Chair (Inv. No. 1992,1) ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Photo by Saturia Linke, freunde-des-kunstgewerbemuseums.de, accessed on November 3, 2017
- ↑ a b Wiggle Side Chair , db-artmag.de, accessed on November 3, 2017
- ↑ Museum for Applied Arts Cologne: From Aalto to Zumthor Furniture by Architects , smow.com, accessed on November 3, 2017
- ↑ Wiggle Side Chair , collectiononline.design-museum.de, accessed on November 3, 2017
- ↑ Miniature Wiggle Side Chair , shop.design-museum.de, accessed on November 3, 2017
