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A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. ~ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Mart Stam, Welded Gas Pipe Cantilever Chair

1926


Mart Stam, Cantivelered Chair (S 43)

1926


Ettore Sottsass: "Do you want to sit?"

1972/1974

-from "Metaphors"-


Ettore Sottsass: "or do you want a throne?"

1972/1974

-from "Metaphors"-


Charles Rennie Mackintosh Hillhouse Chair

1903/1904


Shiro Kuramata, Miss Blanche

1988

Shiro Kuramata, How High the Moon

1986


Shiro Kuramata, Glass Chair

1976


Paul Mc Carthy, Chair with Butt Plug

1978


Joseph Beuys, Fat Chair

1964


Bruno Munari, Singer Chair for Very Brief Visits

1945


Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs

1965

One and Three Chairs, 1965, is a work by Joseph Kosuth. An example of conceptual art, the piece consists of a chair, a photograph of this chair, and an enlarged dictionary definition of the word "chair". The photograph depicts the chair as it is actually installed in the room, and thus the work changes each time it is installed in a new venue.

Two elements of the work remain constant: a copy of a dictionary definition of the word "chair" and a diagram with instructions for installation. Both bear Kosuth's signature. Under the instructions, the installer is to choose a chair, place it before a wall, and take a photograph of the chair. This photo is to be enlarged to the size of the actual chair and placed on the wall to the left of the chair. Finally, a blow-up of the copy of the dictionary definition is to be hung to the right of the chair, its upper edge aligned with that of the photograph.


Allen Jones, Chair, Table and Hat Stand

1969

-detail-

Around 1970, the artist Allen Jones got a call from Stanley Kubrick. The film director had seen an exhibition in which Jones had shown some extraordinary and disturbing pieces of sculpture.

They consisted of highly realistic female figures wearing high-heeled leather boots, and little else except some skimpy bondage wear and the accessories required to transform them into, respectively, a Hat Stand, a Chair and a Table.

These were human and highly sexualised pieces of furniture. Kubrick thought they would be just the thing for a scene in a new film he was planning, A Clockwork Orange.

The trouble was, the director imagined that Jones would design his sets for no fee, just a credit. When I talked to Jones in his London


studio recently, he told me that Kubrick had said: "I'm a very famous film director, this will be seen all over the world and your name will be known.'

I held the phone away from my ear, I was just staggered anyone would say that. It showed an ego that dwarfed that of any artist I've known."

So Jones turned down the offer, and the pieces in question were produced by a set designer (though ironically, many continue to believe they were by Jones).

from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3668398/Allen-Jones-The-day-I-turned-down-Stanley-Kubrick.html

Charles Eames Shell Chair with Drawing by Saul Steinberg

ca. 1950


Ettore Sottsass, Flying Carpet

1972

Louise Bourgeois, Title Unknown

date unknown


Joe Rees, Neon Table and Chair

1975

Paul Tames Van den Berg, Neon Tube Chair

2005

for more: http://www.designboom.com/history/stilllife.html


Cini Boeri on her Ghost Chair, FIAM

1987


Tokujin Yoshioka on his The Invisibles Chair.


The Head of Oompa-Loompas

-in: Tim Burton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005-


Cini Boeri (with Tomu Katayanagi), Ghost, FIAM

1987


Tokujin Yoshioka, The Invisibles, Kartell

2010


Le Corbusier Petit Chair LC2

1929

Now in production for Cassina. In this image in its version with cute colors.


Jean Prouv, School Desk

1950's

Jean Prouv, Standard Chair

1934


Jean Prouv, Double School Desk Type Compass (No.850) for Ateliers

1952

Jean Prouv, Single Seat Desk

1950


Jean Prouv, Single Seat Desk

1950


Shiro Kuramata, Chair Wall

1970


Shiro Kuramata, Homage to Josef Hoffmann, Begin the Beguine

1985

Here Kuramata takes an origina Hoffmann chair, wraps it with steel wire and set the whole thing on fire.


Shiro Kuramata, Homage to Josef Hoffmann, Begin the Beguine

1985

Here the result, the fire destroyed the original and here you have the phantom of the Hoffmann chair wrapped with steel wire.

Bravo.


Shiro Kuramata, Hommage to Joseph Hoffman (Vol. 2)

1986

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