Полагаем (на самом деле, нет), что вам не терпится узнать продолжение истории о метаморфозах, которым подвергалось офисное кресло в 20-м веке. 1950-е были периодом относительного затишья: вопросы эргономики, еще недавно занимавшие умы инженеров военного производства, были временно забыты, и основная конкуренция между дизайнерами разворачивалась в эстетической плоскости. Симпатичных моделей было немало, но мы хотим выделить несколько наиболее примечательных, появившихся по разные стороны Атлантики и выпускающихся до сих пор.
В Европе считаем важным отметить работы датчан: деревянно-металлический «вращающийся» стул Ханса Вегнера, выпущенный в 1955 г. и полюбившийся пользователям за счет поясничной опоры, и кресла из линейки «Series 7», в том же году спроектированные Арне Якобсеном.
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Since our last post on the evolution of the office chair, you must’ve been sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what happened next (JK). The 1950s did not see any breakthroughs as many of the pieces largely capitalized on previous designs. Fueled by engineering innovations of WWII, ergonomics had yet to find its way into civil technologies as designers tended to compete in the field of aesthetics. Numerous tasteful chairs were produced in that decade, but we’d like to highlight a few especially remarkable ones that originated on both sides of the Atlantic and are available to this day.
Let’s start with Europe and two important works by the great Danes. In 1955, Hans Wegner designed his would-be iconic “Swivel” chair that combined steel and wood and offered its users much in the way of lumbar support. The very same year, Arne Jacobsen came up with his minimalistic Series 7 chairs that are just as eye-catching now even though the castors have changed.
(photos here and below: arnejacobsen.com, ma-petite-boutique.fr, maxfieldla.com, bukowskis.com, modernity.se, fritzhansen.com, hermanmiller.com, eames.com, monc13.com, eamesoffice.com, phillips.com, wright20.com)
В Европе считаем важным отметить работы датчан: деревянно-металлический «вращающийся» стул Ханса Вегнера, выпущенный в 1955 г. и полюбившийся пользователям за счет поясничной опоры, и кресла из линейки «Series 7», в том же году спроектированные Арне Якобсеном.
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Since our last post on the evolution of the office chair, you must’ve been sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what happened next (JK). The 1950s did not see any breakthroughs as many of the pieces largely capitalized on previous designs. Fueled by engineering innovations of WWII, ergonomics had yet to find its way into civil technologies as designers tended to compete in the field of aesthetics. Numerous tasteful chairs were produced in that decade, but we’d like to highlight a few especially remarkable ones that originated on both sides of the Atlantic and are available to this day.
Let’s start with Europe and two important works by the great Danes. In 1955, Hans Wegner designed his would-be iconic “Swivel” chair that combined steel and wood and offered its users much in the way of lumbar support. The very same year, Arne Jacobsen came up with his minimalistic Series 7 chairs that are just as eye-catching now even though the castors have changed.
(photos here and below: arnejacobsen.com, ma-petite-boutique.fr, maxfieldla.com, bukowskis.com, modernity.se, fritzhansen.com, hermanmiller.com, eames.com, monc13.com, eamesoffice.com, phillips.com, wright20.com)
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Полагаем (на самом деле, нет), что вам не терпится узнать продолжение истории о метаморфозах, которым подвергалось офисное кресло в 20-м веке. 1950-е были периодом относительного затишья: вопросы эргономики, еще недавно занимавшие умы инженеров военного производства, были временно забыты, и основная конкуренция между дизайнерами разворачивалась в эстетической плоскости. Симпатичных моделей было немало, но мы хотим выделить несколько наиболее примечательных, появившихся по разные стороны Атлантики и выпускающихся до сих пор.
В Европе считаем важным отметить работы датчан: деревянно-металлический «вращающийся» стул Ханса Вегнера, выпущенный в 1955 г. и полюбившийся пользователям за счет поясничной опоры, и кресла из линейки «Series 7», в том же году спроектированные Арне Якобсеном.
———
Since our last post on the evolution of the office chair, you must’ve been sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what happened next (JK). The 1950s did not see any breakthroughs as many of the pieces largely capitalized on previous designs. Fueled by engineering innovations of WWII, ergonomics had yet to find its way into civil technologies as designers tended to compete in the field of aesthetics. Numerous tasteful chairs were produced in that decade, but we’d like to highlight a few especially remarkable ones that originated on both sides of the Atlantic and are available to this day.
Let’s start with Europe and two important works by the great Danes. In 1955, Hans Wegner designed his would-be iconic “Swivel” chair that combined steel and wood and offered its users much in the way of lumbar support. The very same year, Arne Jacobsen came up with his minimalistic Series 7 chairs that are just as eye-catching now even though the castors have changed.
(photos here and below: arnejacobsen.com, ma-petite-boutique.fr, maxfieldla.com, bukowskis.com, modernity.se, fritzhansen.com, hermanmiller.com, eames.com, monc13.com, eamesoffice.com, phillips.com, wright20.com)
В Европе считаем важным отметить работы датчан: деревянно-металлический «вращающийся» стул Ханса Вегнера, выпущенный в 1955 г. и полюбившийся пользователям за счет поясничной опоры, и кресла из линейки «Series 7», в том же году спроектированные Арне Якобсеном.
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Since our last post on the evolution of the office chair, you must’ve been sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what happened next (JK). The 1950s did not see any breakthroughs as many of the pieces largely capitalized on previous designs. Fueled by engineering innovations of WWII, ergonomics had yet to find its way into civil technologies as designers tended to compete in the field of aesthetics. Numerous tasteful chairs were produced in that decade, but we’d like to highlight a few especially remarkable ones that originated on both sides of the Atlantic and are available to this day.
Let’s start with Europe and two important works by the great Danes. In 1955, Hans Wegner designed his would-be iconic “Swivel” chair that combined steel and wood and offered its users much in the way of lumbar support. The very same year, Arne Jacobsen came up with his minimalistic Series 7 chairs that are just as eye-catching now even though the castors have changed.
(photos here and below: arnejacobsen.com, ma-petite-boutique.fr, maxfieldla.com, bukowskis.com, modernity.se, fritzhansen.com, hermanmiller.com, eames.com, monc13.com, eamesoffice.com, phillips.com, wright20.com)
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