Famous Contemporary Chair Designers

From sculptural furniture to european inspired details their insights are more than enough inspiration to outfit your home with the furniture of your dreams.

Famous contemporary chair designers.

Many of these chair designs employed cantilevered seats and they were copied widely in both the united states and europe during the 1920s and 30s. Inspired by the designs and materials used by the eameses jacobson soon began to move from the world of architecture to furniture design in the 1950s delivering a variety of stylish and light chairs of which notable pieces such as the egg chair would stand the test of time. Affordable pieces for lofts apartments and more. The 1925 wassily chair named after the abstract artist wassily kandinsky was one of breuer s first successes.

Today the designer may be better known today for his chairs than for his architecture. Furniture design by famous architects. Jump to navigation jump to search. Creating a piece of furniture for royalty at the time when many others were thinking of designing things for the common man was something only ludwig mies van der rohe could do.

Affordable modern furniture is scaled for small spaces mingling timeless beauty with contemporary twists. This is a list of notable people whose primary occupation is furniture design a. Paulistano armchair by paulo mendes da rocha. Contemporary finishes and informed slightly dramatic silhouettes.

Marcel breuer 1902 1981 like ludwig mies van der rohe designed many tubular steel chairs for the bauhaus in germany. List of furniture designers. A reproduction of the wassily chair in black saddle leather by kardiel is available to buy on amazon. Most furniture typically features minimalist lines and unique materials giving you a fresh perspective on your floor plan.

Fred baier born. Egg chair by arne jacobsen of all of arne jacobsen s iconic designs none is more famous or covetable than his 1958 egg chair which he conceived as part of his great opus the sas royal hotel complex. Designed for urban living. Danish architect and designer arne jacobson is best known for his iconic egg shaped chair that has seemingly been appropriated into other design trends throughout the years.

Eero aarnio born 1932 robert adam 1728 1792 thomas affleck 1745 1795 davis allen 1916 1999 jean avisse 1723 1796 b. The modern offshoot of angelo cappenlini purveyor of french inspired furniture think louis and regency styles opera contemporary enjoys all the history of its predecessor s brianza heritage which extends to the 1880s but with a renewed aesthetic for the modern age.