Chair One Grcic
His experiences in england as stirring his creative potential.
Chair one grcic. The audacious design of chair one is based on very geometric lines and industrial materials. After training as a cabinet maker at parnham college in england he studied design at the royal college of art in london from 1988 1990. Chairone has intriguing looks and comforta welcome alternative to chairs that look comfortable but arent. Legs in anodised or painted aluminium.
Modeled from die cast aluminum and constructed like a soccer ball chairone was designed to be more void than solid to use the least material to create the most product. Given the chance to work with aluminium casting i thought that i should take it all the way. Chairone design konstantin grcic 2003 chairone is a truly unique seat. A number of flat planes assembled at angles to each other creating the three dimensional form.
Seat in die cast aluminium treated with sputtered fluorinated titanium and painted in polyester powder. He credits his time in london for helping develop his individual style describing. The stackable chair one was created in 2003 by the german designer konstantin grcic for the italian manufacturer magis. Nose jive three sixty charity project puppy love orient express installation stylepark in residence on off exhibition haus der kunst munich 2006.
Grcic worked with british designer jasper morrison in the late 1980s until 1990 when he began designing furniture for scp one of londons largest design stores. This was a wonderful project to work on says grcic admitting that his relative youth and naivete led him down unexplored pathways with eyes wide open. These materials allow a usage to the exterior. Chair one stacking is offered in a 2 pack with the same color.
Chairone is constructed just like a football. The seat and the feet are in aluminum. Discover the nex color of the famous chair one by kostantin grcic. Chair one not only looks cool it is very practical and stackable up to 8 chairs.
A luminous and elegant yellox. The seat is made of die cast aluminium the surface was treated with fluoridated titanium and polyester lacquer. Konstantin grcic was born in munich germany in 1965. The shell is a structure of flat geometric shapes that join up around the edges like a soccer ball.
The series is also available with a concrete base 4 star base or stool. I think my approach was a mixture of naivety and bluntness.