Over the last few weeks, I've been up late and wrestling with the roll-out of the Zip Tie Lounger, now available on OpenDesk. Specific design aside, the whole project was an experiment with process, looking into ways to design, distribute, and build physical products by moving around information instead of matter. For most of history, moving around matter wasn't much of an issue, as the limits of horse-drawn transportation limited any practical shipping radius. The clipper ship, then the railroad, then the truck, and now the container ship (or airplane) gradually expanded those radii until they encompassed the whole world. In the course of my research, I mostly focused on IKEA as the modern extension of all these ideas, as they have brought flat-pack furniture to perhaps its truest expression of form. Along the way, they stole ideas from the best, combining big-box retail and old-fashioned catalog sales to bring their retail model to maximum efficiency. But IKEA, Sears Roebuck, and even OpenDesk have roots that run far deeper, back to the early part of the 19th century.
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El respaldo está elaborado con varas curvadas a mano que a su vez copian la forma exterior del respaldo. El asiento ofrece la alternativa de ser decorado con diferentes relieves. A menudo se vendía para su uso en restaurantes y cafés, especialmente en América del Sur. La silla se puede desmontar en sus partes individuales, permitiendo ser enviadas en grandes cantidades ocupando poco espacio.
Explore Michael Thonet History: From his bentwood revolution to global recognition. Dive into the legacy of a furniture design mastermind.
‘Model 825’ bentwood rocking chair with wicker seat- and backrest for the lovers of classy styles designed by Michael Thonet in the 1900s. The wooden…
Hoje resolvi procurar várias imagens sobre os móveis e principalmente cadeiras que Michael Thonet fez com qualidade, beleza pensando a frente de sua época. Fiquei algumas horas procurando essas imagens, e não são poucas, para fazer aqui um acervo, detive meu tempo nisso pois estava querend o fazer isso a tempo, pois A-M-O ele (uma…
Michael Thonet. Chair No. 14. 1881. Gebrüder Thonet, Koritschan, Moravia (Czech Republic). Beechwood and cane. 36 5/8 x 16 15/16 x 18 3/4" (93 x 43 x 47.6 cm). Gift of Thonet GmbH, Frankenberg, Germany. 461.2008. Architecture & Design
Ok, FINALLY, here are the top 9 to fill out the top 20 of my Instacrack posts. (see post #1 HERE ) #currentobsession #th...
Sold: No. 17 'Long John' dining chairs by Thonet, 1960s | #149924
Sold: Antique model 9702 chaise longue by Michael Thonet for Thonet, 1920s | #159591
Frame in curved beech stained in walnut, backrest and seat in original vienna straw. This rocking chair is in good vintage condition with normal sign…
Chair by Michael Thonet, c. 1840/1842
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Sold: 11 x B25 bentwood dining chair by Michael Thonet for Drevounia, 1950s | #69714
The rigorous style of Michael Anastassiades defines the new SUGILOO bent wood chair with plywood or upholstered seat, proposed with and without wooden backrest. A strongly contemporary proposal in its pure and essential form: the light structure is given by the encounter of curves that, like the stroke of a pencil on the sheet, draw
Ahead of next week's Milan furniture fair we look at design's bottom line…
Michael Thonet, c. 1881
Rare stool in bentwood and cane designed by Michael Thonet. Produced by Thonet in Austria. Available at Studio Schalling
