Chair of the day: Knoll chair 132
Knoll’s Chair 132 was designed by Donald Knorr and entered in MoMA’s 1950 competition for low-cost furniture. The chair shared first prize.
The main body of the chair was made of aluminum. The legs are steel. It was manufactured by Knoll, but is now discontinued. The chair remains in Knoll’s online museum.
Do you think Chair 132 would make it to market if it were designed today?
6 Responses to “Chair of the day: Knoll chair 132”
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Posted by momsy on June 8th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Love it!
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Posted by Joe Posch on June 8th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Would it make it today? It HAS made it today! Check out Ron Arad’s Tom Vac chair for Vitra!
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Posted by Joe Posch on June 8th, 2009 at 10:06 am
PS – Which is super comfortable, undoubtably attributed to advanced in material technology (ie: flexible polypropylene).
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Posted by Jennifer on June 8th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Will do. Thanks, you are an encyclopedia of furniture knowledge. Amazing.
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Posted by Chair of the day: Vitra’s Tom Vac | Design Hole Online on June 8th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
[...] Arad designed this chair for Vitra. The Tom Vac chair is reminiscent of Donald Knorr’s Chair 132, which I wrote about last week. I think the plastic shell is the more comfortable of the two [...]
Not really – way to uncomfortable!