9 Iconic Chair Designs from the 1920s – 2000s
This writer has documented a series of iconic chair designs in every decade since the 1920s. To complete the series, this article spotlights my personal chair of choice from each decade.1920sIn the 1920s, cantilevered chairs and tubular steel constructions predominated chair design.LC7 Swivel Chair: for its elegant silhouette.Inspired by a simple office chair, the LC7 Swivel Chair was designed in 1927 by French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand for her apartment in Saint-Sulpice, Paris. The LC7 was later integrated with the now famous LC collection, a series co-signed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand.LC7 Swivel Chair.LC7 Swivel Chair.Images © Cassina.RELATED: 10 Iconic Chair Designs from the 1920s1930sThe 1930s saw experimentation with the tensile qualities of wood.Isokon Short Chair: for its appealing anthropomorphic characteristics.Designed by Marcel Breuer, the Isokon Short Chair was first produced in 1937. Highly anticipated due to its more manageable size, this smaller version failed to achieve the stature of its longer sibling. Nevertheless, the Isokon Short Chair became a much-loved classic.Isokon Short Chair.Isokon Short Chair with seat pad.Image © 2016 Isokon Plus.1940sLater in the 1940s, Charles and Ray Eames would maximise the advancements made in plastics during World War II.Eames Moulded Plastic Chairs: for their iconic simplicity.In the late 1940s, the Eameses wished to create high-quality and inexpensive fur...
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