It's impressive enough that this chair is made from a single piece of plywood. It's outright astonishing to learn it was designed and made in the 1930s. According to the UK's Victoria & Albert Museum:
It pales in comparison to the other horrors of WW2, but the art and design that came out of the 1930's and how forward looking so much of it was always makes me sad that so much creativity was snuffed out by a second half decade of hell on Earth. Wood Veneer
Why are you comparing this chair to Eames' chair? This chair only requires the plywood to be bent in one plane; what made Eames' work important is that he bent the ply into saddle like shapes.
Dee An, if you look carefully at Eames' iconic chair and ottoman you will see each piece of plywood is bent in one plane, just like Summers' chair. One might argue that Summers' subsequent manipulation of his single piece of plywood is more sophisticated than what Eames did with each individual piece of his chair.
Test it out; it only takes a single click to unsubscribe
FLUID (former LUNAR Europe) is an award-winning creative design and innovation agency located in Mun...
BMD is a multidisciplinary brand and design studio. At BMD, we are here to move organizations forwar...
Astro Studios of California launched in 1994, and since then our multidisciplinary teams have design...
ECCO Design is a full service product design and innovation firm. We are a team of designers, resear...
Pulse Design Group is an award-winning product design and innovation consultancy located in Los Ange...
Sprout Studios is an award-winning, concept-to-launch design studio deeply rooted in technology and ...
Tactile is a product and UX design firm founded in 2004. Blending physical and digital design, we cr...
Don't have an account? Join Now
Already have an account? Sign In
By creating a Core77 account you confirm that you accept the Terms of Use
Please enter your email and we will send an email to reset your password.
Bending Mdf Test it out; it only takes a single click to unsubscribe