Glider Chair /Beuys-Series

Glider Chair speaks its own language, as regards both the design and the stories behind it.

Inspired by Origami, the aim was to design a sculptural, comfortable chair using uncompromising folding and bending. The chair is characterised by the contrast between the warm, organic seat-fold with its streamlined T-curve, and the cold, geometric armrests. The broad, many-facetted flat steel frame creates a dynamic experience, appearing almost invisible one moment, only to be imposing in the next. The tubular cantilever base with its curved bends creates balance, while the reflective surface of the chrome plating causes the chair almost to float. The tapered shape created by the meeting of all these parts is evocative of a glider’s aerodynamic lightness.

Glider Chair (Beuys-Series) is produced in 9mm wool felt and refers to Joseph Beuys’ plane crash in Crimea during WWII and subsequent rescue by nomads, who healed him by coating him with fat and wrapping him in felt.

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Glider Chair will also be produced in a rug-version. The Hodja-Series predicate refers to a classic Danish children’s book about adventurous nine-year-old Hodja and his flying carpet.