Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Philippe Starck with Eugeni Quitllet, Master’s Chair, 2009. Polycarbonate.


Masters is an integration of three classic chairs into a single, writhing form. Silhouettes of the Series 7 by Jacobsen, the Tulip by Saarinen, and the Eiffel Chair by Eames are combined through CAD to create a chair that pays homage to three designers while updating classic form to a new material. The chair could be relying upon its canonical choice of references for its popularity, but the attention to proportion in the way the silhouettes intersect show that it was not merely a hodge-podge, but a carefully considered piece worthy of praise.

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