In N-100 during lecture we talked about Marcel Breuer and how he invented the Wassily chair. I thought this chair looks very comfortable so I wanted to find more information about the inventor. Marcel Breuer was an Architect and interior designer. He graduated from Bauhaus carpentry workshop in 1924. In 1925 Breuer was asked to come back to Bauhaus workshop to experiment with extruded steel and created an array of light, metal furniture. Breuer got the idea of the chair from his bicycle and used the same material and build of the bike to make the chair design. After many tries Breuer finally got the chair the way he wanted it. The name of the chair “Wassily” comes from a friend of Breuer and a former instructor he had. After Breuer got called back to the Bauhaus he was there for three years. I think this chair looks very comfortable and the design of it looks neat because it is shaped for a person. I think it would be cool if I could sit in the “Wassily” chair.
Website I found information on: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/ho_1988.256.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment