Eero Aarnio Tomato Chair

Vintage original eero aarnio tomato mid century modern fiberglass pop art lounge chair floridamodern.

Eero aarnio tomato chair.

If there were three items like two great armrests and the back of the chair would be stable and this is how the idea of the tomato. Back to chairs tomato designed in 1971. Other innovative designs included his pastil chair a beanbag like molded armchair and tomato chair a seat. Tomato was designed in 1971 by eero aarnio.

It is made of fibreglass which makes it suitable for outdoor use as well. Use code habitare20 at checkout. Now the whole collection 20 until the 27th of september. It is a real piece of art that enriches the quality of everyday life.

Aarnio s designs were an essential part of the 1960 s popular culture most of his ideas could often be seen as part of sets in science fiction films depicting bold and futuristic. When looking at the tomato chair from different angles it is more than a chair it is a sculpture. It also enriches any room with its exceptional appearance. Vintage eero aarnio for asko chair yellow fiberglass pastil or pastille finland original 1960s restored floridamodern.

5 out of 5 stars 164 164. At the first sight the tomato chair looks complicated but the second look shows an intelligent combination of three circles with same diameter two of them being armrests one stretched to a comfortable back and even a fourth half circle up side down giving the chair a consequent seat. And other innovative designs like his pastil chair tomato chair and his screw table has garnered him the award of american industrial design in 1968. The ball chair can be found in the collections of design museums.

The chair is one of the most famous and beloved classics of finnish design and it was the international breakthrough of eero aarnio. 5 out of 5 stars 164 164 reviews. Eero has always been drawn to the circular form and is perhaps best known for his designs without edges. Aarnio studied at the institute of industrial arts in helsinki and started his own office in 1962 the following year he introduced his ball chair a hollow sphere on a stand open on one side to allow a person to sit within the similar bubble chair was clear and suspended from above.

The tomato chair combines three circles on a basic seat with two as armrests one stretched to be a comfortable back. The ball chair was designed in 1963 and debuted at the cologne furniture fair in 1966. From every perspective the viewer is given a new impression which makes the tomato chair by eero aarnio grow beyond the status of a designer chair. A product idea can come about in many different ways and here is one of them.