Have A Seat!
“The chair is the thing that is closest to people, so it is important that its detailing is in order.”
Carl Hansen & Son
I’ve heard it said that a chair is by far, one of the hardest pieces of furniture to design, no matter how simple or how complicated it may look. I think I agree with that. And when it comes to well designed chairs, I tend to look towards the 1950s, because during the course of those years, you had designers like Hans J. Wegner producing some of the most iconic and amazingly functional chairs for that period. It’s funny, I recently visited a showroom here in Manhattan where I sat on a chair that had similar designs to Wegner’s CH07 lounge chair.
The Ultimate Seating Comfort
Hans J. Wagner Lounge Chair
Hans J. Wegner CH24 Chair
Also known as the Wishbone Chair
Clean Elegance
Carl Hansen & Son CH33 Chair
Carl Hansen & Son CH33 Chair
Bold and Colorful
The new edition of Hans Wagner’s CH 24 Chairs comes in these variant green colors, and orange,
blue, purple, white and pink!
blue, purple, white and pink!
The owner volunteered the name, but low and behold, the copycat’s identity went from one ear and out the next. As we all know, just about anything can be duplicated these days. Now let’s talk about the real thing. Carl Hansen & Son recently recreating one of my favorite designs, the CH33 chair, which came out in 1957 by Hans J. Wegner. It was produced for just 10 years before it went out of production! After learning Wegner’s daughter Marianne chose the chair for the desk in her very own first bedroom, Carl Hansen was inspired to recreate it. Aren’t we glad that he did!
