... Until September 16th the Grassi Museum Leipzig is showing the Vitra Design Museum exhibition The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction. And so keeping with the theme, we'll keep our post reduced and simply link to our post from The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction...
... Plus 2 monumental pieces of modern abstract metal furniture: "2 R Not" by Ron Arad and "Bell Metal Horse Chair" by Satyendra Pakhalé The Thonet chairs are currently being displayed in a special showcase that wonderfully portrays the development of Michael Thonet's work. And is if to ... And is if to taunt the founder of industrial furniture production, the curators have placed "2 R Not" and "Bell Metal Horse Chair" directly in front of the Thonet exhibition like two...
... Plus this year we hope to do a little more research on Michael Thonet. Most of his old haunts have long since been bulldozed; but we're hoping to find one or the other vestige of his time. On the way back from Vienna we'll be stopping of at Moormann in Aschau in Chiemgau. But more on that...
... (smow)blog: And you have also worked with Thonet? Christoffer Martens: Yes, Thonet were the co-operation partner for my final year project. The topic was flexible tables, and I experimented a lot with Thonet at their factory in Frankenberg. There are few interesting ideas from...
... Currently being run by the 5th generation, Thonet have not only been responsible for the introduction and development of bent wood and steel tube furniture - two of the most important genres in the history of furniture design - but continue to support and develop young designers and so ... Thonet S 333 by Holger Lange Back in February while the (smow)boss was in a meeting with Nils Holger Moormann and his Moormänner in Aschau, we snuck up a near-by hill for some sledging fun with...
... For us the Wiener Palais Liechtenstein is a building with almost religious meaning. For it was, in many ways, the place where Michael Thonet got his first big break - and so the point from where the Thonet story starts to turn and to become a success story. Some have Mecca,...
... For not only was Blauer Sonntag the first "official" event for the new Thonet Wohnshowroom, but visitors also had the rare opportunity to observe the Thonet wood bending process. The Thonet Wohnshowroom may not have been designed by Herzog and de Meuron; but that ... The Thonet Wohnshowroom may not have been designed by Herzog and de Meuron; but that doesn't make it any less of a visual illusion. Dating from 1889 the half-timbered house stands next to...
... Ten years ago Berlin/Leipzig based design studio Delphin Design developed the S 360 conference and auditorium chair for Thonet. In 2006 followed the slimmer S 260, which not only featured a folding version but much more importantly could be interlocked with the S 360, thus allowing users the ... And now Delphin Design and Thonet have launched the S 160. We presume the S 60 will be available in 2016 before Delphin Design are forced to retire due to a lack of logical arithmetic...
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