- Description
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Details
With its shell-shaped design, the Softshell Chair provides a level of comfort you can only appreciate when you actually sit on it: Vertical structural elements under the cover of the back shell adjust to the user’s back, giving the person freedom of movement as well as superb seating comfort, even over long periods of time.
MATERIALS:
- Flexible backrest shell in the upper section
- Seat and backrest shell made of fiberglass-reinforced polyamide
- Upholstery made of CFC-free polyurethane foam
MEASUREMENTS:
- Height: 76.5 - 89.5 cm / 30 - 35 1/4 inch
- Depth: 56.5 cm / 22 1/4 inch
- Width: 62 cm / 24 1/2 inch
- Brand
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Vitra is a Swiss company dedicated to improving the quality of homes, offices and public spaces through the power of design. Their products and concepts are developed in an intensive design process, bringing together engineering excellence with the creative genius of today’s leading international designers. It is Vitra’s goal to create furniture and accessories that are functional and inspiring. Founded in 1950, Vitra produces many products from internationally recognized designers such as Verner Panton, Isamu Noguchi, Eero Saarinen and Jasper Morrison.
- Designer
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Vitra SoftShell Chair (Five-Star Base) Designed by:
- Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec , 2008
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Ronan - France, 1971 / Erwan - France, 1976
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s working collaboration is a permanent dialogue nourished by their distinct personalities and a shared notion of diligence with the intention to reach more balance and fineness.
In 1997, they presented their Disintegrated Kitchen at the Salon du Meuble in Paris and were spotted by Giulio Cappellini, who gave them their first industrial design projects, notably the Lit clos (“Closed Bed”) and the Spring Chair. A meeting with Vitra’s Rolf Fehlbaum resulted in their conception of a new kind of office system, Joyn, in 2002. This was the beginning of a special partnership that has borne fruit in numerous projects, including Algues, the Alcove Sofa, the Worknest, the Slow Chair, the Vegetal and L’Oiseau. Since 2004, the Bouroullecs have also been working with Magis, for whom they have designed two complete furniture collections, Striped and Steelwood as well as additional projects such as the Pila chair, the Pilo table, the Central and Tambour tables.In 2010, they debuted a new collection of tableware for Alessi. Since 2011, they have designed the Piani and Aim lamps for Flos, the Losanges rug for Nani Marquina, the Osso chair for Mattiazzi.
Today Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec design for numerous manufacturers, Vitra, Kvadrat, Magis, Kartell, Alessi, Mattiazzi, Flos, and more recently, Iittala.