Furniture Design Question?

Question

Quick question..

I should actually know this, but I'm going nuts looking for these particular chairs that were designed in the 50's or 60's. They were popular during the LeCorbusier, Knoll, Noguchi, Van der Rohe, Nelson, Eames, and Breuer era.

Let me describe the chairs one is white. It actually looks like an egg that's been cracked and you can sit in it. The other is clear and looks like an egg and hangs on a chain from the ceiling.

Does anyone know the original designer? I'm driving my boyfriend nuts because I've been trying to figure this out all morning.

Please help.

Answer 1

They were both originally designed by Eero Aarnio.

Eero Aarnio (born 1932) is a Finnish interior designer, well known for his innovative furniture designs in the 1960s, notably his plastic and fiberglass chairs.

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. Other innovative designs included his floating Pastil Chair (similar to a solid inner tube), and Tomato Chair (more stable with a seat between three spheres). His s***w Table, as the name suggests, had the appearance of a flat head s***w driven into the ground.

Aarnio's designs were an important aspect of 1960s popular culture (though his designs did not reflect this), and could often be seen as part of sets in period science-fiction films. Because his designs used very simple geometric forms, they were ideal for such productions.

Originals will set you back thousands but you can buy replicas from here:

http://www.vita-interiors.co.uk/Eero-Aar...

http://www.modernclassicsdirect.co.uk/pr...

http://www.velvetstore.co.uk/product.asp...

Answer 2

ok well the "egg" chair was originally designed by Arne Jacobson. BUt i am pretty sure that its not what you are talking about.

http://the-egg-chair.com/

the hanging chair..the clear plastic ones are called Eero Aarnio Bubble Chairs.  Super expensive and had to find now and days.

http://www.eero-aarnio.com/23/Objects/Bu...

And i think this is what you are taking about, i am not sure who originally designed it...i need to do some more research! These are modern remakes...

http://retrorenovation.com/2007/10/29/60...