Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Chair Wednesday : Coconut Chair


Originally introduced by Herman Miller in 1955, the George Nelson coconut chair is a 20th century furniture icon. This chair looks like a chunk of coconut and almost 60 years later the coconut chair still looks modern , fresh and classy.
If you want to be a proud owner of a coconut chair you'll have to spend more than $4400. 
You can order it online here
If you can't afford the original Coconut chair, you can buy the Vitra miniature for $288 from this website.


Who is George Nelson?
  • born 1908 in Hartford, Connecticut
  • studied architecture at Yale University
  • From 1946 onwards Nelson also ran his own design office
  • His collaboration with Vitra began in 1957
  •  His archive belongs to the holdings of the Vitra Design Museum
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Μας την πρωτοσύστησε η εταιρεία Herman Miller το 1955, η καρέκλα αυτή που θυμίζει καρύδα , σχεδιασμένη από τον George Nelson , είναι σύμβολο του 20ου αιώνα. 
60 χρόνια μετά τη δημιουργία της η καρέκλα αυτή παραμένει ταυτόχρονα μοντέρνα, κλασσική και εντυπωσιακή.
Για να γίνεις ένας περήφανος ιδιοκτήτης μίας Coconut Chair θα πρέπει να ξοδέψεις παραπάνω από $4400. Σε περίπτωση που η τιμή αυτή σου ακούγεται εξοφρενική, μπορείς να αγοράσεις την αυθεντική μινιατούρα από τη Vitra για $288.
Ποιος είναι ο George Nelson?  
  • γεννήθηκε το 1908 στο Hartford του Connecticut
  • σπούδασε Αρχιτεκτονική στο πανεπιστήμιο του Yale
  • Από το 1946 λειτουργούσε το δικό του γραφείο 
  • Η συνεργασία του με τη Vitra ξεκίνησε το 1957

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