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Frank Gehry Wiggle Stool
Frank Gehry Wiggle Stool
Reminiscent of traditional African stools and with a sculptural form all its own, Gehry's Wiggle Stool makes a practical and stylish statement. With his "Easy Edges" furniture series including the Wiggle Side Chair and Stool, Gehry succeeded in bringing a new aesthetic dimension to such an everyday material as cardboard.
Designer: Frank Gehry, 1972
Manufacturer: Vitra
Dimensions: 15.75"w | 17"d | 16"h
Construction: Made of corrugated cardboard, edged in natural-look hardboard.
Vitra
Founded in 1950, Vitra is a Swiss company dedicated to improving the quality of homes, offices and public spaces through the power of design.
Vitra's furniture and concepts are developed in an intensive design process pairing engineering excellence with the creative genius of leading international designers. The result: interiors, furniture and accessories that are vibrant, functional, and inspiring.
Longevity of materials, construction and aesthetics are Vitra's leading principles, as demonstrated by their Classics – many in continuous production since the 1950s. Initiatives like the Vitra Campus architecture, the Vitra Design Museum, workshops, publications, collections and archives are all integral elements of Vitra's vision and culture.
One of the most celebrated architects of the second half of the 20th century, Frank Gehry has made a career of pushing boundaries and questioning what architecture can do. After studying at UCLA, Gehry pursued his graduate studies at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. He has served on the faculty at Harvard and Yale, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Gehry was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1972.
His most famous buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhine, Germany and the Dancing House in Prague, Czech Republic. His collection of cardboard furniture, Easy Edges, set a new precedent for the use of materials in furniture making.
Gehry created his bentwood furniture collection for Knoll in 1992. Inspired by the surprising strength of a wooden bushel basket, he sought to fully integrate material and design, creating a structurally and aesthetically light masterpiece. He explained:
“…all bentwood furniture until now has relied on a thick and heavy main structure and then an intermediary structure for the seating. The difference in my chairs is that structure and the seat are formed of the same incredible lightweight slender wood strops which serve both functions. The material forms a single and continuous idea. What makes this all work and dives it extraordinary strength is the interwoven, basket-like character of the design.”
From an interview originally run in Architectural Record (c) February 1992, The McGraw-Hill Companies. www.architecturalrecord.com.
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We want you to love your purchase. We will work with you to make it right if you receive an item that is damaged or defective and reported as such upon delivery.
Most furniture, lighting, and rugs that we offer are either made-to-order, or non-stocked and ordered specifically for you, and therefore NOT RETURNABLE unless damaged or defective and reported as such at the time of delivery.
Made-to-order and non-stocked items include all furniture, lighting, rugs, and accessories shipped directly from our manufacturers, which encompasses a majority of orders.
Please be sure to measure carefully, thoughtfully consider your purchase, and contact us for any assistance you need prior to placing your order.
You may return in-stock, small-parcel items for store credit or refund with your original receipt when returned in original (new and unused) condition within 14 days of store purchase or delivery.
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