In 1925, the Swiss-born French architect and designer Le Corbusier finished in his book, the Contemporary Arts of Today, that modern furniture should be parallel to that of a human body. This “human-limb object” furniture, as Le Corbusier described it at the time, must amend to the several functions of the human body while being discreet in doing so. Le Corbusier would then put his ideas into action when he collaborated with French interior designer Charlotte Perriand on numerous tubular steel furniture creations. Together with these designs is the LC1 Sling chair.

Of all the chair styles Le Corbusier made in his vocation, the Le Corbusier No. 1 or the LC1 “Sling” chair would perhaps be his most legendary. Also known as the Basculant Chair, the Sling Chair is a slender tubular steel chair based on the style of the British officer’s chair. The chair chiefly made up of a skeletal welded tubular steel frame, over which a leather or ponyskin seat and backrest are fitted on tightly. Frames on early models of the LC1 were basically polished steel, even if they were progressively changed with chrome-plated steel. In addition, the Sling Chair also features a pair of matching leather arm rests which look like belts covered around the sides of the frame.

In addition to its inconspicuous look, the LC1 Sling Chair is also made with comfort in mind. The back of the chair, for example, features a adjustable steel rod which allows the chair to tilt whenever its occupant modifies his or her sitting position. This allows the Sling Chair to anticipate the movements of its occupant and keep him or her comfortable at all times. What’s more, the chair’s unique arm rest style allowed the arms to rest comfortably without restricting their natural movement.

The LC1 was among Le Corbusier’s designs that were featured at the prominent Salon d’ Automne in 1929. The chair also obtain prestige for being included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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A common misjudgment about industrial works is that it only applies to machines and equipments used in factories. Now while this holds a bit of truth, industrial design can also be used to basic everyday objects as well. One example industrial which can simply blend into any home is the Wagenfeld Lampe.

As an applied art, industrial design aims to be aesthetically attractive to the eye while being commercially viable at the same time. Both these qualities can be attained in the Wagenfeld Lampe. {Termed|Named] after its designer, the famous German designer Wilhelm Wagenfeld, the Wagenfeld Lampe is a simple, geometric glass and metal table lamp. The lamp is separated into three essential parts: the flat circular foot, a tube-like stand, and a globular semi-opaque glass lampshade. In addition the lamp also features a distinctive pull cord spout style as well as a fabric pull cord with a metal ball fixed on one end.

To date the Wagenfeld Lampe is manufactured in two types. In the first type, the lamp’s foundation and stand are completed from clear plate glass. The stand also has a steel inner core, which houses the electrical feed line and shows the lamp a unique “X-ray look”. In the second type, though, both the base and stand is made from nickel-plated steel. Steel kind of Wagenfeld Lampe are generally less luxurous than their glass counterparts, as they are less tiring to make. What’s more, the steel Lampe is especially sought after for the elegant yellowish patina the nickel plating displays over time.

Wilhelm Wagenfeld made the Wagenfeld Lampe with Karl Jacob Jucker in 1924 during their period as journeymen at the Bauhaus school in Germany. The lamp was said to have been completed as the solution to an assignment handed to Wagenfeld by his professor, the Hungarian artist Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. Because of this, the Wagenfeld Lampe is also sometimes referred to as the “Bauhaus Lamp”.

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Acknowledged as one of the most victorious works of the Staatliches Bauhaus or the Bahaus School of Walter Gropius, the German industrial creator Wilhelm Wagenfeld brought life to some of the world’s most prominent industrial designs. And of all the styles he has produced in his lifetime, possibly none were as notorious as his Wagenfeld Lampe.

It is said that a man is best identified by his talent. If that were the case, then for Wilhelm Wagenfeld it would be the Wagenfeld Lampe. Regard as by many as Wagenfeld’s most popular creation, the Wagenfeld Lampe is a mall glass and steel table lamp composed of a flat, disc-like base, a tubelike lamp stand, and an ivory-white clear glass lampshade. Wagenfeld designed the Lampe in collaboration with Karl Jacob Jucker in 1924 during their journeyman years at the Staatliches Bauhaus. The lamp was said to have been made as the solution to an assignment given to Wagenfeld by one of his professors, the Hungarian artist and Bauhaus administrator Lazlo Moholy-Nagy.

Although it is one design, the Wagenfeld is currently finished in two distinct versions. In the first type, the base and stand are made from industrial grade nickel-plated steel. Wagenfeld Lampes have also been made with chrome-plated steel, thiugh the nickel-plated ones are much more wanted after and can easily be identified through the yellowish patina the nickel presents over time. In the second variation, on the other hand, the base and stand are made from transparent plate glass. The stand on the glass type also features a nickel-plated steel tube in its inner core where the electrical feed line is housed, and gives the Lampe an “x-ray” look.

Recently, Technolumen, a company that specializes in reproducing Bauhaus designs, is the official manufacturer of the Wagenfeld Lampe.

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One of the most valued interior designers of the modern period, the Finnish-born creator Eero Aarnio gave life to some of today’s most accepted designs. A pioneering thinker, Aarnio made himself as an adept in working eccentric designs for home furnishings using fiberglass and plastic. One creation that is considered by many to be Aarnio’s best work but is the so-called Ball chair.

If you were inquire what form a chair is, the last thing that you think of is a ball. But, as unlikely as it may seem Eero Aarnio made a chair out of such a type. Also known as the Globe chair, the Ball chair is a lounge chair made up mainly of a big empty ball. The chair is made from light and sturdy laminated fiberglass, a combination of synthetic polymer and glass fibers. The interior of the chair is lined with brightly-hued polyurethane cushions covered in leather or fabric, and fitted with a large fiberglass pedestal to prevent it from falling.

Aarnio created the Ball chair in 1962 and was originally intended for his individual use in his home in Helsinki. A prototype was first fabricated from plywood, which was then utilized to make the fiberglass exemplar through an inside mold system similar to that used in making glider wings and fuselage. Aarnio also iput up a bright red telephone on the side of the interior, although it is now replaced with digital music players and other alike electronic tools.

In addition to its exceptional type, the Ball chair is also notable for making a “room within a room” effect wherein the owner sitting on the chair feels a sense of oneness and comfort, This effect is inspired chieftly on the chair’s fiberglass dome “swallowing” or obtaining sound around it. The Ball also serves as the basis for Aarnio’s following chair work, the Bubble Chair, which had the Ball’s spherical form but is made from clear acrylic resin.

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It is time and again a mistaken belief among people that elegant and comfortable furniture is never the same. However, opposing to current belief one can have a furnishing for their house that is both stylish and comfortable, one brilliant example of which is the LC 4 Chaise Lounge by Le Corbusier. One of Le Corbusier’s discovery for residential furnishings, the LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a combination of both ergonomic comfort and the modernist aesthetics of the International style.

Designed in 1928, the Le Corbusier No. 4 or LC 4 Chaise Lounge is a modernist type of the original French chaise longue or “long chair” design. Le Corbusier built the chair in partnership with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and French interior designer Charlotte Perriand, and was originally used at the Villa Church in Paris. The chair was later included in Le Corbusier’s display at the 1929 Salon d’ Automne art exposition under the Equipment for the Home instatement.

The LC 4 Chaise Lounge can be brusquely split into three separate sections: the independent support base at the bottom, the central steel cradle, and a cushioned mat on top which works as the chair’s seat and backrest. The base is composed of high-grade steel covered with black matte enamel finish, suddenly the cradle is made from tubular steel and coated in either black matte or chrome. The cradle is also twisted into a C-shape to enable the chair to recline and adjust accordingly with the independent support base. The mat, on the other hand, is covered in pony-hide, black leather or an extraordinary beige canvas. The mat also features a barrel-shaped cushion attachment which functions as the chair’s headrest.

The Le Corbusier No. 4 Chaise Lounge was first produced in the 1930’s by the Thonet furniture company and later by the Swiss-based Embru. In 1964, the designer furniture company Cassina of Milan obtained the rights to manufacture Le Corbusier’s furniture designs and remains as the top manufacturer of the LC 4 Chaise Lounge

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