CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATION
THE FINER DETAILS
Inspired By
Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia was Italian-born American sculptor, printmaker, and jewelry and furniture designer. His genius mind and boundless imagination has created unforgettable and remarkable masterpieces that is still popular up to this day. He moved to America with his brother at the age of 15 and earned the skill of handmade jewelry in Cass Technical High School. In 1937, Bertoia received a scholarship to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he studied until 1943. It was during this time where he met and worked with designers Charles and Ray Eames but he received no credit for his contributions from them so he left and moved on to join Knoll Associates in 1950. It is in his own metal shop in a corner of Knoll’s production facility that the ever-famous Diamond chair was conceived. And while he was only able to design crafted over 50 public sculptures, and created the Sonambient sounding sculptures. From biomorphic jewelry to 4-ton fountains, from children’s chairs to the asymmetric chaise, from singing rods to thunderous 10’ gongs, from color field graphics to layered monographics, one series of furniture before he died at age 63 from lung cancer.CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATION
FLEXIBLE OUTDOOR SPACES
This style Bertoia Bench is teak slats and outdoor-ready base finishes, the first piece of furniture designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, is ready to join his other classics on the patio. The versatile design, which can be used as a bench or table, is perfect for flexible outdoor spaces.
FUNCTIONAL AND ELEGANT
A simple, striking and practical design of a distinctly American Mid Century style, it foreshadows Bertoia's signature wire grid designs which were to follow, such as the iconic Diamond Chair.
THE FINER DETAILS
|
|
- Dimension: Width 153cm, Depth 49cm, Height 39cm
- Packing Dimension: Width 155cm, Depth 50cm, Height 40cm
- CBM: 0.31 Product Weight: 3kg
Inspired By
Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia was Italian-born American sculptor, printmaker, and jewelry and furniture designer. His genius mind and boundless imagination has created unforgettable and remarkable masterpieces that is still popular up to this day. He moved to America with his brother at the age of 15 and earned the skill of handmade jewelry in Cass Technical High School. In 1937, Bertoia received a scholarship to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he studied until 1943. It was during this time where he met and worked with designers Charles and Ray Eames but he received no credit for his contributions from them so he left and moved on to join Knoll Associates in 1950. It is in his own metal shop in a corner of Knoll’s production facility that the ever-famous Diamond chair was conceived. And while he was only able to design crafted over 50 public sculptures, and created the Sonambient sounding sculptures. From biomorphic jewelry to 4-ton fountains, from children’s chairs to the asymmetric chaise, from singing rods to thunderous 10’ gongs, from color field graphics to layered monographics, one series of furniture before he died at age 63 from lung cancer.CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATION
FLEXIBLE OUTDOOR SPACES
This style Bertoia Bench is teak slats and outdoor-ready base finishes, the first piece of furniture designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, is ready to join his other classics on the patio. The versatile design, which can be used as a bench or table, is perfect for flexible outdoor spaces.
FUNCTIONAL AND ELEGANT
A simple, striking and practical design of a distinctly American Mid Century style, it foreshadows Bertoia's signature wire grid designs which were to follow, such as the iconic Diamond Chair.
THE FINER DETAILS
|
|
- Dimension: Width 183cm, Depth 49cm, Height 39cm
- Packing Dimension: Width 185cm, Depth 50cm, Height 40cm
- CBM: 0.37 Product Weight: 5kg