Magis - Chair One with concrete base

 

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The Chair „Chair One“ with its concrete pedestal is an interplay of material, shaping and industrial manufacturing. The chair with the distinctive concrete base stands thanks to the heavy base safely, resisting all kinds of weather circumstances.

”Between objects and people something has to happen”, said Konstantin Grcic once in an interview. It seems he had this demand as leading phrase for Chair One while he designed it in the year 2003 for Magis, because the skeleton-like and sculptural appealing chair didn’t only cause furor in the specialists world.

Chair One isn’t simply an avant-garde seating furniture. The chair is interplay of material, shaping and industrial manufacturing. It can be used inside or outside since it is rust-resistant and fire-retardant. Thanks to the heavy concrete base, the chair furthermore stands safe at any weather.

Grcic used aluminium die casting for the complete seat of Chair One for the first time, which has additionally been treated with fluorinated titan and polyester lacquer on the surface. The complete base consists of colorless impregnated concrete.

Design: Konstantin Grcic

Konstantin Grcic was born in Munich, Germany in 1965. After training as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in England he studied design at the Royal College of Art in London from 1988-1990. He founded his own company KONSTANTIN GRCIC INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (KG Designer Konstantin Grcic