Fifty years of chairs in Hamburg

A exhibition on designer chairs is staged in Hamburg until 13 March 2011 together under the name “Ideen Sitzen. 50 Years of Design Chairs, “fifty years of design, from the sixties until today at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in the city.

On display at Hamburg, Can be seen until March, nearly one hundred pieces, true classics of design copyright, since the 1960s to today.

The theme are the sessions, and next to legendary models like the “Bone Chair by Joris Laaman you can admire chairs, stools, chaise longue and highly original sculptures used per session.

These are simple things but with the imagination, which combine functionality with artistic talent.

Among the proposals in the exhibition could hardly miss sessions Michael ThonetWitnesses of an era, all manufactured using a special technique which has become a classic.

Chairs as witnesses of their times, tell the story forms and through different materials ranging from wood, plastic, metal, to the most innovative inventions.

From the research of more modern materials to return the waste, which is greener, with a need to focus on the environment.