Cults have been born from something as commonplace as a chair. Since 3,200 B.C., the time of the earliest recorded chairs in history, designers and architects have innovated and evolved the typology’s scale, form, and function. Perhaps one of the most recognizable designs remains Marcel Breuer’s 1925 Wassily and 1928 Cesca chairs, which became influential for its use of curving tubular steel inspired by bicycle frames. They arose alongside Mies van der Rohe’s 1927 cantilevered MR Chair and Table.
These designs were acquired by Knoll but are now launching in three new finishes: an archival dark red, white, and black. While the former, expressed in an ultra-matte finish, harkens back to a Bauhaus color that was originally offered in the MR Chair, the black and white shades recall how Bauhaus designers embraced the color palette for the ways they reflect and absorb light, accentuate geometric forms, and strengthen edges.
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