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Ball Chair

Eeroo Aarnio - 1963

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Having always preferred to work from home, surrounded by his family and creations (and with his smoke sauna just a few short steps down the garden path), Eero has never had an independent studio. His designs have been shaped accordingly: even the chair that launched his career in 1966, the Ball Chair, was conceived because he wanted a seat which would fit his entire family of four. His daughters - muses, models and product testers since childhood - are still very much involved in the business today and his wife, Pirkko, remains his closest collaborator.

Eero is well known for having pioneered the use of new materials (in particular plastic and fiberglass) and processes in order to create the unusual forms that have sprung from his sketchbooks for over sixty years. His imagination is fuelled by a continual curiosity, the urge to question "why?", "how?", and "might it be possible to…?"

This innovative and intuitive approach led to his breaking the typical Scandinavian design mould of the mid twentieth century. At a time when sober clean lines and angles were the order of the day, Eero bent the rules and rounded the corners. Did he break the mould? He didn’t need to; he simply made a new one.

The Ball Chair, The Bubble Chair, The Pony. Eero's creations aren't just pieces of furniture, they are characters in their own right. They are extraordinary because they have been designed in an extraordinary way: from a place of love and optimism, shaped by gut feeling, curiosity and imagination.

The Finnish designer Eero Aarnio (b.1932) is one of the great innovators of modern furniture design. In the 1960s, Eero Aarnio began experimenting with plastics, vivid colors and organic forms, breaking away from traditional design conventions. His now iconic plastic creations include the Ball (1963), the Pastil (1968), and the Bubble (1968) chairs which echo the pop culture and spirit of their time. Since 2016 Eeroo Aarnio Originals is the sole distributor of those classics.

Many of Aarnio's works are included in the world's most prestigious museums, including Victoria and Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York and Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.

Lounge chair

White fiberglass shell, upholstered polyurethane foam cushions

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Width 110cm, depth 97cm, height 120cm
Seat height 37cm
Hallingdal 65: 70% New wool, 30% Viscose
Tonus 4: 90% New wool, 10% Helanca

Made in Finland

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