chairs!
For my Investigation into chair designs I choose to investigate how simplistic and basic the chairs have become. From Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who was renowned for his style and applied decoration to Philippe Stark who has taken simplistic to another level. I have investigated how the designers have used applied decoration to enhance the look of their chair, to how functional the pieces are (or in some cases un-functional! ). Mackintosh produced designs on a whole range of furnishings as well as his architectural designs. Many of these were purely functional but he also produced many 'artistic' pieces throughout his life. Because of the large amount of applied decoration on Macintosh's pieces that it could be argued that each piece is a finely detailed work of art itself. Probably the most famous of such pieces are his famous high backed chairs. The high backed chair I have chosen to study was made for the International Exhibition of modern Decorative Art, held in Turin in Italy in 1902 The chair appears to have a very low seat, being only a quarter of the height of the actual chair, this also may perhaps be due to the fact the sea
The legs and seat of this chair form an off square shape. This main support is framed with two tall slim struts. Beneath this is what appears to be wilting petals falling from the bush. The wooded seat and the two legs are machine made not hand crafted. The 'art' of the chair is its gravity defying form. Overall I like the appearance of this chair, I like the style of Stark and the shape he has streamlined to form this amazing and original design. From this investigation I was surprised by the range of different styles and forms that a chair could take. This chair has no applied decoration, but the extremely bright colour of the fabric the chair is covered in adds plentiful character to the chair. The chrome finish is reminiscent of a space shuttle design. This design was very popular, especially in American dinners due to a revival of 50's style. The designer seams to have taken immense liberties with the materials he has used. On this is a painted stylised rose bush design that fills the width of the padded portion. This stacking chair is a far cry from Macintosh's high backed chair. At the top of the chair carved into a piece of wood is an organic form of sorts with the typical Art Nouveau whiplash stretching the length of it. The chair has no applied decoration what so ever yet it manages to be stylishly simple and very modern.
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