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S-403
year 1986
material other, textile
source title The International Design Yearbook 4
info Shiro Kuramata exemplifies the “retrospective” design approach with this nostalgia piece. Josef Hoffman’s Haus Koller armchair, designed in 1911, is immediately identifiable to designers and design students. In his Homage to Josef Hoffmann Vol. 2, Kuramata retraces the chair’s solid, classic form, using tiny flashing lights, adjustable by remote control, in place of upholstery nail; in a visual pun they literally lighten the weightiness of the original concept. The result, as with all his pieces, has an elusive, haunting quality which is powerful.
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year 1986
material other, textile
source title The International Design Yearbook 4
info Shiro Kuramata exemplifies the “retrospective” design approach with this nostalgia piece. Josef Hoffman’s Haus Koller armchair, designed in 1911, is immediately identifiable to designers and design students. In his Homage to Josef Hoffmann Vol. 2, Kuramata retraces the chair’s solid, classic form, using tiny flashing lights, adjustable by remote control, in place of upholstery nail; in a visual pun they literally lighten the weightiness of the original concept. The result, as with all his pieces, has an elusive, haunting quality which is powerful.
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