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New German Design straight from the early 80s
New German Design straight from the early 80s
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Progress is change. And change means doing something differently than before: students revolt against their teachers, young progressives against old masters. The subversive humour of the Italian „Memphis Group“ was a rebellion against the monotony resulting from the overpowering rule of „form follows function“.
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The radical „New German Design“ of the 80s was provoked by concrete, steel, and recycled materials. Again and again, designers experimented with „ready-mades“: chairs made from shopping carts, lamps from car headlights, and tables from traffic signs. Or in this case, a chair made of suction cups.
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The „maker aesthetic“ openly shows every connection: the roughly welded steel rods, the steel cables as bracing, the industrial casters – and the 16 suction cups, which might have been used in a factory if they didn’t form a fascinatingly raw seat here.
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To be honest, this piece is more of an object than a chair. It works quite well at the kitchen bar to have an espresso or to write a shopping list. But not more. Otherwise, it’s just nice to look at. And when you look at it like that – it smiles back.
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