Man and Woman Buying Furniture

Usually studies shows that architectural design of a property  often determine the style of furniture, household items and the accessories off its interior design. Having said that, the researches rarely turn the attention to the real conflict between men and women personnel mood and references for selecting a particular type or style of furniture.
What are the hidden factors that push man and woman to choose and purchase their favourite pieces of furniture ? It is comfort, style, fashion, design, affordability ? Or is it a natural conflict based on wise informative decision or is it just an eternal conflict and stuggle between the two sexes ?

Find out from this interesting, light hearted article :

Designer Lounge Chairs

Designer Lounge chairs play a big part in our modern society..they add style,glamour and bring comfort to our homes and living spaces..Lounge chairs became a vital part of our way of life and big part of our interior designs.They can be used at homes,offices,receptions,medical centres,holiday inns ,cruise liners,..they became a way life for our modern society.it is the way to say iam relaxed and comfortable..Lounging in,it is a statement of relaxation,taking time from the troubles busy modern  life

       

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Charles Eames Top 10 Swivel Furniture

Swivel furniture is a general term used in UK to specify the rotating  design mechanism in chair. We can do a lot with a swivel office chair, or a rotating dining or lounge chair, but we can not really appreciate seating on a rotating sofa, or a swivel dining table, that is just not functional. The idea of a rotating mechanism was created in order to provide a functional role, effortless movement and comfort while sitting on a swivel chair, it brings sens of joy, freedom and fun. It is been proven medically that sitting on a comfortable office chair will improve the performance of the workers, and the opposite is entirely true, scientific research proved that low quality office chairs can cause a lot of medical issues such as back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, headaches.

It is amazing to realise that Swivel furniture started its early journey in the18th century with the first swivel chair, designed by the third president of United Stares of America, Thomas Jefferson in 1779. Jerfferson's design was a simple wooden swivel chair, more of a modified replica of the English Style windsor chair. However, in the mid of the 20th century, new technological materials and methods, helped Architects and furniture designers to conduct new experiments, and the upholstered steel framed office chairs and fibreglass settings started to appear with Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Van Der Rhoe, Arne Jacobsen, Poul Haningsen,Welhelm Wagenfled, Finn Juhl, and many other mid century modern designers.

Swivel furniture changed for ever its classic wooden appearance, to more lighter and elegant designs by using advanced materials and clean architectural lines and simpler shapes. The rotating design feature became quickly very popular and dominated the office furniture, and included almost every range possible in modern classic furniture, swivel stools, swivel dining chairs, swivel lounge chairs, swivel office chairs, These changes started with the Bauhaus movement in Germany between 1919 until 1939, and carried on in United States of America after the second world war, under similar design movement known by the international style. 

There is no doubt that Charles Eames was the father figure of mid century modern design, his designer swivel furniture collection stand out among thousands of mid century pieces, some of his iconic furniture designs became classic pieces during his lifetime and they are still very popular and in production today.

This is a small selection of Eames swivel furniture,including his famous design office furniture and lounge chairs, featured by Star Design UK Modern Classics.

Eames Swivel Lounge Chair

 Eames Swivel EA217 Office Chair

Eames Swivel Office Lounge Chair Soft Pad Style

Eames EA 117 Thin Pad Office Chair

Eames EA117 Mesh Office Chair

Eames EA219 Swivel Soft Pad Office Chair

Eames EA124 Office Lounge Chair Thin Pad

  Eames Swivel Lobby Chair

Eames Soft Pad Low Back Office Chair

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Top Bauhaus Furniture Designers

Bauhaus furniture is the biggest collection in the world of  iconic designs, inspired in a period of over Half of a century, starting from 1910 until late 1950's..People refer to Bauhaus furniture often with a variety of titles such as *modern classic furniture* or *mid century modern design*.

Bauhaus is a Short term for the architectural and Art Design school founded in Germany by The legendary architect Walter Gropius(1883 - 1969) and operated from 1919 to 1933..After the first World War,the German economy collapsed  Architect Walter Gropius was appointed to head a new institution which would help rebuild the country and form a new social order.It was one of the most influential movement that constitute what is known as Modernism in architecture.. 

Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus movement based on the idea of *Do It Yourself* by emerging the Art design with the graft movement and abolishing the separation between Art and production..Probably based on this philosophy Walter Gropius named his movement Bauhaus which does express in Germany the meaning of Do it Yourself..It is a combination of the word “house constraction”.Most people in Germany associate this name to a mass produced of do-it-yourself stores.No wonder why Bauhaus school did not offer any History teaching for students  because everything was supposed to be designed and created according to first principles rather than by following precedent.The Bauhaus movement was about innovation and practicality of Art and its functionality in the Architectural world..After the Nazi rose to power,Many German Bauhaus leaders such as Van Der Rhoe and Walter Gropius migrated to United States and the Bauhaus movement was adopted by American under new form *The international Style*.The New Bauhaus movement was reborn again and founded 1937 in Chicago,The Bauhaus ideas have admirers in every part of the United States and around the world..

The philosophical concept of Bauhaus movement revolutionise the world of architecture, Art design and furniture..Furniture designs truly evolved to adapt effortlessly with the modern architecture with its clean lines and geometrical shapes..

During the mid of the 20Th century, Bauhaus Furniture movement reached unprecedented level of design and creation,it was the breaking point from the dark-heavy traditional  classic furniture..modern designs with functionality and simplicity start emerging in Charles Eames furniture,Mies Van Der Rhoe,Arne Jacobsen.Josef Hoffmann.Le Corbusier,Eileen Gray,Florence Knoll and many more..

During the mid of the 20Th Century, Bauhaus furniture movement went hand in hand with the architectural and technological progress,furniture designers combined all the elements of Art graphic,architecture,new technological materials such as the application of Fibreglass in Eames designs or the metal rod bending techniques in Harry Bertoia designs,all together to create a timeless and beautiful furniture designs..Many Bauhaus leading names in Architecture were also household names in designer furniture and designed some of the most iconic pieces in  modern classic furniture

history.Arne Jacobsen,Van der Rhoe,Charles Eames and many more,all shared a common passion in architecture and furniture designs.

                                                             Bauhaus Furniture Designers

**Arne Jacobsen's Designs : ( 1902-1971 )** 
 The Egg Chair and the  Royal Radison Hotel

Danish architect and furniture designer. He was a revolutionary figure in modern classic furniture and Bauhaus designs.Born in Copenhagen and joined the royal danish academy of fine arts in 1924 .Soon he became acquainted with the top high furniture designers of his generation such as le Corbusier and Mies Van der Rohe.Arnie Jacobsen was inspired in his modern classics furniture particularly by Charles and Ray Eames and also by the Italian furniture designer Ernesto Rogers.Arne Jacobsen had a major contribution to modern classic  furniture through his danish furniture naturalism designs.

 
Arne Jacobsen designed this beautiful landmark the Royal Radison Hotel in 1950's and complemented the building with his iconic Lounger the Egg Chair..The Egg Chair provides further evidence of the Bauhaus movement and the adaptation of more organic forms into our living spaces..The Egg Chair is Very notable and unique for its rounded egg shell and curvious structure.Designed to stand out as an organic sculpture in the lobby area of the Royal Hotel..Arne Jacobsen designs were a collection of beautiful furniture pieces very functional and sculptural.Many of his iconic work embody the Danish style,The Egg Chair,The Swan chair and the Ant chair were designed specifically to complement his Architectural work of Radison Royal Hotel,He is also known for the Model 3107 chair of 1955, and as the seven series Chair  which has sold over 5 million copies around the world. The seven series chair have appeared in many portraits imitating the pose made famous in Lewis Morley's photograph

           
**Mies Van Der Rhoe Ludwig Designs (1886-1969 )**

Mies van Der Rhoe was a German American architect and furniture designer.He was one of the top pioneers in Bauhaus Architect and founder of mid century modern design.Ludwig van rohe started his early architectural work  with the traditional classic designs and soon after the first world war the need for new architectural building designs was imperative, Van der Rhoe  realised that the world of architectural and furniture designs was changing and he realised that he needed to introduce a new methods and new technologies in his designs.After moving to America he started using a new technologies and applying the Bauhaus designs on his architectural and furniture designs.

Mies Van Der Rhoe Architectural design were very modern and stylish with clean geometrical line,functionality and simplicity are very clear in his iconic landmarks,Van Der Rhoe applied the same concept of simplicity and functionality in his furniture designs..

Great Architectural and furniture designs By Van Der Rhoe :

 Van Der Rhoe Barcelona Chair and Sofa

Barcelona Daybed By Van Rhoe

                                           
**Josef Hoffmamm (1870-1956)**

Hoffmann studied architecture at the University of Vienna with the famous architect Otto Wagner.

His famous designer sofas and Kubus Armchair collection is a superb example of modern design innovation of the Bauhaus classics. Exquisite and geometrical designer piece of furniture..

             Great Style in Architecture and Furniture designs            

                                                                  

 

Designed by the modernist Josef Hoffmann in 1910,to show just how ahead of the times his work really was even pre-dating art-deco and the modernist movement. it remains a superb example of the iconic and timeless classic designs of the 20 Century.The Kubus Collection is comprised of the Kubus Chair, the Kubus 2 seater and Three-Seater Sofa. The latter is undoubtedly the highlight of the Kubus range and  the signature Josef Hoffman piece.With a passion for geometric shapes, Hoffmann disguises the sofa's austere profile somewhat with the use of it's individually sewn puffed panels.With it's geometric cubist design and box stitched squares this sofa is a world classic

            **Verneer Panton ( 1926 - 1998 )**

Verneer Panton is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant colours.Also he was known as one of the iconic leaders of Bauhaus Architecture..

                                               The Greatest Designs of Veneer Panton

Panton Amoebe Lounge Chair

Verner Panton designed the Amoebe seating unit in 1968 in the context of the Visiona Expo - a psychedelic interior exhibition by Bayer. Inside a Rhine boat Verner Panton created a Visiona landscape whereby each area had its own colour pattern and with furniture, carpets, water- and sound effects. Amoebe chair is now available again in strong bright colours which reflect the spirit of the time of the early 1970's. It.You can line up several units to form your own sofa or use a single piece as an inviting lounge chair. The comfortable Amoebe delivers great seating comfort thanks to its flexible backrest shell.

Verneer Panton Chair

The Panton chair also known as the S chair, designed by Verner Panton in 1968.The Verner Panton chair is truly a timeless classic design with a modern contemporary twist.The space age look of the S chair and its sculptural design exceeds its functionality as a normal chair..Verner Panton designed the chair to be stylish,light weight,elegant and sophisticated with a modern space age look and above all the entire chair structure was made from a single molded fibreglass piece.The Panton S chair was featured in a variety of Movies and TV shows, won various design prices world-wide and graces the modern chair collections of numerous renowned museums.

 Verneer Panton chair for Children

Very elegant and quirky child chair with its luminous, merry colours and smooth curves..

**Warren Platner ( 1919-2006 )**

Joseph Warren Platner was born in Baltimore on June 18, 1919, and graduated from Cornell University with a degree in architecture in 1941. He received the Rome Prize in architecture in 1955, and was inducted into Interior Design magazine's hall of fame in 1985.Mr. Platner, who worked in the firms of Eero Saarinen and Kevin Roche in the early and mid-1960's, introduced his collection of chairs, ottomans and tables in 1966..He also designed several prominent interiors in New York, including offices for the Ford Foundation building..

 

Platner Coffee Table Knoll Style

  

In the 1960s, Warren Platner transformed steel wire into a sculptural furniture collection, creating what is now considered a design icon of the modern era. The Platner collection's unique harmonious forms are produced by welding steel wire rods to circular frames, producing a moire effect and capturing the decorative, gentle, graceful quality that Platner sought to achieve. collection features vertical steel wire rods welded to circular horizontal and edge-framing rods.  

 

**Eero Saarinen ( 1910 - 1961 )**

 

Eero Saarinen was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland in 1910. He studied in Paris and at Yale University..Eero initially pursued sculpture as his art of choice -Saarinen is very famous for his space age Look Tulip Series which reflect the mid century modern design. He designed his collection as a sculptural organic pieces and aimed to free the interior design from the clutter of sea legs as he regarded them as confusing elements in modern design..

Saarinen Large Dining Table Marble Carrera

Saarinen Tulip Dining Table Fibreglass

                        Saarinen Womb Chair and Ottoman 

 

Charles Eames:( 1907-1978 )

 

Top American furniture designer who made a huge contribution in the world of Architectural graphic and Bauhaus classic designs..Eames was recommended by the USA military aircraft in 1946 to design the first pilot seat. He created new techniques in furniture designs.Charles Eames introduced the technology of fibreglass,reinforced plastic,mesh wiring, wood molding and plywood furniture products .

 

 

 

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