Reviewer: Erika Owen, contributor Model tested: Wassily Chair The details: This is a chair most people have seen before they realize the story behind it—call it iconic. Designed by Marcel Breuer, the ...
The Wassily chair, one of several designs closely associated with the Bauhaus movement, was inspired by a bicycle. Its designer, Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), graduated from the Bauhaus carpentry ...
Classic designs are around for a reason. Why one piece becomes a sensation over another is always a matter of debate. In the case of Hungarian-born designer Marcel Breuer, his Wassily chair began as a ...
Now that architect Marcel Breuer 's famous 1925 Wassily chair has risen well past the stage of modern design icon to become ubiquitious in homes as well as offices, it's worth a look at how it came to ...
It’s not, by even the most austere sitter’s standards, a comfortable-looking chair – not one you could see yourself curling up in with a good book – but the Wassily Chair is a modern classic. It was ...
Robb Report: The Time Marcel Breuer Broke the Rules (and Made an Iconic Chair)
The Time Marcel Breuer Broke the Rules (and Made an Iconic Chair)
Every time you plop yourself down in a chair at work, rush to your favorite seat in class, or lounge at your desk at home, you can thank the Bauhaus Movement. The Bauhaus was originally a German arts ...
The Daily Dot: ‘I was SHOCKED when I saw these just sitting there’: Shopper finds iconic lounge chairs at Goodwill for $39.99. Then a manager intervenes