As furniture, its practical use is the first place, on the basis of creative design, so that it is used in addition to a certain degree of ornamental, while taking into account the strength and beauty of the furniture works, can really become a classic can be said to be rare.
Today's collection of masters of classic furniture works are quite sought after by many furniture lovers, with porcelain, paintings, stamps, furniture also has its collection value. They across time, geography, culture to your front, behind each piece has a little-known story. Perhaps this is the soul of the classic furniture.
Arne Jacobsen
As an outstanding representative of Danish modernism in the 20th century, Arne Jacobsen's design follows a functionalist style. In addition to being an outstanding architect, many of his home designs have also become classics, such as the Ant Chair, Egg Chair, Swan Chair, etc., of which the Egg Chair and the Swan Chair were designed for the Royal Copenhagen Hotel. Egg Chair and Swan Chair were designed for the Royal Copenhagen Hotel.
Verner Panton
A groundbreaking industrial designer, Panton broke the boundaries of traditional Scandinavian craftsmanship to develop imaginative home furnishings using vibrant colors and innovative materials. In the late 1950s, he began experimenting with new materials such as fiberglass-reinforced plastics and chemical fibers, and in 1959 he pioneered the world's first one-piece plastic chair, the world-famous Panton Chair.
Charles & Ray Eames
The classic 20th century design duo, Mr. and Mrs. Eames, changed the way chairs existed. The Eames' designs have sold for as much as $360,000 at auction for a single piece. To this day, the Eames' designs remain classic examples and are in the collections of many museums and galleries.
Ettore Sottsass
At a time when Bauhaus-style modernist design was dominant, Ettore Sottsass boldly experimented with brilliant colors and eccentric ideas, making design a joyful and sensual pleasure, and in 1981 he formed the Memphis Group with a number of design friends, subversively becoming a representative of the new design.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
A designer and artist of architecture, furniture, interiors, lighting, glassware, stained glass, carpets and tapestries, Mackintosh has been described as the Glasgow School's 'most authoritative spokesman'. His groundbreaking abandonment of naturalistic ornamentation in favor of simple horizontal and vertical geometric shapes has made his high-backed black chair one of the classics of modern design. One.
Charlotte Perriand
Perriand was a leading figure in the cutting-edge cultural movements of the first half of the 20th century, giving an artist's personal and modern interpretation of the commonplace of everyday life. 1927, at the age of 24, Perriand joined the famous team of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, and her keen eye for new materials and bold use of them opened up endless possibilities for design. Her eye for new materials and her bold use of them opened up endless possibilities for design.
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto is one of the founding fathers of Finnish modern architecture, and his exploration of humanistic architecture and the subtle integration of natural elements into his designs have united the visual aesthetics of art and functionality, while his focus on designing in harmony with the surrounding environment and the beauty of the Scandinavian landscape has been a source of inspiration for his work.
Gio Ponti
Gio Ponti is a renowned Italian scholar and designer who has not only left a legacy of classic design works for the world, but also founded the monthly design magazine Domus, which has had a profound impact on architecture, interior, furniture and industrial design worldwide.
Pierre Paulin
A half-century French designer known for his eccentric chair designs that are considered works of art and are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Eero Saarinen
Born to a family of architects, Eero Saarinen developed a distinctive personal style of humanistic furniture design, and one of his most iconic creations is the Tulip Chair, which simplifies the legs and sculpts the curves to give the seated person more room to move. At the same time, the Tulip Chair, shaped like a tulip or a wine glass, is elegant and feminine.
Marcel Lajos Breuer
Marcel Lajos Breuer graduated from the Bauhaus School of Design in 1920 and stayed on to teach there after graduation. The Wassily Chair, one of the furniture pieces designed by Marcel Breuer for the new Bauhaus building, was named in honor of his teacher Wassily Kandinsky and has been highly regarded ever since.
Hans J. Wegner
One of the world's most renowned Danish designers, Hans J. Wegner's furniture design is characterized by traditional craftsmanship, attention to detail and quality assurance. His lifelong dedication to furniture design has resulted in Y chairs, circle chairs, Chinese chairs, shell chairs, etc., all of which have become classics that are remembered and imitated countless times.
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier is one of the most important architects in the 20th century, known as the "father of functionalism", his classic LC4 recliner "designed for relaxation", the combination of stainless steel tubes and leather two materials, filled with high elasticity sponge, to achieve good support from all angles. The classic LC4 recliner, "designed for relaxation", combines stainless steel tubes and leather, and is filled with elastic foam to achieve good support from all angles, interpreting the significance of the existence of design for function, and has become one of the most important collections of MoMA, the renowned museum of modern art in the US.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Barcelona Chair by the designer Mies van der Rohe at the 1929 Barcelona World Expo, to welcome the King and Queen of Spain and designed by the curved cross-shaped stainless steel frame to support the leather cushion, both beautiful and functional and strong, in line with his own “less is more” design concept, become a modern furniture design classics! It has become a classic of modern furniture design.
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
a representative of the Dutch School of Style, created many "revolutionary" design ideas in the modern design movement, with the Red and Blue Chair and the Z Chair among his most famous furniture masterpieces, and his Schröder House was inscribed on the United Nations World Heritage List in 2000. The Schröder House was inscribed on the United Nations World Heritage List in 2000.
Jean Prouvé
With a background in goldsmithing, Jean Prouvé, who is a designer, engineer and architect, introduced mechanical production and modern industrial design aesthetics into furniture design, emphasizing on structure, materials and craftsmanship, with Fauteuil Direction, one of his representative works, being made of natural cowhide leather, solid wood and steel tubes, which is vintage, durable and low-profile.
Finn Juhl
Finn Juhl is one of the outstanding representatives of Scandinavian furniture design in the 20th century, together with Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner and Borge Mogensen.
Inspired by African tribal weaponry imagery, the Chieftain Chair is considered one of Finn Juhl's crowning achievements, with its wildly primitive feel and visual tension.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright is America's foremost pioneer of modern furniture design. In his 70-year career as an architect, Wright is credited with a number of notable works, including the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Falling Waters Lodge in Pennsylvania, where he emphasized the unity of architecture, interior space and furniture.
Poul Kjaerholm
Poul Kjaerholm was active in Denmark during the golden age of the 1950s, and he regarded furniture as architectural space. He subverted the Scandinavian style in which solid wood was the most important thing by combining weaving with exquisite metalwork, and his PK 24 Chaise Lounge Chair was collected by MoMA in New York.
Isamu Noguchi
mu Noguchi, one of the most famous and critical academic sculptors of the 20th century, fused subtle oriental aesthetics with modern rationality. This triangular coffee table is still popular today for its unique design and wide range of applications.Brands of Excellence
B&B Italia
The Serie Up 2000 symbolizes the classic of modern Italian design and is a masterpiece of B&B Italia. This unique armchair symbolizes the huge, warm womb and the ancient goddess of abundance with a spherical footstool tied to it, signifying the mother-child relationship. Sitting in it is like returning to the comfort and peace of a mother's or lover's embrace.
Kartell
The Masters Chair, designed by Philippe Starck, is the result of a tribute to three modern masterpieces: the clear silhouette of Arne Jacobsen's "Series 7", Eero Saarinen's Tulip Chair and Charles Eames' Eiffel Chair. The clear silhouette of Arne Jacobsen's "Series 7", Eero Saarinen's Tulip Chair and Charles Eames' Eiffel Chair are intertwined in a refreshingly inspired mix.
Capellini
The S Chair, Tom Dixon's most famous work, is in the collections of MoMA in New York and the V&A Museum in London. Its smooth lines are often reminiscent of a woman's sensual serpentine curves. In fact, it was originally inspired by a rooster. Today, the S Chair is available in a variety of fabrics and colors to meet the demands of modern seating.
Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton presented the Cocoon Chair by Brazilian designer duo F. e H Campana brothers at the 2012 Miami Design Week. 3D printed with an eggshell-like skeleton, the interior of the chair is covered with a bright red calfskin cushion, making it a comfortable place to sit.
Knoll
The Knoll Platner Chair captures the keywords of modern design: decorative, soft and elegant, and with this armchair Warren Platner wants to integrate the person and the chair into the surrounding space. Its structure is made of curved steel columns welded together, which serve as a seat support while fulfilling its decorative character.
Hermès
Unveiled at Milan Design Week 2014 and designed by French designer Jean-Michel Frank, Hermès' relentless pursuit of craftsmanship and elegant style is perfectly illustrated from the selection of materials to the design.
Minotti
The Colette armchair is a cleverly designed chair that allows the user to turn his or her head freely, yet its interior is extremely complex, with the contours of the metal structure calendered, assembled and welded at more than 300 points, the seat structure made of a strong and flexible support material, and the contours of the seat back and backrest shaped perfectly to ensure maximum comfort and stability.
Baxter
The Romeo dining table is made of brass metal, laser cut into 15mm pieces for the legs. The smooth marble tabletop is a beautiful, simple shape that will never go out of style.
B&B Italia
This sculptural table is the first project of brothers Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby in collaboration with B&B Italia. Its name, Tobi-ishi, stands for a smooth stone, and the Zen-inspired shape is perfectly balanced with the choice of stone, giving it a serene beauty.
Molteni & C
Designed by Italian maestro Gio Ponti, this coffee table has a simple form, supported by metal legs and hand-painted metal latticework for a modern, contemporary design.
Cappellini
Shiro Kuramata's designs are characterized by transparent materials, clashing colors and geometric elements, and reflect the minimalist aesthetics of Japanese design. The Revolving Cabinet is simple, functional and artistically expressive.
Fornasetti
The Architecturra sideboard by Gio Ponti is one of Fornasetti's classic masterpieces. From the exterior to the interior it is a complete architectural body, a surreal artistic approach that is still stunning today.
Ingo Maurer
German master Ingo Maurer designed this chandelier made up of broken ceramic plates that look like they are undergoing an explosion. It's both a defiance of established design sensibilities and a perfect illustration of fading beauty.
Forscarini
Tuareg consists of simple tubular columns of light. Designer Ferruccio Laviani draws inspiration from contemporary art, architecture and nature, breaking with order and tradition in order to achieve a harmonious beauty.
Moroso
Ron Arad's prototype from 1988, the Big Soft Easy chair has been modified in terms of materials to make it more dynamic and elegant in its original form.
Magis
The Spun Chair represents the perfect blend of function and imagination. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, its groundbreaking appearance is like a gyroscope that spins freely but never falls over.