Emeco Superlight Chair
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SUPERLIGHT by GEHRY
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Frank Gehry’s architectural office ordered 125 Hudson rolling office chairs and Gregg decided it would be smart to show up himself at the delivery. When Gregg asked Frank Gehry why he selected the Emeco Hudson chair, Frank answered, “Hot glue guns, and exacto knives!” His point was his people destroyed chairs and Gehry needed a chair that was up to the challenge. Gregg and Gehry began to discuss creating a new chair, and Gehry came up with a design that included a frame and a “skin” that fit onto the frame, and moved when the user sat in it. Frank Gehry called it “SUPERLIGHT” with reverence to the “superliggero” chair designed by Gio Ponte. Gehry said, “I want three things in this chair: comfort, light weight and strength.”
Transcript of Emeco Superlight Chair
SUPERLIGHT by GEHRY
Superlight ChairsNBBJ Office, SeattleDesign by NBBJPhotography by Timothy Soar
SUPERLIGHT by GEHRYEUROPEAN PATENT NO. 200407-001, U.S. DESIGN PATENT NO. 513,7105 AND NO. D525,041Superlight is part of the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Gallery, NYC, Corcoran Gallery , Washington, DC, IIT, Chicago, MoMA, San Francisco, and the Pinakotherk der Moderne, Munich.
SUPERLIGHT CHAIRW: 16.5” D: 20.47” H: 31.8” SH: 18” SUPER-X HAND-BRUSHED W: 42cm D: 52cm H: 81cm SH: 46cmWT: 9lb /4.09kg
SUPERLIGHT by GEHRYFrank Gehry said, “Gio Ponti’s Superleggera chair was the inspiration – and I’ve always wanted to design a super light-weight chair. I tried to extract the essence – structure and skin, where engineering and design are one thing. SUPERLIGHT is a chair that moves to accommodate all body types – the sitter activates the chair.”
HAND-BRUSHED, ANODIZED ALUMINUM. SEAT AND BACK FLEX INDEPENDENTLY. SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR USE. 7-YEAR WARRANTY.
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