Category: Furniture Design, Chair
Contributor: Alice Thomas
Designer: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Year: 1929
Manufacturer: Knoll
Links for resources:
The context, the history, its design development and improvements over time
Publication excerpt from The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA Highlights, New York
Past exhibition, Design Museum, London
History, context, physical description, original photos /Victoria and Albert Museum, London
New York Times article
A Design classic, article (The Financial Times)
"The Barcelona chair too iconic to be cozy?", article (The Wall Street Journal)
Barcelona chair in cinema and popular culture, article (Tatler)
Barcelona Chair in the Barcelona' Pavilion, photograph by Pia Fuhst.
Further research:
- Modernist Architecture
- Modernist Design
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