Chairs without Legs

Berlin

The exhibition Chairs without Legs showcases a selection of furniture from the holdings of ‘Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich’ that provides a multifaceted overview of the design and techno- logical development of modern seating.

In defiance of traditional construction methods, the cantilever chair came to represent the essence of modern design in the 1920s. With their designs for the first cantilever chairs made of tubular steel, Mart Stam, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe transferred a new architectural concept of space with an emphasis on lightness and transparency to the realm of furniture. Since the 1950s and ’60s, highly innovative materials and technologies have come into use, such as plastics and corrugated cardboard. Artistic, social and political influences are reflected in provocative, unconventional seating objects. Pioneering figures during this period were Verner Panton, Frank Gehry and protagonists of new German design such as Stiletto.

Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung

March 21st – June 10th, 2012
Klingelhöferstraße 14
10785 Berlin
Germany

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