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The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925–1926 while he was the head of the cabinet-making workshop at the Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany. Despite popular belief, the chair was not designed specifically for the non-objective painter Wassily Kandinsky , who was on the Bauhaus faculty at the same time.
Despite the widespread popular belief that one of the most famous of Breuer's tubular steel chairs, the Wassily Chair was designed for Breuer's friend [5] Wassily Kandinsky, it was not; Kandinsky admired Breuer's finished chair design, and only then did Breuer make an additional copy for Kandinsky's use in his home. When the chair was re ...
These 50 iconic types of chairs each have an important place in design history. Here's a look at who designed them and where they came from.
Breuer, the designer of the Wassily chair amongst others, was an emigree of the Bauhaus and can be seen as Karacabey's role model in her professional life. [citation needed] She absorbed many of his ideas such as modernism, vernacular architecture, and regionalism. [citation needed] Karacebey worked on a ski resort in Chamonix during her time ...
Chair exercises make a surprisingly tough strength and cardio chair workout. Grab a seat and try any of these 20 best chair exercises programmed by a trainer.
The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925–26 while he was the head of the cabinet-making workshop at the Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany. This piece is particularly influential because it introduces a simple, yet elegant and light-weight industrial material to be used in structures within the ...
Face the back of the chair for added support, or face away so your back rests against the chair. Sit tall and engage your glutes. Remain in the seated position as you focus on externally rotating ...
A Marcel Breuer chair, with Grete Reichardt's 'eisengarn' fabric, 1927. Eisengarn, meaning "iron yarn" in English, is a light-reflecting, strong, waxed-cotton thread. It was invented and manufactured in Germany in the mid-19th century, but owes its modern renown [1] to its use in cloth woven for the tubular-steel chairs designed by Marcel Breuer while he was a teacher at the Bauhaus design school.