Vitra The Worker armchair red / dark oak frame, Hella Jongerius, 2006

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Vitra The Worker armchair red / dark oak frame

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The Worker armchair by Vitra (Hella Jongerius, 2006) in red with dark oak frame: "Form follows feeling" – this is the creed that Hella Jongerius adheres to in her design work. Indeed, “The Worker” is appealing thanks to the strange interplay within it of handcraftsmanship and technological elements. The craft-like, rustic feel of the armchair is the product of the compact seat upholstery which almost seems overly low, and the base frame, left visible, which is reminiscent of a half-timbered structure. By contrast, both the lathed wooden armrests and the polished aluminium arc stand for modernity and contemporary technology. The choice of upholstery fabrics plays a key part in defining The Worker’s appearance. The seat and backrest come with different cover fabrics, whose textures and colours are carefully fine-tuned to complement each other.

Solid oak frame and armrests, cast aluminium armrest bridge; seat cushions: polyurethane foam and polyester batting, chamber cushion with microfibre filling.

800 x 792 x 783 mm.

Product.Nr.: 210198000104

Colours & Material

The Worker créme

The Worker red

The Worker brown

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Designer furniture & lights by Hella Jongerius at lachair.com

Hella Jongerius, born 1963 in de Meern, Netherlands, studied design at the Industrial Design Academy in Eindhoven. She subsequently attracted international attention through her work for the Dutch design label Droog Design. She taught at the Design Academy in Eindhoven from 1998-99, serving as head of the department Living/Atelier from 2000-04. In 2000, she founded the design studio JongeriusLab in Rotterdam, where she creates, produced and markets many of her designs – primarily dishware, vases, textiles and furnishings. Hella Jongerius' work often blurs the borders between design and handicrafts, or art and technology. Along with Jasper Morrison and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius has made major contributions to the steadily growing Vitra Home Collection.

Exhibitions (selection):

2007 "Inside Colours", installation for the exhibition "MyHome", Vitra Design Museum, Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein
2005 "Ideal House", International Furniture Fair, Cologne
2005 "On the Shelves”, Villa Noailles, Hyères
2005 guest curator at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (selection of objects from the permanent collection; design "Paravents" inspired by exhibition artefacts), New York
2003 Solo exhibition, Design Museum, London
2002 "Skin: Surface and Structure in Contemporary Design", Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
2001 "My Soft Office", project for the exhibition "Workspheres", Museum of Modern Art, New York
1996 Self Manufacturing Designers exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1996 "Thresholds in Contemporary Design from the Netherlands", Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1995 "Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design", Museum of Modern Art, New York
1994 "Bath Mat" with Droog Design, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan