The history of the company begins in 1938 when the German emigree Hans Knoll founded the company in New York City just a year after his arrival in the United States. The manufacturer of the Barcelona chair, Knoll International, is a globally active furniture producer with production facilities in Europe and the USA, and an international network of sales offices. Although his career in Germany was interpreted by the outbreak of war, he was able to continue with his success in America following his emigration in 1938.īarcelona chair and couch in a typical modern interior Manufacturer The pavilion proved to be a main attraction of the World Exhibition and is now considered one of the most significant works of modern architectural history: equally so with the Barcelona Chair. In addition to being commissioned to design the German Pavilion for the 1929 World Exhibition in Barcelona, Mies van der Rohe was also requested to design the furniture for the pavilion. For his own apartment house on the Weissenhof Estate Mies van der Rohe made his first use of a steel frame, a construction principle which allowed for the enlargement of the window areas and a more variable use of the residential space, a construction principle which was to be fundamental in his later buildings. His first modern and energy-efficient buildings originated from 1923, and in 1927 Mies van der Rohe was responsible for the curation of the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, unquestionably one of modernisms genuine flagship projects. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was born on 27th March 1886 in Aachen and is not only remembered by history as a designer of Knoll's Barcelona chair, but also as an architect. The Barcelona chair Relax differs from the original Barcelona Chair only in the use of a multi-layer cushioning.
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Complimenting the chair Knoll also produce and distribute the Barcelona Stool. In the design history of the twentieth century the Barcelona chair is considered both ground-breaking and iconographic, and more than sixty years after its initial production is still produced according to the original dimensions. Characteristic of the work is the perfectly formed combination of wide seat and backrest with the x-shaped, subtly curved legs which give the Knoll Barcelona Chair its light, almost floating, character.
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Featuring a base inspired by the classical form of the scissors chair, the Barcelona Chair can very much be considered as a modern throne. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was looking for the occasion an elegant, costly and monumental chair. It is no coincidence that the Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohe appears so noble and elegant: it was designed explicitly for the use of the Spanish royal couple on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the German Pavilion at the World Expo 1929 in Barcelona.