Berlage chair
Chair
2004 (designed and made)
2004 (designed and made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Richard Hutten (1967 Zwollerkerspel) graduated at the Academy Industrial Design Eindhoven in 1991. That same year he started his own design studio. He worked on furniture, product, interior and exhibition designs and developed his 'No sign of design' and 'Table upon table' concepts (W.21-2009). He is one of the most successful contemporary Dutch designers and a key exponent of Droog, a design company he has been affiliated with since it's inception in 1993.
Hutten returned with the design of the Berlage chair from a rather conceptual approach to a more traditional timber chair-making. He designed the chair for the restaurant of the Gemeente Museum in The Hague. The renowned architect of the museum, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, provided the name of the chair. The form of the Berlage chair is relatively simple, with interest arising from the random lines of the strapped upholstery and the angled construction of the rear legs and stretchers. The prototype (W.25-2009) is in several ways different from this final version.
Hutten returned with the design of the Berlage chair from a rather conceptual approach to a more traditional timber chair-making. He designed the chair for the restaurant of the Gemeente Museum in The Hague. The renowned architect of the museum, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, provided the name of the chair. The form of the Berlage chair is relatively simple, with interest arising from the random lines of the strapped upholstery and the angled construction of the rear legs and stretchers. The prototype (W.25-2009) is in several ways different from this final version.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Berlage chair (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oak with nylon |
| Brief description | 'Berlage' chair, oak with white strapped nylon upholstery, by Richard Hutten, Rotterdam, 2004. |
| Physical description | Simple frame construction with straight front legs and angled legs and stretchers, angled back, white nylon strapped upholstery |
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| Credit line | Given by Abel Hutten and Boris Hutten |
| Object history | With the Berlage chair, Richard Hutten returned to a more traditional timber chair-making. He designed the chair in 2004 for the restaurant of the Gemeente Museum in The Hague. The museum was designed by Hendrik Petrus Berlage, one of the most important Dutch architects at the end of the 19th century. The architect provided the name of the chair. The form of the chair is relatively simple, with interest arising from the random lines of the strapped upholstery and the angled construction of the rear legs and stretchers. The prototype (W.25-2009) is different in several ways from this final version, shedding light on the decision-making process that developed the chair. |
| Production | until 2008 selfproduction, then licensed for production by manufacturer Gispen Attribution note: unlimited batch production |
| Summary | Richard Hutten (1967 Zwollerkerspel) graduated at the Academy Industrial Design Eindhoven in 1991. That same year he started his own design studio. He worked on furniture, product, interior and exhibition designs and developed his 'No sign of design' and 'Table upon table' concepts (W.21-2009). He is one of the most successful contemporary Dutch designers and a key exponent of Droog, a design company he has been affiliated with since it's inception in 1993. Hutten returned with the design of the Berlage chair from a rather conceptual approach to a more traditional timber chair-making. He designed the chair for the restaurant of the Gemeente Museum in The Hague. The renowned architect of the museum, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, provided the name of the chair. The form of the Berlage chair is relatively simple, with interest arising from the random lines of the strapped upholstery and the angled construction of the rear legs and stretchers. The prototype (W.25-2009) is in several ways different from this final version. |
| Associated object | W.25-2009 (Prototype) |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.24-2009 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2010 |
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